ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Abortion, Women's Health

1999 National Clinic Violence Survey Report
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation
Country: United States

The Feminist Majority study states: "One in five clinics experienced severe anti-abortion violence in 1999. The percentage of clinics reporting one or more types of severe anti-abortion violence (including death threats, stalking, bombings, arsons, blockades, invasions, chemical attacks, bomb threats, and arson threats) declined slightly from 22% in 1998 to 20% in 1999."

Lack of sexual assertiveness endangers young women?
Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Author: Vaughn I. Rickert, Rupal Sanghvi and Constance M. Wiemann
Country: United States

Results of a recent study show that 20% of the women interviewed believed that they do not have the right to make their own decisions about contraception and other sexual matters. (8/02)

Confusion of terms in partial birth abortion
Source: Women's Enews
Author: Cynthia L. Cooper
Country: United States

"Many believe partial-birth abortion laws are about late-term abortions. Others insist the laws refer to a specific procedure. Both are wrong. This confusion appears to be at the core of why the laws are persistently passed only to be struck down by courts." (04/01/01)

Is a ban on embryo cloning unconstitutional?
Source: National Policy Analysis
Country: United States

How do constitutional issues, like the Commerce Clause, bear upon the prospect of banning embryonic cloning? (12/01)

How politics trumped science and informed consent
Source: AAPS
Author: Karen Malec
Country: United States

Study that finds that "[s]cientists, women's groups, and the media have consistently suppressed or ignored research that establishes a direct link between abortion and breast cancer for their own political purposes." (PDF file) (8/03)

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