The pro-choice movement in the United States is at a critical crossroads. A new reproductive justice movement is emerging from the hardships endured by women in this country, one that will challenge the heated, sometimes violent suppression of women's dignity and human rights.
This year, more legislation to limit women's...
Posted April 13, 2010 | 12:59:15 (EST)
Today, in a blatant bid to shut down late-term provider Dr. Leroy Carhart, the Nebraska Legislature overwhelmingly passed a virtual ban on all abortions beyond 20 weeks. The so-called "Pain Capable Unborn Child Act," LB 1103 does not only affect women and families from Nebraska. (Nor is it really about...
Posted April 5, 2010 | 15:56:23 (EST)
This past Thursday night Judge Warren Wilbert gave Scott Roeder the maximum sentence for murdering my mentor, Dr. George Tiller last May: life in prison with the possibility of parole after 50 years, when Roeder will be 102.
The "Hard 50," as it's known in Kansas, is the right sentence....
Posted March 31, 2010 | 00:59:20 (EST)
What's happening in Nebraska right now isn't local. Abortion rights opponents are trying to shut down Dr. Carhart, one of four health care providers still performing specialized late-term procedures in the United States. This is a national issue that affects us all. Last night the state legislature took its first...
Posted January 3, 2011 | 21:31:37 (EST)