…to give a woman the skills to respond gracefully to some nonsense. All the “bless his heart, but that man ain’t right”s in the world don’t quite cover it when the Family Action Council’s David Fowler gives an interview about reproductive health-related bills in T...

If Obama is appointing Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services , why not her political patron Tiller the Killer for Surgeon General? Governor Sebelius is one of those “personally against� pro-choicers. Sebelius wrote when vetoing a pro-life measure in 2006: "My Cath...

SB 1065 by Marrero B (HB 0890 by Hackworth) AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to testing for certain substances in pregnant women. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1.Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 5, is amended by adding...

Some good stuff from recent days, in no particular order. If you follow my FriendFeed or StumbleUpon profiles, you may have seen some of these already, but several things will be new. And as usual, there’s a ton of good stuff over at Our Bodies Our Blog. Renee of Womanist Musings at Global Com...

It wouldn't surprise women to know that staying sexually active through the years provides a host of health benefits including an immune system boost. And, a Scottish study completed in 1999 found that people who enjoy sex every other day looked about seven to 12 years younger than their peers.   B...

By Christopher Gabriel , CGabriel.com WARNING: The following 1120 words have been approved for all reading audiences by the Council for a Healthier Colon.  If you need to leave this post at any time due to feeling uncomfortable, rest assured you are not nearly as uncomfortable as I was during my 2...

At Pharyngula, PZ Myers posted a video of anti-choice protestors who believe that abortion should be illegal, because it is "murder," the "taking of a life." Yet when they are asked what should happen to women who have an illegal abortion should these activists get their wish and abortion is outlawe...

By Elizabeth Willse, Contributing Editor Billie Jean King: Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the SexesOn Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King competed against Bobby Riggs in a hard-fought Battle of the Sexes. Her victory not only made tennis history, but marked th...

In the third week since the Israeli military began attacking Gaza in "Operation Cast Lead," the women of Neve Shalom / W�ħat as-Sal�m--a cooperative town in the "no man's land" along the Israel-Palestine border--are making an impassioned and, we'll admit, sexist cry for peace. In this intentional...

I’m slowly catching up from vacation time, and have the following interesting things for you: MADRE is asking for donations to provide emergency medical supplies and relief in Gaza through their partnership with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. I feel sort of woefully underinformed abou...