Archive for January, 2010

STATEMENT ON THE CONVICTION OFDR. GEORGE TILLER’S MURDERER

By Katie Buckland, CWLC News, Reproductive Justice, January 29th, 2010

“It is a great day for the American system of justice.  The jury sent a clear message that we are a pro-choice nation. And by deliberating only 37 minutes, it is clear that they saw the defendant as the cold blooded murderer that he is.”

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Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

By bobbie wasserman, CWLC News, January 22nd, 2010

Thirty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court overturned a Texas interpretation of abortion law, making abortion legal in the United States.  The Roe v. Wade decision placed the decision of reproductive health with a woman and her doctor.  More formally, it holds that a woman, with her doctor, can choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy.

There are only estimates of how many women died from illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade, but one death due to a woman not being able to exercise her reproductive choice is one death too many.  There are roughly 140 million women and girls currently living in the U.S. under the age of 40 that do…

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Charlie Sheen’s Free Pass

By bobbie wasserman, CWLC News, Domestic Violence, January 5th, 2010

On 12/29/09, Linda Stasi, columnist at the New York Post (www.nypost.com) commented on Charlie Sheen’s continuing to profit from ‘bad behavior’.  Below are excerpts from the column. What are your thoughts?

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Nothing says “holiday joy” like jail for TV’s most famous men.

Late Thanksgiving night, the highest-paid (not to mention the randiest) man in all of sports got into a domestic dispute with his wife, crashed his car, got clubbed by said wife (literally) and ended up snoring on the side of the road before being hauled away, ruining Thanksgiving and the lives of his wife and Tiger cubs, not to mention his career.

 On Christmas morning, the highest-paid (even randier) actor on TV wrecked Christmas for his (legally drunk) wife Brooke Mueller and their twins by attacking said…

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