It’s one of the most disturbing trends in American public health: women’s life spans are shrinking in many parts of the U.S., and no one knows why. Women’s longevity took an unprecedented nosedive during the
Continue readingLOS ANGELES – Norma McCorvey spent so many years hiding her identity, she has trouble convincing people she exists. “I’m Jane Roe,” she proudly told activists at the abortion rights march in April in Washington,
Continue readingBaby M Winner
The New Republic
Malcolm Gladwell and Rochelle Sharpe
There will be only one winner in the Baby M surrogate motherhood case now being fought in a New Jersey courthouse: a lawyer from Dearborn, Michigan, named Noel P. Keane.
Continue readingShy woman rises to become a symbol: Jane Roe speaks out to save ‘her law’
Gannett News Service
Rochelle Sharpe
Norma McCorvey spent so many years hiding her identity, she has trouble convincing people that she exists.
Continue readingAbortion: The New Militancy – Part One
‘The year of pain and fear’
Gannett News Service series
Rochelle Sharpe
Pro-lifers adopt street tactics in the war to abolish abortion
Continue readingAbortion: The New Militancy – Part Two
Pro-lifers’ new guerilla commander
Gannett News Service Series
Rochelle Sharpe
Joseph Scheidler strolled into the abortion clinic as if it were his home.
Continue readingAbortion: The New Militancy – Part Three
Targets of aggressive picketing feel helpless
Gannett News Service Series
Rochelle Sharpe
Watching the Abortion Abolition Society picket outside his parents’ home this Father’s Day, Darryl Prince punched his fist into his hand again and again.
Continue readingAbortion Fight Rages at Home
Gannett News Service
Rochelle Sharpe
Florida Sen. Bud Gardner has received 3000 letters, hundreds of phone calls and a half- dozen videotapes on abortion. But he only became pro-choice after talking to his mother.
Continue readingEarly Pregnancy Blood Test Reducing Need for Amniocentesis
Connecticut Health Investigative Team
Rochelle Sharpe
A simple blood test is transforming the world of prenatal screening, offering women a risk-free way to learn about fetal abnormalities early in pregnancy.
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