Kate Harding of Broadsheet writes for Salon, “If any good can come of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, one of the very few providers of late-term abortions in the U.S., perhaps it’s the opportunity to have a conversation about the reality of termination in the second and third trimesters.”
Adam Liptak writes in The New York Times: “President’s Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the Supreme Court, where she would be the first Hispanic and the third woman, has raised questions about how her background would affect her decision-making. But there is another question, too: How would she alter the larger Read more …
From Women’s eNews, “The horrifying headlines about men who kill their entire families and then turn the gun on themselves appear to be intensifying. Katherine van Wormer says the harsh economy may be a factor, but more fundamental may be a distorted notion of manliness.”
Eryn Loeb writes for Salon, “Susan Wicklund has received death threats and worn a bulletproof vest to work. But what really scares her, she writes in ‘This Common Secret,’ is the war on reproductive rights.”
Katha Pollitt writes in The Nation, “We are so used to violence against women we don’t even notice how used to it we are. When we’re not persuading ourselves that women are just as violent toward men as vice versa if you forget about who ends up seriously injured or dead, or pointing out that Read more …
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