The worst states to be female

Sarah Seltzer writing for AlterNet: “Every day, it becomes a little bit harder for women to get the healthcare they need in America, particularly if that healthcare has anything to do with sexual and reproductive health.”

Single-Sex Education Is Assailed in Report

Tamar Lewin writing for the New York Times: “Single-sex education is ineffective, misguided and may actually increase gender stereotyping, a paper to be published Friday asserts.”

Woman wins court order against 1972 Idaho abortion law

Laura Zuckerman writing for Reuters: “Jennie Linn McCormack, who was jailed for terminating her pregnancy with abortion pills she bought online, won a victory last week in her lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion laws. “

Virginia’s abortion end run

The Washington Post editorial: “It’s already hard to get an abortion in Virginia, and it’s about to get much harder.The reason is a new set of regulations — absurdly onerous and utterly unnecessary — pushed by conservative ideologues in Richmond and adop…