By Ann • 18 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

It was quite a dreary week for abortion rights, with South Dakota passing a flat-out ban and the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the “partial-birth” abortion case. On that note:

  • Deanna Zandt at AlterNet offers some tips on how to discuss the issue.
  • Will Saletan weighs in on the subject.
  • Also, everyone interested in understanding how the federal “partial-birth” abortion ban became law should definitely read Cynthia Gorney’s 2003 piece in Harper’s, Gambling with Abortion.

    • SCOTUSblog has the details on a recent 6th circuit ruling regarding RU-486, in which the court applied Ayotte.
    Bad news for all of those programs that encourage gay people to “leave the lifestyle.” Scientists may have discovered a common gene in mothers of gay sons.
    Slate examines the “Aryan sisterhood” of female news anchors.
    France now grants same-sex couples joint parental rights.
    And because we haven’t linked to Slate enough today (and because Margaret Cho is awesome), I give you The Passion of the Cho.

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