Senate Dems eye Women’s Health Protection Act

Steve Benen writes for MSNBC: “Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) unveiled new federal legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, regardless of the medical dangers and constitutional concerns. The Republican South Carolinian said he t…

El Salvador: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying

Nina Lakhani writes for BBC News Magazine: “El Salvador has one of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the world. A side-effect is that women who suffer miscarriages are sometimes suspected of inducing an abortion – and can even be jailed for murder.”

Hundreds March in Ohio: “We Won’t Go Back!”

Ms. Magazine blog: “As state legislators returned from their summer recess and prepared to debate even more anti-woman bills, hundreds of demonstrators from more than 50 women’s, labor and other groups marched on the Ohio state capitol in Columbus. Anger…