http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/abortion/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3285/equating_stillbirths_with_murders/ Christy Lynn Freeman, a 37-year-old, Ocean City, Md., woman, was recently charged with murder after delivering a stillborn child under Maryland's as-yet-untested Viable Fetus Act of 2005. Worcester County prosecutor Joel J. Todd charged Freeman with murder and a district court judge held her without bail for allegedly performing her own late-term abortion. Though these charges were eventually dropped, Freeman's case illustrates the coercive potential of legislation that gives fetuses rights at the expense of women. Freeman arrived at Atlantic General Hospital by ambulance on July 26, bleeding profusely. She denied that she had ever been pregnant, but doctors found a placenta and an umbilical cord inside her body. Later, she admitted that she had given birth to a stillborn… abortion gender womens rights Jean Forst Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3325/an_unholy_alliance/ Every Wednesday and Friday morning, two or three volunteers wearing bright green shirts that read "Pro-Choice, Y'all" assemble in front of Reproductive Health Services in Montgomery, Ala., to escort patients from the parking lot to the front door, past a small sea of anti-abortion protesters. The protesters carry handmade signs and pictures of fetuses sucking their thumbs. They play violins and blow loudly into horns. They thrust graphic pamphlets at the patients, form prayer circles on the sidewalk, and teach their children to plead with women to not murder their babies. The protesters are mostly women. They look like Sunday school teachers, housewives and hip grandmas. And, during the past few months, they have grown more vocal and more organized,… abortion civil rights gender Jean Forst Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3788/poison_pill_slipped_into_indian_health_bill/ When it comes to their health, American Indian women face extraordinary barriers -- from high disease risks to increased incidents of sexual violence. They now face another obstacle, rooted in the political battleground of abortion. The Senate's recent passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act was a breakthrough for advocacy groups that have long pushed for the bill's provisions -- new programs, improved facilities and funding for the Indian Health Services (IHS) system, which serves about 1.9 million people nationwide. But the victory is dampened by a poison pill provision slipped in by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) that explicitly restricts abortions under IHS programs. The amendment was approved along with the bill in February. As In These Times went… abortion gender medical and health politics race Jean Forst