Dame's Eye View

First South Dakota, next Mississippi?

Adding to the states where you don't want to be stuck needing an abortion: Eleven more states are clamoring to get on board with the South Dakota train to criminalize abortion. Let's stop it in its tracks. First up is Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who said he'd sign an abortion bill should one cross his desk.
Send a message to Mississippi Gov. Barbour that you won't take this action lying down.

On the other end of the fight: a vaccination for HPV, the virus that can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer in women is being protested by the religious right. You read that right, they are aginst a vaccination to. Stop. Cancer. The New Yorker's Michael Specter covers this story in his March 13 piece.

And abroad: Women in Kenya are hardest hit by the drought plaguing East Africa as UN funds are dwindling. Read all about it and find out how you can help. Women's Enews has the story.