The Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term began this week. We examine the cases that will and won't be on the docket and their impact on women.

• Next Stop, Supreme Court: What Happens If Anti-Choice Ballot Initiatives In South Dakota and Colorado Pass?, K. Steiger
• SC Will Not Hear Case Seeking to Limit Abortion Rights, R. Roth
• 2008-2009 Supreme Court Term Begins, E. Douglas

Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin styles herself as a fierce protector of children and families, but her record on health insurance for children and pregnant women raises doubts about her priorities. Click the pic.

Starting with Lucy hiding in the claustrophobic confines of her brother's gem safe, and continuing every Tuesday and Friday until the heroine meets her fate, an installment of this story about an imagined, terrifying, but not unthinkable America in the time after Roe v. Wade.

• Chapter One: Safe
• Chapter Two: Dream

I was toxemic, poisoned by pregnancy. My only cure was to not be pregnant anymore. But my life had been shaped by reproductive choices long before this latest one. Click the pic.

With the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate and the most anti-choice platform in GOP history, pro-choice Republicans may be feeling left out of their own party. But their voices need to be heard. We invited pro-choice Republicans to share their views about the election and why they've held onto their pro-choice views even as their party has moved farther to the right.

• What Was Once My Party is No More, S. Luecht 
• My Republican Party's Principles, D. Rasberry
• Prayerfully Considering All the Options, Nick

Global reproductive and sexual health and rights are critical to women's - and the world's - welfare. Will we hear answers from the candidates tonight?

• Candidates Must End Harsh Realities For Women Worldwide, IWHC
• Inter-Americas RH Campaign Needs U.S. Support, A. Castellanos
• Policy Changes Would Improve Women's Lives, C. Austria
• Candidates Must Address Global Reproductive Health, S. Sippel
• The Fate of our Mothers: A Maternal Health Crisis, A. Newman

Ready to raise a family? Parents and parents-to-be are facing a brutal economic moment and longstanding workplace and government policies that don't support them in building their families. What solutions do our presidential candidates offer? Click the pic.

New "provider conscience" regulations proposed by HHS could severely limit women's access to contraception and other health care. Public commenting on the new regulations ends September 25.

• Countdown to Conscience Clause Regulation, R. Walden
• Testimony Before the President's Council on Bioethics, L. Uttley
• Committee on Bioethics Debates Conscience, D. Nolan
• Using Pseudoscience at HHS, K. Barry
• Congress Raises Concern about HHS Proposal, S. Swenson