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WMC News Brief: Kathryn Bigelow, Utah Miscarriage Bill, International Women’s Day

Bigelow Pioneers Oscars With `Hurt Locker’ Win
3/8/10
AP: Bigelow is the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar.
Utah Continues Reckless Efforts To Lock Up Pregnant Women
3/7/10
RH Reality Check: A Utah legislator withdrew a bill that would have allowed sentences of up to life in prison for a woman who experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth as [...]

WMC News Brief: Media Spin in Anti-Abortion Message, Governor Paterson, Iraqi Vote

Loretta Ross Unmasks Black Anti-Abortion Message, Media Spin
3/2/10
On The Issues: “They tell African American women that we are now responsible for the genocide of our own people,” Ross writes. “We are now accused of ‘lynching’ our children in our wombs…This is what lies on steroids look like.”
Women’s Advocates Call On Paterson To Step Down
3/3/10
RH Reality [...]

WMC News Brief: Liberal Mags Lose Readers, MD to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages, Spain Eases Abortion Restrictions

Hate Sells: Why Liberal Magazines Are Suffering Under Obama
2/23/2010
Vanity Fair: Ideologically driven magazines tend to thrive on feelings of anger and disenfranchisement. It may not be until 2013 and the inauguration of President Palin that left-wing publications attain their former heights.
Maryland Attorney General: State To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
2/24/2010
Christian Science Monitor: Maryland’s attorney general said Wednesday [...]

WMC News Brief: Rachel Maddow, Abortion Restriction Law, Saudi Women Lawyers

‘Meet The Press’ Ratings Burst With Maddow Appearance
2/19/10
Huffington Post: “Meet the Press” has benefitted from another Maddow Bump.
Okla. Strikes Down Law That Would Have ‘Undressed’ Women
2/19/10
ABC: Oklahoma Court Calls 2009 Abortion Restriction Law Unconstitutional.
Saudi Women To Be Allowed To Argue Cases In Court
2/21/10
BBC: Saudi Arabia is planning to bring in a new law [...]

WMC News Brief: Polk Award, Black Women and Abortion, 2009 Journalists’ Deaths

Filmers Of Iran Protest Death Win Polk Award In NY
2/16/10
Washington Post: The unnamed people who captured the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen as winners of a George Polk Award, the first time the journalism prize has honored work produced anonymously.
Stop Perpetuating Myths About Black Women And Abortion
2/18/10
RH Reality Check: Tom Quiner’s [...]

WMC News Brief: Ellen DeGeneres, Abortion And Race, 7-Year-Old Samba Queen

DeGeneres Is A Rising Star In Daytime
2/12/10
NY Times: Researchers reported that “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” was, for the first time, on par with “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, and in some cases, exceeding “Oprah” in the minds of viewers.
Ga. Billboards Spark Debate Over Abortion And Race
2/12/10
NPR: A billboard campaign in Atlanta has raised questions over whether [...]

WMC News Brief: “The View,” Abstinence-Only Programs, Women Bishops

‘The View’ Gets Political — Viewers Love It (And So Does D.C.)
2/8/10
Los Angeles Times: After the vivid partisan wrangling on “The View” during the 2008 presidential race became water-cooler fodder, producers realized they had hit a rich vein. Since then, the show has unflinchingly tackled political issues and, in the process, upended traditional ideas about [...]

WMC News Brief: Advertising And Free Speech, Palin Presidential Run, Costa Rica’s First Woman President

The Super Bowl Slippery Slope: Advertising And Free Speech
2/5/10
Huffington Post: What was CBS thinking when it decided to feature an ad by Focus on the Family?
Palin Not Ruling Out A Run For President
2/8/10
Wall Street Journal: Sarah Palin said she wasn’t ruling out running for president in 2012, after a weekend appearance at the National Tea [...]

WMC News Brief: Athletes On Superbowl Ad, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Afghanistan

Planned Parenthood, Athletes Respond To Tebow Super Bowl Ad
2/4/10
Fox News: Two former professional athletes are calling for the “respect of women’s choices” in response to the upcoming Super Bowl advertisement featuring the pro-life birth story of Tim Tebow.
Repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: The First SOTU Promise Broken?
2/2/10
RH Reality Check: Promises made by the White House [...]

WMC News Brief: Candy Crowley, Roeder Convicted, Haitian Women

CNN’s Candy Crowley To Lead Network’s Sunday Show
1/31/10
ABC: Candy Crowley replacing John King at helm of CNN’s Sunday show.
Jury Finds Scott Roeder Guilty Of First-Degree Murder In Death Of George Tiller
1/29/10
The Wichita Eagle: District Attorney Nola Foulston said prosecutors filed numerous requests to try to keep abortion out of Scott Roeder’s trial.
U.N. Delivers Relief Directly [...]