News Round-Up
Kirsten Suhr is the Associate Director of Communications for Online Strategies at NARAL Pro-Choice America.
I was disappointed to see the results of the Georgia senate race. But thanks to everyone who campaigned and voted for Jim Martin. Let's not forget we still made some terrific gains this year!
A whole slew of interesting choice-related articles and blog posts have come up in the past few days. Here are some of my favorites.
- Washington Post: The Checkup: Does Abortion Traumatize Women? - A new examination of previous studies found the most scientifically accurate ones didn't find a correlation between abortion and depression.
- Bangor Daily News: Battle Looms on Access to Birth Control - Maine may soon face a battle over teens' access to contraception.
- CBS News: Why Won't South Dakota Ban Abortion? - Interesting examination into why the SD abortion ban ballot measure failed. NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota and other pro-choice groups in the state did a lot of voter education work on this issue.
- Reuters: FDA rule change boosts access to morning-after pill - Report finds it's easier for women to get Plan B now that it's available without a prescription. But...
- The Consumerist: Walgreens Jerks You Around When You Try To Buy Plan B - Author reports on his girlfriend's experience getting Plan B at a Walgreens in Mississippi.
- Kirsten Moore at RHRealityCheck: Principled Choices - "I believe President-elect Obama can teach us all a thing or two about respecting the choices that other people make in their lives and carrying that respect through into our public policies."
- Nancy Keenan in The Huffington Post: The Pro-Choice Future Caught on Video: What is free.will.power? - NARAL Pro-Choice America's president talks about our new campaign.
Have you seen any good ones I missed? Feel free to leave a link in the comments. Enjoy!
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ballot measures, birth control, free.will.power, Jim Martin, Maine, obama, plan b, South Dakota,
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A local (Portland, OR) UCC minister had a great response to an invitation to a screening of "Come What May," a new anti-abortion movie from Advent Film Group.
http://chuckcurrie.blogs.com/chuck_currie/2008/11/come-what-may-i.html
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