Reid Schedules Vote To Move Reform Bill to Floor as Abortion Debate Continues
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is working to secure the support of 60 senators ahead of a vote on Saturday evening on whether to advance the chamber's version of health care reform legislation to the Senate floor, the Washington Post reports.

Senate Confirms Hamilton to Federal Appeals Court
The Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, the New York Times reports.

Veracruz, Mexico, Approves Law Defining Conception as Start of Life; Mexican Congress To Consider Constitutional Abortion Ban
Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday became the 17th of the country's 32 states to enact a law defining life as beginning at conception, the AP/Google News reports.

Family Planning, No-Cost Condom Distribution Could Reduce Global Warming, UNFPA Says
Slowing global population growth through no-cost condom distribution and wider access to family planning services would help aid the fight against climate change, the United Nations Population Fund said in a report released Wednesday, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.

U.S. 'Took Too Long' To Lift HPV Vaccination Requirement for Immigrants, Editorial States
Although "it took well over a year," the "federal government has finally realized that it was out of bounds to require immigrant women" to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, a Los Angeles Times editorial states.

Columnists, Cancer Groups Weigh In on Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces regarding recent recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that recommend mammograms every two years for most women starting at age 50, rather than at age 40 as previously recommended.

Blogs Comment on Abortion Coverage, Abstinence-Only Funding in Senate Health Reform Bill, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.