More Women in Senate, but Seats Are at Risk

Jennifer Steinhauer for the New York Times: “The 2012 elections are likely to mark the new ‘year of the woman’ in the Senate. For better or worse.”

The Real Reason We Don’t See Women Over 50 Onscreen

Barbara & Shannon Kelley for the Huffington Post: “… Put a man of a certain age up on the big screen and he’s not only viable as an actor, but might generate some fantasies…Now let’s turn the tables: Who are the leading ladies of the same age, wi…

Undocumented Women Forced To Give Birth While Shackled And In Police Custody

Cristina Costantini writing for the Huffington Post: “‘When I was in bed, I was begging the sheriff, ‘Please let me free — at least one hand,’ and he said, no, he didn’t want to,’ Juana Villegas said in an interview with a local Nashville television sta…

UN Special Rapporteur: Abortion Restrictions Don’t Work

Marianne Mollmann for the Huffington Post: “Restrictions on abortions just don’t work in that they don’t result in the desired outcome.”

The Supply-Side Economics of Abortion

Theodore Joyce for the New England Journal of Medicine: “History suggests that there will always be abortions. The goal should be to reduce the abortion rate by reducing unintended pregnancies, while providing safe, legal services for women who need them…