An
American Prospect article discusses different groups' take on the "abortion-reduction platform" promised by President-elect Obama, saying that Obama's desire to reduce unintended pregnancies and thus abortion will not likely employ the same strategies that some Catholics and evangelical Christians are hoping for.
Amie Newman of RH Reality Check criticizes a recent Atlantic article by Ross Douthat on Planned Parenthood where he unconvincingly argues that Planned Parenthood provides more abortion than it says, does not reduce unintended pregnancy and does not deserve to receive tax money for its STI and unplanned pregnancy prevention work.
On Huffington Post, women's health care advocate Kirsten Moore discusses future HHS Secretary Tom Daschle's support of the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, which may be a way for the government to help the uninsured afford health insurance, saying he should work to rescind the ban on coverage of abortion care if the program is to be implemented.
An RH Reality Check article examines the "adoption consensus", a middle ground that both sides of the abortion debate supposedly agree on, saying that while we ought to work to make adoption easier for those who choose it, doing so will not reduce the number of abortions.
New York City councilmember Christine Quinn introduced a bill, which is expected to pass, that would extend the rights of abortion clinic workers and patients against harassment from protestors outside of clinics, after NARAL Pro-Choice New York informed her of the problem happening at a number of area health centers: (via NY Times).
Despite Vatican objections, next month the RU-486 abortion pill will be made available to women in Italy through prescription by a doctor in a hospital, a decision that was made by the previous, more liberal government in February but cannot be overturned by the current, more conservative administration: (via Times Online).
