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SPRING 2009 |
Why Dr. Tiller’s Work Mattered
As we mourn the loss of Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas, who was assassinated on May 31st, it’s important to be reminded why women seek late-term abortions. Anti-abortion rhetoric imagines women who suddenly change their minds about having a child late in their pregnancies; in actuality, those who came to Dr. Tiller for second trimester or early-third-trimester abortions were usually in a desperate situation. Some were in life- or health-threatening situations; some had just discovered that their fetus had fatal anomalies; some were just-pubescent girls who had concealed their pregnancies, perhaps because they had been raped or incested. And some, like Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Martha Mendoza, were carrying a fetus that had died in utero and wanted it removed as soon as possible. Here is Mendoza’s wrenching story, which ran in the Summer 2004 issue of Ms. It was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Between a Woman and her DoctorPulitzer-Prize winning writer Martha Mendoza tells the unforgettable story of her own late-term abortion. more... |
Feminist Daily News 7/2/2009:HHS Proposes Regulations to Eliminate HIV Travel Ban7/2/2009:DOJ Will Not Appeal Transgender Discrimination Decision 7/2/2009: New Delhi Court Rules to Decriminalize Homosexuality 7/1/2009:Franken Declared Winner of Disputed Senate Seat |
Health-Care Reform: a Women's IssuePresident Obama is on a mission to provide more Americans with health insurance even as medical costs are on the rise. In an excerpt from a feature article in the Spring '09 issue of Ms., reporter Delthia Ricks explains why such reforms will matter most to women. more ... |
The Hidden Dangers of PlasticCancer. Heart disease. Infertility. All potentially caused by BPA, a chemical found in many of the plastic products ubiquitous in our daily lives. Is the convenience of that plastic water bottle really worth the possible side effects? more... |
In Ukraine, Tourists Seek So-Called "Love"Word is spreading that Ukraine is an easy place to find "beautiful, available women"--but young Ukrainian feminists are banding together to fight the growing sex tourism industry. more... |
A New State of MindHillary Clinton at the State Department and Barbara Boxer in the Senate will be prime among foreign policy leaders in making sure that women’s rights are considered human rights. more... |
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Electrifying WomenA novel program in rural India trains women to become "barefoot engineers" and install electricity in hundreds of rural homes. more... |
Trafficking Victim Assistance, with Strings Attached |
Up With Women in the DownturnThe current economic disaster belongs to everyone, but in the stimulus package gender differences were not forgotten. Economist Randy Albelda makes sense of women’s particular economic needs and how the Obama plan has addressed them. more... |
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2009 Guide to Women's StudiesWomen's studies, as a distinct entity within U.S. higher education, made its debut in 1970 with the establishment of the first program at San Diego State University. Forty years later, there are more than 900 programs in the U.S., boasting well over 10,000 courses and an enrollment larger than that of any other interdisciplinary field. more... |
Obama's First 100 Days:
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Book Reviews from Spring 2009 Issue
Step into Liberia, where liberty is often just a name, with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s powerful memoir, This Child Will Be Great, reviewed this month in Ms. more ... |
Ms. reviewer Laura M. Carpenter takes the virginity and purity movement to task in her sparkling review of The Purity Myth, the newest book from Feministing.com founder Jessica Valenti. more ... |
Ms. reviews the latest work from Lisa See, author of the bestselling Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. In her new novel Shanghai Girls, set in the 1930s, two Chinese sisters are shipped off to arranged marriages in the U.S., where they are plunged into a strict social system that divides whites from everyone else. more... |
Helen Benedict's The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq Ms. reviewer Amy Herdy The Lonely Soldier by Helen Benedict depicting the long and reckless Iraq war through the experiences of our women soldiers. more... |
Bárbara Renaud González's Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me? Author Mary Helen Pounce review Bárbara Renaud González's Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me?, illustrating hardships Mexican American women faced in post-World War II Texas. more... |
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