Loretta Ross Unmasks Black Anti-Abortion Message, Media Spin

Cindy Cooper writes for On The Issues: “[H]ow is it that the mainstream media, including The New York Times, ABC and CNN, managed to sideline [Loretta] Ross on a topic on which she is the leading national expert – that is, the misogyny and duplicity behi…

Utah Abortion Bill Could Punish Women for Miscarriages, Domestic Violence

Utah lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow women to be charged with murder if they commit an “intentional, knowing or reckless act” that causes a miscarriage. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about ho…

Same-Sex Couples Line Up as D.C. Gay Marriage Law Takes Effect

Keith L. Alexander and Anne E. Marimow report for The Washington Post: “D.C. Superior Court began accepting marriage license applications from same-sex couples Wednesday morning, a historic milestone for gay couples and activists that was made possible b…

Utah Bill Would Criminalize Illegal Abortions

Kirk Johnson writes in The New York Times about a new bill in Utah awaiting the governor’s signature or veto: “[C]ritics say legislation inspired by an unusual, perhaps even freakish criminal case, could open up a vast frontier around the question of int…

Minnesota Abortion Provider Helps Meet Need in South Dakota

“Carol Ball’s day begins in the dark, in another state. By the time she arrives at work, crosses a snowy parking lot and enters the austere one-story Planned Parenthood clinic here, she has flown 200 miles to do something no South Dakota doctor will do.…