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...became pregnant through rape or incest). If voters choose to keep the law, challenges to its constitutionality are expected, quite possibly all the way to the Supreme Court. That is exactly what the law's backers, who want it to serve as a test case to try and overturn Roe v. Wade now that the court has two new conservative justices, had in mind when they drafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Votes That Really Count | 11/6/2006 | See Source »

...leading U.N. authority on women’s rights received the Anne Roe Award from the Graduate School of Education (GSE) last night. President of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Geeta Rao Gupta won the award, which is given to an individual who has contributed significantly to women’s professional growth. ICRW is a non-profit organization that focuses on women in developing and transition countries. GSE Dean Kathleen McCartney presented the biennial prize to Gupta in front of a crowd of around 100. Gupta also discussed her work in a lecture entitled...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women’s Rights Expert Feted | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...checked my website and found the offending words. They were not my own; my staff had posted them to summarize my pro-choice position during the Democratic primary, at a time when some of my opponents were questioning my commitment to protect Roe v. Wade. Within the bubble of Democratic Party politics, this was standard boilerplate, designed to fire up the base. The notion of engaging the other side on the issue was pointless, the argument went; any ambiguity on the issue implied weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: My Spiritual Journey | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...rely on the ever-optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction?a claim that has been made since that MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...rely on the ever optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction - a claim that has been made since that mission accomplished banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England Ghosh's story made me believe there are only two ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation from the other Arab countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daily Hell of Baghdad | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

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