Articles of Interest

Forced Abortion Planned by Chinese Officials

"Arzigul Tursun, pregnant with her third child, is hospitalized under orders by Chinese officials who plan to forcibly terminate her pregnancy..."

Phillipine Reproductive Health Bill Likely to be Defeated

"A family planning bill currently moving through the Philippine legislature that would promote sex education and contraceptive use is expected to be defeated..."

ACLU Questions Limitations on Reproductive Services for Undocumented Teens

"The American Civil Liberties Union requested documents from the federal government Monday on current US policy that limits teenage refugees' access to reproductive care. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) initiated a policy earlier this year that limits reproductive health services for undocumented teenagers, including access to contraceptives and abortion..."

Senate Bill Challenges Bush Rule Limiting Reproductive Health Care

"Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced legislation yesterday that would prevent a Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) rule from limiting women's access to proper reproductive care..."

USA Today Editorial, Opinion Piece Examine Debate Within Antiabortion Movement Over Future Strategy

"USA Today on Friday featured an editorial and an opposing opinion piece examining the debate among antiabortion groups over whether to work with abortion-rights groups to reduce the number of abortions through improved social programs..."

Improved Access To Safe Abortion Needed To Reduce Maternal Death Rate in Ghana, Advocate Says

"Ghana's government should increase efforts to encourage safe abortion procedures and provide reproductive health education to reduce its maternal mortality rate, Jehu Appiah -- country director of Ipas Ghana -- said in a recent speech during an advocate training meeting at the University of Ghana..."

S.D. Abortion Script Threatens Doctor-Patient Relationship, NEJM Opinion Piece Says

"A South Dakota law that requires a physician to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being" with whom she has an "existing relationship" signals "a new step in states' efforts to restrict abortion," Zita Lazzarini of the University of Connecticut Health Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health writes in the New England Journal of Medicine..."

Uruguayan President Vetoes Abortion Decriminalization Bill

"Both House and Senate passed a bill decriminalizing abortion to twelve weeks in Uruguay over the past few weeks, but late last week Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez vetoed the bill, and the legislature is unlikely to override it..."

How to Push Abortion Out of Women's Reach in Four Days or Less

"It happened quietly and quickly. And now, no one's allowed to talk about it.

The story comes out of New Jersey. There, the Cherry Hill Women's Center provides reproductive and gynecological health services, including abortions. It was established in the 1970s, and is a member of the National Abortion Federation and the National Coalition of Abortion Providers.

As part of the center's support services, it developed a partnership with a local hotel, the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, to offer out-of-town abortion patients a discounted rate on a room..."

Antiabortion Movement Divided as Some Groups Shift Focus From Banning Abortion to Reducing Procedures

"The Washington Post on Tuesday examined how efforts by some antiabortion religious leaders, academics and advocacy groups to shift their focus from outlawing abortion to reducing the number of procedures have created fractures within the movement."