"reproductive-justice" Articles & Blogs:
Obama's first 100 days: A round up
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So the internets and news outlets are all a flurry with round-ups and reports about Obama's first 100 days. Samhita shared her thoughts yesterday, but here is what others have to say:
Campus Progress has a rating system, dancing condoms and all
RH Reali...[Read on] |
Paying Tribute to Roe vs Wade Warriors: Reproductive Health is a Human Right
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by Grace Lesser, Program Assistant,National Women's Law Center
Some things seem clear this week. Others, more murky. I am shocked as my fellow Massachusetts natives vote against a virulently pro-choice candidate for Senate. I wonder how in the world we w...[Read on] |
We Couldn't Agree More, Justice Ginsburg
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by Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
So much attention has been paid recently to the fact that Justice Ginsburg is the lone woman seated on the Supreme Court. In a recent interview, Justice Ginsburg herself spoke about that exp...[Read on] |
Congratulations Justice Kagan
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
It's official! Elena Kagan is now an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was sworn in on Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts and becomes the fourth woman to have ever served ...[Read on] |
Kagan will defend reproductive health choices
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This post was submitted by Mike Ellement, WCF Fellow
Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will not only add a third (and much-needed) woman, but also a defender of reproductive health...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politi...[Read on] |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Still Going Strong on Court, but Gets Blasted From Right
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Conservative blogs peeved over Supreme Court justice saying it’s OK to apply foreign law to U.S. Constitution, courts; Ginsburg says it’s not right she’s the only woman on benchSupreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Today 10:40 am
Suprem...[Read on] |
Tell the President – A Strong Woman Belongs on the Court
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by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center
We need a good woman.
As Justice David Souter prepares to retire from the Supreme Court, it is critical that President Obama nominate a strong person who is committed to the legal ...[Read on] |
Roe v. Wade – What’s in a Name?
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By Lauren Robbins, Intern for Health and Reproductive RightsNational Women’s Law Center
This past Halloween I saw a woman on the street carrying what looked like an oversized paddle and rowing her way down 14th Street, sans boat and, for that matter, w...[Read on] |
Could Supreme Court TV Make America Smarter?
| The very sight of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) makes me drowsy so the notion that he is spearheading a drive to bring live television coverage to the public workings of the United States Supreme Court is downright laughable. But yet there he is, calling out...[Read on] |
Slate asks If Elena Kagan will wear traditional female garb as Supreme Court Justice
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And I am left wondering: why does it matter ?
The absurd debate over the sexuality of then nominee- now Judge- Elena Kagan has been raging since President Obama first announced her as his nomination to fill Justice Stevens' seat. From the right, many...[Read on] |
Justice Prevails in Guilty Verdict For Murder of Dr. George Tiller
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Today a jury convicted Scott Roeder of first-degree murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas.
The statement of Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women's Law Center, follows:
"Justice has prevailed in the senseless mu...[Read on] |
Madoff Victims Come Together to Find Justice — or at Least a Little Relief
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Victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme saw their financial lives disappear — and now they’re trying to find their way backPost | Today 10:30 am
Ronnie Sue Ambrosino, 56, and her husband aren’t quite sure where they’re goi...[Read on] |
Women on the Bench: The Quality of Justice
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by Amy
Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
It’s come up a lot: Elena Kagan would be the fourth woman Justice ever to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, and would, for the first time, join two other female Justices on the bench. It’...[Read on] |
Senate Confirms Sotomayor
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Awesome.
Sotomayor would not have been my first pick for a Supreme Court justice for a lot of reasons — chief among them her disturbing deference to law enforcement and her lack of regard for privacy rights. But she is undoubtedly a highly-quali...[Read on] |
10 Facts About Diane Wood, Potential Supreme Court Justice Pick
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Hon. Diane P. Wood is believed to be one of the women on President
Barack Obama’s short list of Supreme Court justices. Tell us what you
know about herPost | Today 3:24 pm
President Barack Obama is beginning interviews with prospective replacement...[Read on] |
For the President’s Suggestion Box: Nominate a Woman
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by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center
Cross-posted to Huffington Post.
As President Obama begins his next hundred days in office, we now know for sure that he has another major item on his must-do list. Last night, it ...[Read on] |
Top Ten Wins for Women in 2009
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Protesters at a May 6, 2009 rally in the Dominican Republic against Article 30, a proposed constitutional provision that threatened to severely restrict reproductive health access. Although the provision eventually passed, extraordinary women-led...[Read on] |
News Flash: Diversity is a Good Thing
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by Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Recent print and television commentators have claimed that no white man need apply for the Supreme Court. Correction – they also believe that people in their 60s also need not ap...[Read on] |
Laura Bush says Kagan Nomination is 'Great'
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by Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Former First Lady Laura Bush told "Fox News Sunday" yesterday that she was"really glad" there would be three female Justices, if Elena Kagan, nominated to replaced Justice Stevens, were confirm...[Read on] |
Domestic violence: one more reason for health care reform
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I just received this email from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t already know this:
Eight states (Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyo...[Read on] |
Haiti Quake Puts 63,000 Pregnant Women at Risk
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UNITED NATIONS, New York (WOMENSENEWS)--Rose Mirlande Veilard could no longer feel her baby's kicks and became scared. The Port-au-Prince, Haiti, resident wondered if her baby had been killed during her struggle to leave her home near Champs de Mars, the ...[Read on] |
Maternal Mortality Rates Drop, But That's Not the Whole Story
| As Miriam reported in What We Missed, The Lancet recently released a report revealing that maternal deaths sharply declined worldwide in 2008, meaning that less women all over the world are dying in pregnancy and childbirth. Hooray! This is excellent, in...[Read on] |
Which line…male or female?
| Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the first-ever University of Minnesota Gopher Football game at the new TCF Stadium. The stadium is spectacular and the Gopher’s managed a win over Air Force–a fitting way to christen the stadium. W...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Annette Bening
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Bening made the following statement about reproductive freedom while doing press for her current film Mother and Child:
Women have to have their own personal choice about reproduction; ultimately women have to make these decisions on their own,” Bening...[Read on] |
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