The weekly version of the Daily Women's Health Policy
Report highlights the week's top 10 news stories on reproductive
health and rights. The complete list of stories is available
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Top 10 Headlines:
ELECTION 2008 |Newspapers Examine Future of Antiabortion MeasuresDefeated in Election
Following the defeat of antiabortion ballot measures in California,
Colorado and South Dakota in Tuesday's election, several newspapers
examined the future of such initiatives and whether their proponents
will take them up again. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
OPINION | Catholics Voted for Obama Because of 'Life Issues' Other Than Abortion, Opinion Piece Says
Pre-election polls showed that more than half of Catholics intended to
vote for Barack Obama in Tuesday's election, despite the fact that
"some bishops came pretty close to" directing Roman Catholics
to vote for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)
because of his opposition to abortion rights, Chicago Sun-Times
columnist and Roman Catholic priest Andrew Greeley writes in an
opinion piece. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
OPINION | Bush Administration Could Still Have Negative Impact on Abortion Rights, New York Times Editorial Says
Although President Bush only has 77 days left in his presidency, his
aides "have been scrambling to change rules and regulations"
on issues such as abortion rights, civil liberties and the
environment,and "few" of their actions are "for the good," a
New York Times editorial says. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
ELECTION 2008 |USA Today, NPR Examine Future of the Supreme Court, Impact on Abortion Legislation
USA Today on Friday examined the future of the Supreme Court and the
effect that potential judicial appointments could have on Roe v. Wade.
In addition, NPR's "All Things Considered" looked at how
judicial appointments by the next president could change the balance
ofthe Supreme Court. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | Study Links Sexual Content on TV With Teen Pregnancy
Teenagers who watched the most sexual content on television were about
twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy as teens who watched the
least, according to a study published Monday in Pediatrics, the
Washington Post reports. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
OPINION |Los Angeles Times Opinion Piece Examines Use of Mammograms as Routine Breast Cancer Screening Tool
It is "not right to scare people, but it's also not right to leave
them in the dark about an important debate going on in the medical
community," Gilbert Welch -- a researcher at the Department of
Veterans Affairs and professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute
and the Dartmouth Medical School -- writes in a Los Angeles Times
opinion piece. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH | Washington Post Examines Severe Pregnancy Sickness
The Washington Post on Tuesday examined the effects of hyperemesis
gravidarum, a severe form of pregnancy sickness characterized by
persistent nausea and vomiting and significant weight loss. [SELECT
HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
ABORTION NEWS | Ms. Magazine Examines Referrals to 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers' By College Health Centers
The current issue of Ms. Magazine examined how many college campus
health centers are referring students with possible unplanned
pregnancies to "crisis pregnancy centers." [SELECT HEADLINE
TO READ MORE]
PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | Latinas, Blacks More Dissatisfied With Breast Cancer Decisions, Study Finds
Latina and African-American breast cancer patients -- especially
Latinas who prefer to speak Spanish -- are more likely than white
patients to be dissatisfied with the decision-making process of how to
proceed with a breast cancer diagnosis, according to a University of
Michigan study, Reuters Health reports. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS | More Women in Hong Kong Desire Fewer or No Children, Survey Finds
The proportion of women in Hong Kong who do not want children or want
only one child increased to 26.2% in 2007 -- up 15.4 percentage points
from 1992 -- according to a recent survey conducted by ACNielsen of
China for the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, the South
China Morning Post reports. [SELECT HEADLINE TO READ MORE]
