Weekly Feminist Reader

On Feb. 11, Portugese voters will decide whether to legalize abortion. Polls show a majority of voters favor legalization.
In L.A., it costs $70 (the price of a marriage license) for a woman to take her husband’s name. It costs $320 if a man wants to take his wife’s name. So the ACLU is suing.
Tracy Russo notices how few statues of women there are on Capitol Hill.
A British organization estimates exactly how many women are shut out of top jobs by the glass ceiling.
Most charges against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis have been dropped.
A cross-dressing Pakistani TV talk show host is delicately breaking taboos.
Texas and Kentucky (along with a slew of other states) consider making HPV vaccination mandatory for 6th-grade girls.
Democrats are vowing to put pressure on Bush to replace his anti-contraception family planning office appointee, “Dr.” Eric Keroack.
Why “Plight of Muslim Women” stories don’t come close to painting an accurate picture of the lives of Muslim women.
Pharmaceutical companies join the ranks of industries that use “babes” to sell their wares.
Phill Kline’s special prosecutor (in his case against a Kansas abortion provider) is linked to anti-choice terrorists Operation Rescue.