Link-A-Dink

Check out this bag-o-douche explain why feminists are "children of the devil" and "hate G-d". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kOZoSUB3L8&eurl

Just in time for the pink-ribboned fun of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the decidedly awful Tom Coburn has effectively killed an amendment to fund research into environmental causes of the disease.

Male birth control may soon be a reality. I predict this shit may be hocked in the streets like candy.

Isn't it ridiculous when science is an "election issue"?

A group of scientists has gotten together to support political candidates who believe science should trump ideology.

On Thursday, New York State's highest court upheld the Women's Health and Wellness Act over the Roman Catholic Church and other religious organizations.

The Guardian considers torturous trends in women's fashion.

Somalia bans women from swimming at public beaches.

Newsweek profiles Nancy Pelosi, who is poised to become the first female speaker of the house.

A woman who was in prison for killing her abusive husband in self-defense has been released, and is speaking out about her experience.

Anti-choice parents are slapping duct tape on their kids' mouths and sending them to school as little protesters... if school districts will let them.

A touching obituary for Safia Amajan, an Afghan teacher and women's rights activist who was recently gunned down by the Taliban.

Clearly, "women deserve better" than Feminists For Life.

A South Dakota paper has allowed groups in favor of the abortion ban to buy ads that wrap around the entire newspaper.

...and Words of Choice takes their awesome theater/activism to South Dakota.

Reporters are starting to call out South Dakota anti-choicers on their lying advertisements. The Rapid City Journal confronted them about the patently false statement that the ban has an exception for the health of the mother.

Anti-choice groups are using parental-notification ballot initiatives to chip away at abortion rights in most left-leaning Western states.

An Indiana jail has made it a specific requirement that all female visitors wear bras.

Awesome resource: Abortion laws of the world. (from the Harvard Law Review)

In an excerpt from her new book, Gun Show Nation, Joan Burbick writes about the connections between gun culture, misogyny and domestic violence.

Check out this (notably biased) article on the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, which aims to protect foreign women from violence.

The four soldiers that raped an Iraqi girl and then killed her whole family are going to face court martial.

The Center for American Progress released a report last month, More than a Choice: A Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights. It's been said to be one of the most comprehensive reports on reproductive issues that's been out within the last decade.

Shockingly, early abortions are hard for many women to obtain! A new article in the journal Contraception examines some of the reasons.

An Ohio judge strikes down a law that restricts how doctors can provide the abortion pill Mifeprex (commonly known by its French name, RU-486).

If the Democrats retake the House in November, it would mean significantly more women in positions of power in Congress.

The Governator signs a bill to ensure the personal contact information of abortion providers isn't made public.

Trojan gives universities a grade based on how accessible they make sexual health information and services.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that women who take time off for maternity leave have no right to the same pay as male colleagues. Ugh.

Struggling to pay the bills? Some politicians suggest you just get married.

Madison, Wisconsin is considering an ordinance to require pharmacies that do not provide EC to dispay a notice saying so, and also stating the nearest location where it is available. Sometimes hillbillies rock.