Longtime Advocate for Justice Midge Costanza Dies at 77

Vince Hall for the San Diego News Network reports: “Among her many achievements, Midge was the first woman to occupy a senior staff position on the White House staff (during the Carter Administration), where she pushed the President to protect abortion r…

If Extortion Is Bad, So Is Predation

New York Times reporter Clyde Haberman quotes NOW President Terry O’Neill on the aftermath of the Letterman extortion — was Letterman really all that innocent?: “But underlying this messy business was the comedian’s penchant for bedding women who depended on him for their livelihood. While he may have been the victim of a clumsy extortion Read more …

Mr. Hoyer, Stand Up for Reproductive Rights

Sara N. Love writes in The Baltimore Sun: “Abortion care is part of basic health care for women. It is not up to politicians to decide whether and when we have children. But as Congress nears agreement on a historic health care reform bill, women’s funda…

Pro-Choice Candidate Will Challenge Stupak in Primary

Jodi Jacobson writes on RH Reality Check: “Yesterday and this morning, I spoke briefly with Connie Saltonstall, the former county commissioner from Kent County, Michigan who is working on filing to mount a primary challenge against Bart Stupak.”

Gay Teen Files Lawsuit Over Canceled Prom

Sarah Netter reports for ABC News: “A Mississippi high school senior has filed suit to get the school’s prom reinstated after officials canceled it because the young woman, an open lesbian, asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.”