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Reproductive Justice & Gender Newsletter February 2nd, 2009 More from Reproductive Justice & Gender »

Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches Escaping an abusive marriage is no easy task for many evangelical women, many of whom have pastors that say physical abuse is no reason for divorce. Read more »   Last week, AlterNet's Reproductive Justice & Gender newsletter was chock-full of good news for women -- the election of Obama (self-proclaimed feminist), the rescinding of the Global Gag Rule, and movement towards equal pay with the passing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in both the House and Senate. This week, we have more good news -- Obama signed the pay equity legislation -- followed by a big dose of bad: Dems stripped a provision from the economic stimulus bill that would have expanded contraception access for low-income women. Besides being a policy misstep (Who will pay for the cost of raising the children that teenaged or lower-income mothers can't afford to support?), the decision was arguably an ethical mistake as well (When Dems need to increase the likelihood that Republicans will vote for a bill, why single out an already marginalized group of women and use them as a bargaining chip?) Thanks for reading, Heather Gehlert Managing Editor     In Some States, Fetuses Are Deemed More Important Than Women By Jeanne Flavin, NYU Press "Fetal rights" turn women into little more than baby carriers rather than human beings. Read more »   Women Are Not 'Pork' By Ruth Rosen, Religion Dispatches Dems struck a family planning provision from the stimulus bill. What happens to the economy when a woman has a child without the means to support it? Read more »   PETA Ad Dubbed Too Sexy for Super Bowl By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet The animal-rights group doesn't want people to eat meat, but they don't mind treating women like it. Read more »   Sarah Palin Feminism: Right-Wingers Look to Open a New Front in the Culture Wars By Abby Scher, AlterNet Sarah Palin represents a new wave of independent conservative women marrying "traditional values" with corporate economics. Read more »   Anti-Sex League Favors "Purity" Over Women's Health By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check Hostility to women perceived as "sexually loose" cripples efforts to protect women's rights and health. Read more »   Reproductive Justice and Gender: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Republicans Throw Fit Over Family Planning Provisions in Stimulus Bill By Mary Jane Gallagher, Robin Summers, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association Let's take a moment to clear up some of the myths the GOP perpetuated this week about the provision it lobbied so hard to destroy. Read more »   Good News About Women and the Stimulus Package By Jill Filipovic, Feministe We didn't win the birth control battle, but the stimulus package is still very good for women. Read more »   Hooray: Obama Signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress "And I sign this bill for my daughters, and all those who will come after us ..." Read more »

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