Ms. FALL 2006 ISSUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters Keeping Score
National	Global
NOW Turns 40 Take the Initiative Light After the Storm A Fertile Case Women and Children Last She Won't Go Quietly Short Takes Calendar	School's Out It Takes a Village Conventional Wisdom Abused to Death Vote "F!" for Feminism Short Takes
FEATURES
Cover Story Showdown on the Plains | Rebecca Clarren South Dakotans have come out in force against a draconian abortion ban. Can they stop it before it upends abortion rights throughout the nation? Photo: Michelle Keller We Had Abortions These women invited you to join them in a campaign for honesty and freedom by signing the Ms. petition. Letters to an Army of Three | Michele Kort Artist Andrea Bowers honors pre-Roe pioneers who educated women on where to find safe abortions. The Geography of Breast Cancer | Francesca Lyman Why are there "hot spots" of the disease in the United States? A dogged group of survivors, scientists and mapmakers are determined to find out. Fatal Error | Sarah Fort Once again, ideology trumps good science and public health policy as Bush's global AIDS plan ignores reality and endangers women's lives.
DEPARTMENTS
Money The Sin of Wages | Martha Burk Law No More Excuses! | Debra S. Katz and Justine F. Andronici Excerpt We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For | Alice Walker	Book Reviews Sabrina B. McCormick on Samantha King's Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy Jan Cottingham on Wangari Maathai's Unbowed: A Memoir Helen Zia on Katherine Min's Secondhand World Jessica Stites on Alice McDermott's After This Kimberly Springer on Evelyn M. Simien's Black Feminist Voices in Politics Great Reads for Fall 2006 Backtalk Anchor Away | Donna Brazile No Comment