Stand Up For Women's Health

Here are a few of the stories we’ve been paying attention to:

• Our Lizz Winstead event is a critic’s pick in Time Out New York: http://newyork.timeout.com/music-nightlife/comedy/1951473/planned-parenthood-i-am-here-for-you
   
• And the Village Voice ran a Q&A with Lizz Winstead: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/lizz_winstead.php
• Feministing did a ticket giveaway: http://feministing.com/2011/09/16/ppnyc-ticket-giveaway-spend-the-night-with-lizz-winstead/
• And Feministe did a promotional discount:  http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/09/15/feministe-and-planned-parenthood-are-hooking-you-up/
• As did The Awl: http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/special-tickets-for-you-to-this-awesome-planned-parenthood-benefit
• And Sandra Bernhard listed the event on her website: http://www.sandrabernhard.com/2011/09/planned_parenthood.html

New York:

• If you haven’t heard, the anti-choice Bob Turner defeated pro-choice David Weprin in the race for Congressional District #9 (to replace Anthony Weiner: http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/147128/gop-upsetturner-defeats-weprin-for-weiner-s-congressional-seat
•  National outlets are calling it a message to Obama: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/weiner-race-has-jewish-voters-sending-a-message—to-obama-administration/2011/09/13/gIQAlaAvPK_story.html
• While the NY Daily News is blaming Weprin: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/09/14/2011-09-14_only_in_ny__the_guy_in_the_twit_pix_isnt_the_car_wreck.html?r=news/politics
• NBC Writes about the abortion rates by zip code: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/go-healthy-ny/abortion-abortion-rates-Chelsea-health-pregnancy-birth-control-129795898.html
• WNYC has a story about our state likely missing our health care exchange deadlines: http://empire.wnyc.org/2011/09/new-york-likely-to-miss-another-federal-health-exchange-deadline/
• There’s some controversy surrounding the Staten Island head of priests for life: http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2011/09/staten_island_pro-life_advocat.html

Political News

• The CDC is fighting HIV with an innovative new tool – comic books: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63262.html
• IUDs may reduce the risk of cervical cancer: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/womenshealth/story/2011-09-12/Study-IUDs-may-also-prevent-cervical-cancer/50373772/1
• The New Yorker looks at Michele Bachman’s claims on HPV: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/09/hpv-perry-and-bachmann.html
• As does CNN: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/politics/republican-candidates-battle-over-hpv-vaccine.html?_r=1&hp
• TIME fact-checks Michele Bachmann’s claim that the HPV vaccine is harmful: http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/13/vaccination-causes-mental-retardation-fact-checking-michele-bachmanns-claim/
• Though Rick Perry also had strong financial ties to the drug maker: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/perry-has-deep-financial-ties-to-maker-of-hpv-vaccine/2011/09/13/gIQAVKKqPK_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost
• Though ABC asserts that his stance is because of one woman who died of cervical cancer: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/heather-burcham-helped-convince-rick-perry-mandate-hpv/story?id=14527117
• And CNN asserts that the vaccine is safe: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/14/opinion/bocchini-hpv-vaccine/
• And the NY Times Editorial Board weighs in: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/opinion/sunday/governor-perrys-vaccine-tribulations.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
• And USA Today calls Bachmann’s claims irresponsible: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2011-09-18/Bachmann-HPV-Perry-vaccine/50457830/1
• A CNN poll shows that Americans are still pro-choice: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2011/09/16/poll-shows-americans-still-believe-choice
• Though not as much pro-Obama: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/us/politics/obamas-support-is-slipping-poll-finds-but-his-jobs-plan-is-well-received.html?_r=1&ref=politics
• And Congressional approval is at an all-time low: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/approval-of-congress-matches-record-low/ 

State News:

• Virginia just approved serious abortion restrictions: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/us/virginia-panel-tightens-abortion-clinic-rules.html
• DC Students will be tested on sex and drug education: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/dc-students-to-be-tested-_n_964331.html