Weekly Feminist Reader

Portugal legalizes abortion.
The House is still on track to remove the abstinence requirement for receiving international AIDS relief funds.
A man who was angry with his girlfriend for having an abortion was recently sentenced to life in prison for killing her toddler.
Thailand passes a bill criminalizing marital rape.
On pro-choice politics in Kansas.
Arizona rejects a parental consent bill.
Good luck finding emergency contraception in North Carolina.
Only one Nashville hospital treats sexual assault victims.
Elected officials in India call for a national sex toy ban.
A British teenager sued her school for the right to wear her chastity ring.
A new study compares the NuvaRing to the Pill.
Radar mag satirizes summer fashion photo spreads.
One in five diverse workers reports workplace discrimination
What’s so mesmerizing about Nancy Drew?.
Britain considers national mandatory HPV vaccination.
Apparently single men are all on the West Coast, and single women congregate on the East Coast. This map looks like a junior high dance.
Sam Brownback vows to nominate only anti-Roe justices, while Bill Richardson pledges the opposite.
Should it be legal for women to walk around topless in public?
A woman’s family is suing a Planned Parenthood in Southern California because she died after having an abortion.

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