Rachel Roth writes for The Nation: “The lack of common sense and compassion with which imprisoned pregnant women are treated is chilling. Three stories illustrate the dangers women face when they cannot get anyone to take their medical needs seriously.”
Boston Globe’s Matt Viser quotes Massachusetts NOW President Christina Knowles about the US Senate race in Massachusetts: “With the special US Senate election less than a week away, abortion reemerged as a major flashpoint yesterday as Martha Coakley’s…
Marisol Bello reports for USA Today: “As a San Francisco trial on gay marriage began Monday, unusual plans to show the landmark case on YouTube were nixed by the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Monica Davey of The New York Times writes: “When the trial of the man accused of murdering a doctor who performed late-term abortions begins on Monday in Wichita, Kan., Troy Newman, the leader of Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group with headquarters…
The Associated Press reports: “Jury selection in the trial of a man charged with killing one of the nation’s few late-term abortion doctors was delayed Monday after prosecutors challenged a judge’s decision to allow the defense to build a case for a less…