After reading Delaware Governor Jack A. Markell’s Op-Ed article in The New York Times on April 12th, I felt compelled to write a letter to the editor, which appears in the newspaper today, April 19th.
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Reproductive Rights: Who Decides? officially launched into the hands of over 90 people in the elegant library at the Yale Club of New York City on April 7th. What a special evening hosted by my husband, Andy Wittenstein! Given the…
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I hope the attached Discussion Questions for Reproductive Rights: Who Decides? helps educators and students discuss and analyze the history of reproductive rights and the critical issues of legal access to contraception, abortion and reproductive healthcare in the US and…
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From February 15th – 26th teachers, librarians and children’s book writers will be interviewing me and reviewing Reproductive Rights: Who Decides? on their blogs. Join me for the tour stops!
Mon, Feb 15
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Tues, Feb 16
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For years scientists and ethicists have worried about the ramifications of altering the human genome in ways that can be inherited from generation to generation. Although many recognize the benefits of switching DNA for disease prevention and cures, the fear…
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Yesterday’s New York Times profile of planet hunter Geoff Marcy brought back great memories of my trip to the Keck Observatory in Hawaii during the summer of 2009. I spent a few days with Geoff learning about planet hunting for…
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Should scientists be permitted to genetically alter babies with traits that can be inherited by future generations? In the past week, the F.D.A. considered the science–not the ethics–behind what is called “mitochondrial manipulation.” Many bioethicists are worried, and think we…
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Well-known planet hunter Geoff Marcy and scientists from the University of California, Berkeley ([U.C. Berkeley] and the University of Hawaii, Manoa announced exciting news yesterday. By computing data from the Kepler Space Mission, they figured out the number of Earth-like…
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For the next two weeks, several bloggers are writing reviews of For the Good of Mankind? and interviewing me. Brenda Kahn, blogger for proseandkahn posted today that the book “is one tough but important read,” and “is a must-purchase for…
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Thank you to the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) and to the Bank Street Bookstore for hosting Inside Story on Saturday. Lots of people came to learn about children’s books and to hear authors talk about the…
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