This Austin Chronicle cover image says it all about reproductive rights in Texas. The accompanying story is good, too.

Is abortion bad? Will Saletan and Katha Pollitt duke it out via email. I think Katha cleans his clock. But you really must read all three days' exhchanges and decide for yourself.

Never thought I'd say this, but I love this feminist beauty queen! She ditched her tiara when she learned that Miss America is given very little opportunity to actually pursue her own charitable causes.

The candidates vying for the GOP nomination for Ohio governor are each vowing to scale back abortion rights more than the other. Why is it we never see two Democratic candidates trying to one-up each other's abortion-access policies? Sigh.

Yet another setback for awful Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline: The state Supreme Court dramatically restricted his demand that clinics turn over women's abortion records.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is trying to woo Catholic voters by restricting abortion pill imports. Sure, an easy decision to make if you're not having sex. This man is seriously disgusting.

This year's Academy Awards are a boys club. You know it's a bad year for women when none of the best picture nominees features one in a lead performance.

Bush's 2007 proposed budget cuts $35 billion from Medicare, and substantially increases military spending. The Bush administration is also expected to ask for another $120 billion outside of the budget to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is how "we strive to be a compassionate, decent, hopeful society"?

Finally, remembering Betty Friedan.