Abortion-Rights Forces Vexed by Health Care Debate
NOW President Terry O’Neill is quoted in this Associated Press article by David Crary about the debate over health care reform and abortion coverage.
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French Lawmakers Want Warnings on Airbrushed Photos
Matthew Creamer reports for Advertising Age: “A group of French politicians led by an expert on eating disorders wants to put warnings on airbrushed photo spreads in magazines as well as doctored shots used in advertisements and packaging.”
Black Infant Mortality Points to Moms’ Crying Need
Kimberly Seals Allers writes for Women’s eNews: “If African American, Latino and Native American babies are too often in jeopardy, that means that this country is miserably failing women of color, and black women in particular, in the process of birthing healthy babies.”
Dying to Be the Next Gisele
Crystal Renn almost starved to death to be in Vogue. She finally got there, after she embraced her natural curves. By Kate Harding for Salon.
The Recession’s Racial Divide
In a New York Times op-ed Barbara Ehrenreich and Dedrick Muhammad write: “What do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt.”
