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Diane Patrick
Diane Patrick is a partner at a large law form in Boston, and is also married to Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachausetts. The Boston Globe has recently reported that she is suffering from depression. Kudos to her for acknowledging this … Continue reading
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Race, Class, Gender, Disability and Prostitution, All In One Sad and Awful Local News Story
“Immigration officials are searching for a Mexican national they say forced young Mexican women : including a 14-year-old girl and a 19-year-old deaf woman : to work as prostitutes in Columbia [South Carolina], sometimes servicing up to 40 clients a … Continue reading
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“Get Happy In The Skin You’re In”
So says Joy Nash in “A Fat Rant.”
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“The Private War of Women Soldiers”
Read this article at Salon, by Helen Benedict, and consider how men who rape fellow soldiers are likely to be treating Iraqis. Here is an excerpt: As thousands of burned-out soldiers prepare to return to Iraq to fill President Bush’s … Continue reading
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Two Women Working in Bar Foil Likely Rape Attempt
From the SF Chron: It looked for all the world as if the couple on a date — he was darkly handsome and a little older than the pretty, petite blonde with the Russian accent — were having a great … Continue reading
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Deana Pollard, “Sex Torts”
The abstract: Intentional tort law generally protects personal autonomy and self-determination vigorously by requiring fair disclosure before consent to physical contact is considered voluntary and valid. A glaring exception exists relative to consent to sexual relations. Although American law historically … Continue reading
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8th Cir. Rules That Title VII Does Not Require Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives
Full opinion in Standridge v. Union Pacific RR here. Read more at the Reproductive Rights Prof Blog.
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Pelvic Exams and Informed Consent
This post at Women’s Health News reports: The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective piece by Adam Wolfberg in the current issue (1), “The Patient as Ally : Learning the Pelvic Examination,” which addresses the issue of teaching … Continue reading
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“The Abortion Diaries”
From the film’s website: The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway workers, artists, activists, military personnel, teachers and students; they are Black, Latina, Jewish and … Continue reading
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“Designer Vaginas”
Head on over to the Reproductive Rights Prof Blog and read Feminist Law Prof Catlin Borgmann’s post on this topic! On a related note, see this post too.
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Medical Privacy, or Lack Thereof, and Profits
Deborah Peel, MD writes in an e-mail that is quoted here with permission: Fortune Magazine lauds one of the nation’s largest data miners of medical records, without any awareness that one major reason for the corporation’s success (revenue of $88 … Continue reading
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“Hymen Fatwa”
There is a lot to ponder in this article about the approval of reconstructive hyman surgery by a high ranking Egyptian religious figure that appeared in the Daily Star Egypt. On the one hand, it’s hard not to cheer a … Continue reading
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“Mental health courts have the potential to save taxpayers money”
That’s the title of this article, which I really like, except for the title and portions that focus on “saving taxpayers money,” as if that was the most important aspect of treating people with mental illnesses in a just and … Continue reading
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The U.N.’s CSW: “Women, violence and empowerment: the world we live in”
That’s the title of this terrific post by Patricia Daniel at openDemocracy. Below is a short excerpt: … The [Commission on the Status of Women, a.k.a. CSW] is a United Nations body, consisting of forty-five members appointed on a four-year … Continue reading
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APA: “Sexualization Of Girls Is Linked To Common Mental Health Problems In Girls And Women”
According to this Science Daily report: A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and … Continue reading
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Reproductive Rights Laws 2006
The Guttmacher Institute, the greatest resource around for information and research about reproductive rights and health, has released its 2006 State Trend Report. It’s must-read material for those interested in the current state of reproductive rights in this country. Some … Continue reading
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Easy Activism: Go To Your Local Wal-Mart And Ask For Plan B
Later today I will visit several Wal-Mart pharmacies and request Plan B. Here’s why. Via IBTP. I don’t generally shop at Wal-Mart, although I recognize that the alternative big box discount department store that I frequent, Target, doesn’t give me … Continue reading
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When is a Vibrator not a Vibrator?
Alabama’s anti-vibrator law, Ala.Code 1975 § 13A-12-200.2 (a)(1), previously blogged here, provides that,”It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute, possess with intent to distribute, or offer or agree to distribute any obscene material or any device designed … Continue reading
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Sherri Williams v. Attorney General of Alabama: 11th Circuit Upholds Alabama’s Vibrator Ban
According to the opinion, there “is no fundamantal right to use sexual devices.” The previous S.J. in favor of the plaintiff was reversed. Spirited dissent by J. Barkett begins at page 43 (scroll down). I’d like to invite everyone in … Continue reading
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NYC Condoms
From the NYT: With the government’s imprimatur and a wrapper inspired by the subways, New York City’s first municipally sanctioned condom arrived yesterday, and it was hard to miss, given that city workers and volunteers handed out more than 150,000 … Continue reading
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Surgery to Make Female Private Parts Look More Like Barbie’s
Not talking about breasts this time. May not be safe for your workplace, but Twisty explains the situation. One purported physician claims: “LABIAPLASTY will not only recreate more youthful and aesthetically pleasing external genital structures, but will also restore self-image … Continue reading
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Spot The Cognitive Dissonance!
