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The Court does not have the power

By Mindy on 2012-03-29 • ( 9 )

A Judge in the [Family] Court in Australia rules that the Court does not have the power to compel a woman to continue a pregnancy.

IWD Event: Dame Carol Kidu to give the 2012 Pamela Denoon lecture

By Anna on 2012-02-28

For Hoydens within travelling distance of Canberra, this year’s Pamela Denoon lecture will be given on International Women’s Day (Thursday 8 March), at the ANU, on on “Sex, Women and the 21st Century in Papua New Guinea”.

Quicklink: “an abrogation of medical ethics, if not common decency”

By tigtog on 2012-02-19 • ( 15 )

Under the new legislation, women who want an abortion will be forcibly penetrated for no medical reason. Where’s the outrage?

Constance Johnson, Democrat senator for Oklahoma and author of the "Spilled Semen"amendment to the Oklahoma "Personhood"bill

Friday Hoyden: Constance Johnson

By Helen on 2012-02-17 • ( 4 )

Women’s reproductive rights are under threat everywhere in the US. In the state of Oklahoma, the “Personhood Bill” is aimed not only at abortion, but at some forms of contraception.

Quicklink: What would it take to trust Komen again?

By tigtog on 2012-02-08

Crunchy analysis from Mother Jones. Komen’s anti-choice VP may have resigned, but the board itself is still stacked with problems.

The 44th Down Under Feminists Carnival

By Mary on 2012-01-29 • ( 10 )

This is the 44th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together December 2011 feminist posts from writers living in Australia and New Zealand.

Ob Twilight: Breaking Dawn Thread

By tigtog on 2011-11-22 • ( 4 )

Love it? Hate it? Meh? It’s a bit hard to totally ignore this week, just sayin’. (obviously, Spoilers Alert)

A friendly hello and thank you to our local reproductive health clinics

By tigtog on 2011-10-21 • ( 5 )

I wanted them to know that there are still people who think well of them compared to the demonstrators outside many of their clinics right now as part of the “40 Days For Life” international anti-abortion campaign.