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Quote of the day: From U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris:
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin." Like fraudulently counting ballots?

The child-raping, polygamist "Prophet" of lies and hate, Warren Jeffs, has been arrested.

The LA Unified School District will make the HPV vaccine available to girls as early as this fall.

Nepal, where homosexuality is illegal, had its first gay wedding.

Michigan companies must now have insurance plans that cover birth control.

Concerned Women for America argues that, because the FDA finally acknowledged that science shows Plan B is safe for over-the-counter sale, the agency has "overstepped its authority." And here is more conservatives' reactions to the approval of EC OTC status.

The Purity Ball industry appears to be expanding.

Vermont teens will be able to get emergency contraception over-the-counter despite the FDA’s decision to only provide the drug to adults.

A study found that women that are in committed monogamous relationships are still being infected by HIV/AIDs. via AllAfrica.com. Thanks Bush and your hostage ideology!

Imagine my surprise (sarcasm) when polls show Katie Couric to be the most divisive of the major network evening news anchors. Has a man ever been described as divisive?

The Washington Post has a piece up on the renewed focus on South Dakota’s proposed abortion ban.

ABC news also reported that Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of Forbes, issued an apology about the anti-career woman article like this. (Note: The retort is in response to the original article). Michael Noer, lover of women and the author of Forbes' "Don't Marry Career Women", has also written The Economics of Prostitution.

Ortho-McNeil has announced that it's rolling back the $18 price hike for birth control pills. This is great news, considering the price increase impacted 4,500 family planning clinics nationally.

Robin Morgan has a piece in The Guardian, Their Bodies as Weapons. Via: Women's Media Center.

According to a controversial new study, male students learn more from male teachers and female students learn more from female teachers.

A Kaiser Report says bills to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions were introduced in nearly half of the state legislatures this year. But not a single state has passed the legislation.

A New York judge has ruled that the state's human rights law's prohibition on discrimination on the basis of gender also prohibits discrimination against trans people.

Lynn Harris in Glamour writes: Infertile in a baby-crazed world.

A lesbian candidate won the Democratic primary for an Alabama state senate seat. If Patricia Todd wins the election, she'll be the first openly gay elected official in Alabama's history.

Post-war psychological trauma affects men and women equally. No shit.

Erotic dancers entertain Marines in Iraq. Cause we gotta keep them boys happy or they'll stop all them killins!

Senator George Allen (R-VA) publicly apologized to S.R. Sidarth, the 20-year old Democratic campaign staffer for his recent racial slurs: "Blah, blah...I got busted and now I must cover my ass. Vote for me".

On the cusp of the revelation that at least 80 military recruiters have been disciplined for sexual misconduct, a new survey of students at The Citadel shows almost 20 percent of female cadets reported having been sexually assaulted at the military college.