Abortion is topic of dueling protests in Md.

Dan Morse reports for The Washington Post: “About the only thing that competing abortion demonstrators agreed on this weekend was this: A nondescript office park 30 miles north of central Washington is becoming a battleground in their nationwide conflict…

Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal?

George Zornick writes for The Nation’s blog: “After all the debate over who would be affected—or not—what does the final policy scoreboard say? . . . In short, it’s a rout of the lower and middle classes by the wealthiest Americans.”

The Maid’s Tale

Nafissatou Diallo, the woman who brought forward charges of rape against Dominique Strauss Kahn, spoke with Newsweek magazine.

US expands no-cost women’s health services

Kerry “Forcing insurance companies to cover contraception is one of the most important things you can do for women’s health,” NOW president Terry O’Neill told AFP. “The fanatics who want to withhold birth control from women should not be coddled by the…

Debt deal may be unfair to women

Columnist Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post: “With women being left behind in the country’s anemic recovery, it’s unconscionable for leaders to slash programs that disproportionately employ women as well as disproportionately serve them,” said…