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A court in South Australia has ruled that a man can't rape and have consensual sex with a woman in same sexual encounter. I guess now Australia and Maryland have something in common.

The REAL Act, which would require federally-funded sex ed to be comprehensive and medically accurate, was introduced in the House and Senate.

The L.A. Times follows up their recent story on state funding of crisis-pregnancy centers with a piece today on how anti-choicers are making more effort to reach out to black women.

Bush has nominated Richard Honaker, a Wyoming lawyer who's written some truly awful anti-choice legislation, to a U.S. District Court judgeship.

The Catholic Chuch is pushing the limits of Mexican law in fighting the liberalization of abortion rights in Mexico City.

HPV vaccine legislation failed in Florida, is California, Colorado and Georgia. Plus, the Texas legislature moved one step closer to overturning Gov. Rick Perry's mandatory vaccination order. In light of all this, I have a piece at the Guardian's Comment Is Free about the HPV backlash.

The Supreme Court decides not to review a sexual harassment case.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland yanks funding for abstinence-only education, and a blogger critiques the news coverage.

The National Partnership for Women and Families is calling on the Justice Department to review its policies and practices to ensure it's not penalizing employees for being pregnant or taking parental leave.

This is a truly awful story from Florida about street harassment turning into full-on assault.
A woman was walking down the street, and chose to ignore the catcalls some asshole was yelling at her as he drove past. Apparently he thought he was so entitled to her attention that he turned the truck around and ran her over. In other words, "that's what you get for ignoring me, bitch."

Check out this latest video of a purity ball in Colorado. Hymens in tow.

The Associated Press reports that prices for the birth control pills are doubling and tripling at student health centers on college campuses.

Sen. Dan Patrick, a Republican talk-radio host from Houston and opponent of women's repro rights, is proposing a bill that would pay women $500 for giving their babies up for adoption rather than having abortions. Reminds me of those bastards that offered women of color to consent to sterilization.

Conservatives panic over teaching teenage girls about their bodies.

Are pro-choice cartoons being shut out of editorial pages?

Conservative Baptist leader Albert Mohler wants to test for homosexuality in utero.