Posted January 21, 2011 | 14:03:37 (EST)
We mark the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision tomorrow, and celebrate how it affirmed that women should have power over their own bodies -- but we are also alarmed at the rising tide of anti-abortion violence in the U.S.
Following the 2008 elections, and with little hope...
Posted November 19, 2010 | 14:57:08 (EST)
The Obama administration is set to begin a status review of its operations in Afghanistan next month, and in Lisbon this weekend, NATO leaders will meet to discuss the war.
Too often, these official reviews and strategy negotiations have left Afghan women out. This time, we hope it will be...
Posted February 25, 2010 | 19:45:27 (EST)
As health care reform was being debated yesterday at the White House between Democrats and Republicans, who better to weigh in than ... Catholic bishops?
They released a letter yesterday asking for "bipartisan action to advance health care reform that protects human life and dignity." Sounds innocent enough. But what...
Posted February 23, 2010 | 18:36:25 (EST)
By this time, few adults in the U.S. haven't heard of the "cervical cancer vaccine" Gardasil, which has been well-publicized and recommended for routine administration to girls and women ages 9 to 26. But how many know that Gardasil--which attacks four strains of the sexually transmitted HPV (human papillomavirus)--is not...
Posted November 23, 2009 | 14:10:32 (EST)
By Katherine Spillar and Carmen D. Siering
Sure, the film New Moon is breaking box office records, and both tween girls and their moms are swooning over pale-faced vampire Edward and hunky werewolf Jacob, who both vie for the attention of our ostensible hero, Bella. Isn't it romantic?
Well.... with...
Posted November 3, 2009 | 16:40:04 (EST)
Eleven years ago, U.S. economic leaders should have listened to Brooksley Born.
Then head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Born was concerned about new and unregulated futures markets. They were growing at tremendous rates, yet their risks were not fully understood. She was especially wary of the lack...
Posted November 7, 2008 | 17:11:39 (EST)
In the waning, lame-duck days of the Bush Administration, still more damage may be wrought as it tries to weaken environmental rules, civil liberties and abortion rights.
One particularly odious proposed change to HHS regulations would make it even harder than it already is for poor women to get abortions...
Posted March 4, 2011 | 13:22:15 (EST)