Word: parenthood
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...that scientists have turned stem cells from mouse embryos into viable eggs. The report in Science set researchers' imaginations ablaze. Could this technique provide an endless supply of human eggs? And since scientists turned cells from both female and male mice into eggs, could it overturn traditional notions of parenthood? Could males make egg cells? Could gay couples produce genetic offspring? So far, the research holds promise only for gay mice...
Right now, Planned Parenthood is sponsoring new legislation in Massachusetts, which would allow certain pharmacists to dispense EC without a prescription and would require state’s hospitals to provide information to rape victims. EC is already available without a prescription in over 13 countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom and France. This month Planned Parenthood also launched a new program, which allows women to request EC from the organization’s nurse practitioners over the internet (Planned Parenthood already runs similar programs in Chicago, Indiana, Oregon and Georgia). These attempts to publicize and politicize EC need public...
...Whereas one can today advertise Dale Earnhardt’s number “3” on the back of one’s pickup, the “Choose Life” plate still languishes in the courts due to a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood...
...campaign in which some of the ads featured coat hangers. To some of the movement's newest members, the message seemed almost laughably out of touch. "I've been in meetings where feminist activists make no attempt to really listen to young women," says Jennifer Baumgardner, an active Planned Parenthood member and the co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). "The women making all the decisions are in menopause...
...same time, 60% of those polled said it has become too easy to obtain an abortion, which helps explain why opponents have been so effective in nibbling at the edges of the abortion question. Ever since a 1992 Supreme Court decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, opened the door for states to impose greater limits on the right to an abortion, activists have taken up the fight state by state, measure by measure. In the past seven years, 335 new restrictions have been put on the books around the country, according to NARAL. Most common are parent-notification laws, required waiting...