Yahoo News is running an article entitled “Sex of any kind can harm teens emotionally.” It starts out as follows: Teenagers often suffer emotional consequences from having sex, even when it’s “only” oral sex, a study published Monday suggests. Researchers … Continue reading
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The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger
Volume I: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928 The birth control crusader, feminist, and reformer Margaret Sanger was one of the most controversial and compelling figures inthe twentieth century. This first volume of The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger documents the critical … Continue reading
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“About Being Considered ‘Retarded'”
One of many very powerful videos by “Silentmiaow.”
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Johanna’s Law
The President signed Johanna’s Law on Friday, providing for a gynecological awareness and education campaign. Since many gynecological cancers are not diagnosed until they are in the later stages, they can be particularly deadly. I am copying our press release … Continue reading
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Woman in water drinking contest dies
The bottled water sellers lie: People with unfettered access to fluids suffer more frequently from overhydration (a.k.a. water intoxication) than from dehydration. See also. This woman apparently drank herself to death, trying to win a prize for her children. Update: … Continue reading
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The Legality of Wiki Linking In Dispute
On 12.21.06 the NYT reported: For at least a year, Eli Lilly provided information to doctors about the blood-sugar risks of its drug Zyprexa that did not match data that the company circulated internally when it first reviewed its clinical … Continue reading
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Amicus Brief in Support of a Grant of Certiorari in the Tamoxifen Citrate Case
There are serious public health consequences related to the Tamoxifen Citrate case (Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Litigation, 429 F.3d 370 (2d Cir. 2005)), particularly for women’s health. The maneuvering to keep the Zeneca monopoly deprived women of generic competition for nearly … Continue reading
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Sex Workers Speak
According to this BBC News article: “Prostitutes from across the world have been writing to the BBC News website about their lives following the murders of five prostitutes in eastern England.” Below are two excerpts: I work as a part-time … Continue reading
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The “Ashley Treatment”
A BBC account is here, below is an excerpt: Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life. The nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the … Continue reading
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Now I’ve seen everything!
“Housework cuts breast cancer risk” The headline could of course have put a different spin on the finding that “moderate forms of physical activity, such as housework, may be more important than less frequent but more intense recreational physical activity … Continue reading
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New DOJ Statistics Re: Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S.
Available here. Via Feministing.
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Top Five Women’s Health Stories of 2006
The top women’s health stories of 2006 as determined by the Society for Women’s Health Research are: 1. FDA Approves a Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer 2. Emergency Contraceptive Gains Over the Counter Approval 3. Mounting Evidence about the Dangers … Continue reading
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Not A Child
The Babcock Center describes itself as: …a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1970, serving men and women with mental retardation, autism, head and spinal cord injury and related lifelong disabilities. We believe that all persons have the right to choose … Continue reading
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Molly M. Ginty on Toxic Chemicals and Females
Molly M. Ginty has posted a two part series at Women’s eNews about the effects of environmental pollution on females and reproduction: Female Troubles for Wildlife Raise Human Worries and Hereditary Toxins Spur Scientific Concerns. Below is an excerpt from … Continue reading
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Let’s Hear It for Abstinence-Only Education!
Because it’s really such wonderful public policy in a country in which more than 90% of the people have premarital sex . . . and that number hasn’t really changed in more than five decades. – David S. Cohen
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Mental Illness: What A Difference A Friend Makes
This is a fairly extensive educational site. Via The Trouble With Spikol.
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The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comments about the Family and Medical Leave Act
The official “request for comments” here says in pertinent part: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Public Law 103-3, 107 Stat. 6 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (the “FMLA” or the “Act”) was enacted on February 5, 1993 … Continue reading
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“The number of American teenage girls who are becoming pregnant has dropped dramatically since 1990, and researchers say an increase in the use of condoms among teens may be the reason why.”
That’s the first sentence of this article, “Contraception Driving U.S. Decline In Teen Pregnancies” which goes on to report: The finding suggests that teens are increasingly turning to contraception as a means of avoiding early pregnancy, even as conservative groups … Continue reading
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CFP: “Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Women in Violent Conflict”
Call for Papers June 17-19, 2007 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands The Netherlands Defense Academy and Emory University Law School’s Feminism & Legal Theory Project have joined together to sponsor a symposium regarding the sexual abuse and exploitation of women and … Continue reading
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Live Free Or Die, But Not Of Cervical Cancer
New Hampshire to offer girls free cancer vaccine: New Hampshire announced plans Wednesday to become the first state to offer the new cervical-cancer vaccine free to all girls. Beginning in January, the vaccine against the human papilloma virus, or HPV, … Continue reading
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Rebecca J. Cook and Charles Ngwena, “Women’s Access to Health Care: The Legal Framework”
Here is the abstract: The Millennium Development Goals set ambitious targets for women’s health, including reductions in maternal and child mortality and combating the spread of HIV/AIDS. The law, which historically has often obstructed women’s access to the health care … Continue reading
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“Pronto” Condoms
According to this article: Researchers at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction found that men who reported erection loss in association with condom use also reported more unprotected intercourse with women and were less likely … Continue reading
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