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via Back Up Your Birth Control and RH Reality Check Today is the 11th annual Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action sponsored by the the National Institute for Reproductive Health.  So, once again I’m helping them spread the word by blogging about emergency contraception.  This year the campaign h

via H-Disability Leslie J. Reagan. Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. xv + 372 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-25903-4. Reviewed by Heather Munro Prescott (Central Connecticut State University) Published on

via Gender Across Borders.  The theme for 2012 is“Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures” and Gender Across Borders asks us to address one or both of the following points: How can we, as a culture and as members of the global community, involve, educate, and inspire girls in a positive way? Describe a

via Maddow Blog.  Here are photos of demonstrators outside the Virginia state capitol earlier this week. They are protesting a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to first undergo a medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound. According to their Facebook page: The Capitol ground rule

via Huffington Post As you all saw in my Twitter feed, I’m mighty upset with the Komen Foundation for their decision to no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood for preventive cancer exams for low income women. I’ve been a Komen “grumbler” for years but usually bite my tongue and shell out mo

via NARAL Pro-Choice America Today is the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade  and the seventh annual Blog for Choice day. This year we’re being asked to give our thoughts on the following question: What will you do to help elect pro-choice candidates in 2012? One of the main things I plan to do is [...