Cynthia L. Cooper, Author at Women's eNews

Poll: Silent Majority in GOP Supports Choice

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● June 28, 2004

In preparation for the GOP convention that begins in August, a faction that supports choice for women is battling for more party turf. It was spurred by a recent poll that found most Republicans viewed abortion as a personal decision.

Abortion Records Safe From Feds, for Now

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● May 14, 2004

Legal battles waged since November in five states and seven separate federal courts have finally turned back the tide of Justice Department demands for women’s medical records.

Daughter of Justice Blackmun Goes Public about Roe

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Arts & Culture ● February 29, 2004

As Justice Blackmun’s archives are about to go public, the daughter of the author of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade talks about the collection, the hate mail her father brought home and her own emergence as a pro-choice advocate.

Delays Likely for Emergency Contraception

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Health & Science ● February 10, 2004

Easier access to the morning after pill is unlikely to be approved this month by the Food and Drug Administration. Instead, the agency is likely to delay over-the-counter sales.

Laughing with the First Woman to Swim the Channel

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Arts & Culture ● December 5, 2003

Our correspondent recalls a buoyant afternoon spent with Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, seven years ago. Ederle died Nov. 30, at the age of 98.

Activists Will Run to Court to Halt Abortion Ban

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Politics ● October 14, 2003

Reproductive-rights lawyers are ready to challenge the constitutionality of the so-called Partial-Birth Abortion Ban as soon as it becomes law. They will base much of their case on a 2000 decision by the Supreme Court against a similar ban.

Reproductive Rights Fight Moves to Environment

By Cynthia L. Cooper & Margie Kelly ● Uncategorized ● August 24, 2003

As more research links environmental toxins to fertility problems, reproductive-health advocates are expanding their fight and taking aim at industrial polluters.

Part 2: Republican Party Donates to Right to Life

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● March 18, 2003

Second of a two-part series. Today, anti-choice candidates are assisted by the financial alliance between the National Right to Life Committee and the Republican Party.

Anti-Choice Group Fights Campaign Finance Reform

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● March 16, 2003

First of a two-part series. Today, anti-choice advocates fund the lawsuits and other attacks on campaign finance reform–putting it on a par with their determination to end legal abortions. Tuesday, anti-abortion committee’s election contributions.

Roe v. Wade at 30: Dreams and Predictions

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Crime & Law ● January 19, 2003

It’s been 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court established a woman’s right to an abortion. The ruling in no way put the issue at rest and women’s legal advocates are sketching scenarios of what may lie ahead. First of a four-part Roe v. Wade series.

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