Extra credit at Newman High
These young people appear to be on a field trip from Newman High School in Wausau, Wi.
Author Archive
Podcast: Idaho Senate Bill 1353
This week I speak to Stacy Falkner of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. She and I discuss pending legislation in Idaho, Senate Bill 1353. This is the so called Conscience Bill that seeks to redefine what an abortifacient is in Idaho. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has opposed this legislation. For more information email Stacy at Stacy.Falkner@ppgnw.org.
Planned Parenthood Refusal Letter to the Senate Floor
Podcast: Rep. Donna Seidel on The Healthy Youth Act
I spoke to Rep. Donna Seidel about the passing of The Health Youth Act in Wisconsin. The Healthy Youth Act is Assembly Bill 458 and can be found here.
Podcast: Our Wholes Lives in Appleton
In this podcast I speak to 4 teens from Appleton, Wi about the OWL (Our Whole Lives) program that they take part in at their church. We compare it to the sex ed program that they went through at the public schools in Appleton.
Podcast: COCHRAN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Today I spoke to Alexa Kolbi-Molinas from the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project regarding Cochran V. Kentucky. The case of Ina Cochran, and her pregnancy prosecution.
To follow the State Supreme Court of Kentucky regarding this case, please go here.
You can also follow the case at the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Website.
If anyone listening has been prosecuted or threatened with prosecution, or knows anyone who has been prosecuted or threatened with prosecution, for allegedly harming their fetus, they should definitely get in contact with Alexa and the folks at the ACLU. You can email rfp@aclu.org or send a letter to the Reproductive Freedom Project at 125 Broad Street, 18th floor, NY, NY 10004. For more information about the ACLU’s work on pregnancy prosecutions and other reproductive freedom issues, please visit www.aclu.org.
Podcast: Louise Melling on Stupak Amendment
In this podcast I speak to Louise Melling, the Director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, about the Stupak Pitts Amendment and its ramifications on reproductive rights in this country.
Here is a copy of the Bill.
Podcast: Tummino v. von Eschenbach (NY)
From the Center for Reproductive Rights…
“On March 23, 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights scored a major victory when a federal court ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put politics before women’s health when it decided to limit over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B to women over 18. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the FDA to reconsider its decision. It also ordered the FDA to act within 30 days to extend over-the-counter access to 17-year-olds. On April 22, 2009 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will clear the way for Plan B’s manufacturers’ to make the “morning-after pill” available without a prescription to 17-year-olds.”
On this podcast I speak to Suzanne Novak about the lawsuit. We talk about what was learned, and how this will impact us all going forward.
The documents from the case can be found here.
Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control
We want to thank the people at RH Reality Check, and Stuart Productions for this video about the events at Belmont Abby College.
