Morning Roundup: Fetus Testifying on Ohio Heartbeat Bill
Pregnant woman in Ohio will get a vaginal ultrasound in front of House committee so her fetus can "testify," Arizona wants to further regulate medical abortion and discourage charitable donations to organizations that mention abortion, and Obama proclaims the start of Women's History Month.
Pregnant woman in Ohio will get a vaginal ultrasound in front of House committee so her fetus can “testify,” Arizona wants to further regulate medical abortion and discourage charitable donations to organizations that mention abortion, and Obama proclaims the start of Women’s History Month.
- I swear this isn’t a headline from the Onion: “Fetus to ‘testify’ for anti-abortion bill.” Yes, folks, an anti-choice group in Ohio is putting a 9-week old fetus on the witness list. (How it will take the oath?) The fetus will be “testifying” in favor of the proposed legislation that would ban abortion after a heartbeat is detected. The woman in which the fetus currently resides will be given an ultrasound to show the fetus’s heartbeat. The article says “a pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected onto a screen. “ Now, just to be clear, a 9-week ultrasound is done by putting a condom on a probe, and inserting it 3-5 inches inside of a woman’s vagina in order to view the contents of her uterus. So, she will be having this done in front of a committee of state elected officials. Not awkward at all.
- The Arizona House took a swipe at women’s reproductive freedom yesterday by passing two pieces of legislation related to abortion. First, they approved a proposal for physician oversight of medical abortion that would require the same procedures as surgical abortion, including a new requirement of an ultrasound and heartbeat detection, although the woman is not required to view or listen to either. Secondly, the House voted for a change in a charitable donation law that allowed a dollar-for-dollar credit for donations to organizations that “spend half of their funds on the poor, chronically ill or physically disabled.” Now, those same donations are only deductible if the organization says it “does not provide, pay for, promote, provide coverage of or provide referrals for abortions and does not financially support any other entity that provides, pays for, promotes, provides coverage of or provides referrals for abortions.”
- Today marks the beginning of Women’s History Month! Read the President Obama’s Proclamation; notice the complete absence of any mention of reproductive rights.
Mar 1
- AIDS gel shown to protect anal tissue from HIV – Reuters
- Arizona House Approves 2 Bills to Restrict Services, Funding of Planned Parenthood – Fox News
- Virginia’s new abortion law to figure in 2011 elections – Southern Political Report
- Fetus to ‘testify’ for anti-abortion bill – Columbus Business First
- Georgia Law May Make Miscarriages a Felony: Would This Deter Abortions? – SodaHead News
- We can’t keep children ignorant – Newnan Times-Herald
- Neb. Legislature to debate abortion coverage bill – NECN
- Letter-writers sound off on abortion – Syracuse.com (blog)
- Sexual rights are human rights – Trinidad News
- Anti-HIV vaginal gel deemed safe for rectal use too – Sify
- Abortion clinics fear new law could shut them down – Staunton News Leader
- Proposed cuts would put women’s health at risk – Indianapolis Star
- OUR VIEW: It’s important LGBT students have an ally at OU – Oklahoma Daily
- Law should protect wanted fetuses while allowing abortions – Denver Daily News
- House votes on two abortion measures – Yuma Sun
- Abortion bill poised to pass – Concord Monitor
- Abortion bill: Parents must be informed – The Union Leader
- A selective protection of rights – Youngstown Vindicator
- Waddell: Virginia women, wake up – Richmond Times Dispatch
Feb 28
- Programme offers sex education for youth – Viet Nam News
- Planned Parenthood cuts slash rights for everyone – NYU Washington Square News
- Marshall Co. legislator seeks to restrict late term abortion – WAFF
- South Dakota Bill Would Mandate Religious Counseling Prior To Abortion – Care2.com (blog)
- City accused of bias in abortion battle – Metro.us
- The Budget and American Women – New York Times
- Bronx-Lebanon Obstetricians Face Malpractice Insurance Cutoff – New York Times
- HPV leading cause of male head and neck cancer – CBS News
- Abortion Sonogram Passes in Texas Senate – KTSM News Channel 9
- Planned Parenthood Could See the Elimination of Federal Funding – Patch.com
- Presidential Proclamation–Women’s History Month, 2011 – FavStocks
- HIV cases rise locally with increased heroin use – Utica Observer Dispatch
- Family Planning has reopened its Christchurch Clinic – Scoop.co.nz (press release)
- Boys ‘should have HPV vaccination’ – The Press Association
- Unborn child to ‘testify’ on Ohio abortion bill – Dayton Daily News
- More new mothers dying from strep bug – Scotsman
- An Anti-HIV Gel Shows Some Promise for Prevention – TIME
- Midwives lobby for Medicare coverage – Abilene Reporter-News
- Many favour family planning and birth control: Survey – Peninsula On-line
- Teens become moms to give life meaning – Times LIVE
- PCBs may impair fertility – Science News
- Abortion and family planning: Should religion get in the way? – Washington Post
- New Jersey’s Black Babies at Higher Risk – BET
- Walk for Choice Rallies Support for Women’s Reproductive Rights, Square Off … – Dallas Observer (blog)
- Postnatal depression in women after unsuccessful attempted abortion – British Journal of Psychiatry
- Malkin rants about abotion – York Daily Record
- “I Do Want to Turn Back the Clock” – Slate Magazine (blog)
- Cardiac Hospitalization Readmission Rates Significantly Higher for Women – PR-USA.net (press release)
- Filipino bishops call off public protest on birth-control bill – Catholic Culture
- SoHo Billboard: Womb is ‘The Most Dangerous Place’ for an African American – Black Voice News
- Geographical obstacles hold back family planning program – Jakarta Post
- Many HIV Patients Carry Strain With Drug-Resistant Mutation – U.S. News & World Report
- Celebrating Condoms And The Pill – The Atlantic
- OPINION: Planned Parenthood and the Rape of American Women – The South Los Angeles Report
- Banning Family Planning is Just Bad Business – Huffington Post (blog)
- Family Planning Stabilizes Population, But Global Investment Is Down – Scientific American
- Planned Parenthood, Susan B. Anthony List put up dueling ads – Washington Post (blog)
- CROI: Nurses Can Manage HIV Therapy – MedPage Today
- Is It Time for Birth Control Without a Prescription? – Campus Progress
- The New Sexual Revolution – National Review Online
- “Abortions are safer than having a baby” according to new study. – DollyMix
- Rural campaign against cervical cancer – Bangkok Post
- Smoking Early in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Heart Defects in Infants – HealthNewsDigest.com
- Rectal gel shows promise in warding off HIV: study – AFP
- Pope says women often persuaded by others to have abortions – Catholic News Service
- Free Spirit Publishing Releases Survival Guide for GLBTQ Teens – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
- House starts debates on RH bill – Philippine Star
- The Nation: How Dead Is DOMA, Really? – NPR
- Arkansas House Report: Commission on Women, autism funding – The City Wire
- U.N. Women Launched During 55th UN Commission Session – TopNews United States
- Ruling on Pride march is a human rights victory, experts say – Pink Paper
- Calif. County Clerk Files Motion to Defend Prop 8 – Christian Broadcasting Network
- AIDS gel shown to protect anal tissue from HIV – Reuters
- Red Tent Event set as a special place for women – Providence Journal
- NH bill would bring back abortion limits for minors – WCAX
- Court turns down Chinese woman’s application for abortion – Times of India
- Abortion safer than pregnancy, claim medics – ParentDish UK
- Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation – Will the ‘Cutting’ Stop? – AllAfrica.com
- NH bill pushes abortion limits for minors – Boston Globe