On today's Your Call we’ll honor International Women’s Day with a discussion about the status of women’s reproductive rights. States enacted a record number of abortion restrictions in 2011, and they continue to come out. Virginia just enacted a bill mandating ultrasound exams for women seeking abortions. Why are women’s reproductive rights being targeted now? And how are you responding? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests
Jodi Jacobson, editor-in-chief of RH Reality Check
Katherine Greenier, director of the Patricia M. Arnold Women's Rights Project with the ACLU of Virginia
Andrea Grimes, freelance reporter in Texas focusing on women's issues and gender justice
Resources
ACLU Virginia: Patricia M. Arnold Women’s Rights Project
Andrea Grimes blog: Hay Ladies!--Sex, Gender, and Feminism in the Lone Star State
Guttmacher Institute: States Enact Record Number of Abortion Restrictions in 2011
Think Progress: As Anti-Abortion Bills Gain Steam, Legislators Push Back With Legislation Mocking The Extreme Bills
Charlotte Observer: Impact of anti-abortion mandates hard to gauge
NY Times: When States Abuse Women
The Day: GOP attacks on reproductive rights
Women’s E-News:Sounds Crazy, But This Could Be Year of the Woman
RH Reality Check:I Was a "Prolife" Republican... Until I Fell in Love
NY Times: Women in Texas Losing Options for Health Care in Abortion Fight
ARHP: Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Human Rights Failure
By state...
OHIO-- Ohio remains on the front lines of America’s intractable abortion debate
GEORGIA-- Georgia Lawmaker: Women's Voices Not Being Heard
FLORIDA-- Anti-abortion bill halted in state Senate
TEXAS-- Poll: Voters Want to Keep Planned Parenthood in WHP
NEW HAMPSHIRE-- Abortion bill imperils NH’s $1.4B Medicaid program
VIRGINIA-- Video of the Day: Riot Police Sent in to Manage Anti-Sonogram Protestors in Virginia
MICHIGAN Michigan Legislature Passes 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban
NEVADA-- Nevada Moves Ahead With "Prenatal Protection" Amendments
UTAH--Utah House OKs 72-hour waiting period for abortion
PENNSYLVANIA-- Shelving Pa. ultrasound proposal was right move
COLORADO-- Abortion Notification Bill Clears Colorado Senate
MISSISSIPPI-- State GOP Pushes For 'Abortion-Free' Mississippi
CALIFORNIA-- Bill would allow non-doctors to perform abortions in California