ABORTION
A guide to covering abortion issues

STATE BY STATE
ABORTION LEGISLATION IN THE STATES
• Search the news service Stateline.Org for the latest stories about abortion activity in the states.
• The National Conference of State Legislatures' web site includes a page that links to information on state action on abortion.
• The Center for Reproductive Rights provides a rundown of abortion bills making their way through state legislatures.
• The National Organization for Women keeps track of abortion legislation on the state and federal levels.
• NARAL Pro-Choice America, formerly the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, offers a state-by-state look at abortion legislation.

REGIONAL CONTACTS FOR ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS
• Concerned Women for America, whose mission is to bring biblical principles into all levels of public policy, lists state chapters.
• The National Right to Life Committee lists affiliates.

REGIONAL CONTACTS FOR GROUPS THAT PROMOTE ABORTION RIGHTS
• Planned Parenthood lists centers across the nation.
• The American Civil Liberties Union lists offices across the country.
• NARAL Pro-Choice America, formerly the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, offers a list of affiliates around the country.

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Michele Dillon is associate professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. She wrote "The American Abortion Debate: Culture War or Normal Discourse?" for the book The American Culture Wars: Current Contests and Future Prospects (University of Virginia Press, 1996). Contact 603-862-2925, michele.dillon@unh.edu.
• Heidi J. Block is assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where she is an expert in abortion politics. Contact 508-533-0361, hblock@umassd.edu.
• George J. Annas is professor and chairman of the health law department at the Boston University School of Public Health and an expert on abortion policy. Contact 617-638-4626, annasgj@bu.edu.
• Jack M. Balkin is a constitutional law professor at Yale Law School and an expert on abortion policy. He is currently a visiting professor at the New York University School of Law. Contact 212-992-8869, jack.balkin@yale.edu.
• Phillip B. Levine is a professor in the department of economics at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. He wrote Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy, and the Economics of Fertility (Princeton University Press, 2004). Contact 781-283-2162, plevine@wellesley.edu.
• Laurence H. Tribe is a constitutional lawyer and Harvard University law professor. He wrote the book Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (W.W. Norton & Co., 1992). Contact 617-495-4621, tribe@law.harvard.edu.

IN THE EAST
• James Trussell is professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey. He also is associate dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and has expertise on the topic of abortion. Contact 609-258-4946, trussell@princeton.edu.
• W. Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He wrote "Abortion, Gay Rights and Church-State Issues in the 2000 Campaign" for the book Religion and Liberal Democracy: Piety, Politics and Pluralism (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). Contact 202-687-5273, wilcoxc@georgetown.edu.
• Faye Ginsburg is professor of anthropology at New York University. She wrote the book Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community (University of California Press, 1998). Contact 212-998-8558, faye.ginsburg@nyu.edu.
• Jonathan E. Brockopp is associate professor of religion at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. He edited the book Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War and Euthanasia (University of South Carolina Press, 2003). Contact 845-758-7207, brockopp@bard.edu.
• Rita J. Simon is professor of justice, law and society for the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. She wrote the book Abortion: Statutes, Policies and Public Attitudes the World Over (Praeger Publishers, 1998). Contact 202-885-2965, rsimon@american.edu.
• Judith Hauptman is professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. She wrote the article "Abortion: Where We Stand" for the journal United Synagogue Review. Contact 212-678-8000, juhauptman@jtsa.edu.
• N.E. Hull is a law professor at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J., and co-author of Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (University Press of Kansas, 2001). Contact 856-225-6370, nehhull@camden.rutgers.edu.
• Harvey Kornberg is associate professor of political science at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. He has expertise in abortion politics. Contact 609-896-5365, kornberg@rider.edu.
• Marian Lief Palley is a professor of political science at the University of Delaware in Newark and an expert on abortion politics. Contact 302-831-1938, mpalley@udel.edu.
• Susan Carroll is senior scholar at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute of Politics at the Center for American Women and Politics in New Brunswick, N.J. She is an expert on abortion politics. Contact 732-932-9384 ext. 235, scarroll@rci.rutgers.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Stanley M. Hauerwas is professor of theological ethics at the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He wrote "Why Abortion Is a Religious Issue" for the book The Church and Abortion: In Search of New Ground for Response (Abingdon Press, 1993). Contact 919-660-3420.
• Abdulaziz A. Sachedina is professor of Islamic studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and wrote the entry on abortion for the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (Brill Academic Publishers, 2004). Contact 434-924-6725, aas@virginia.edu.
• Alan Abramowitz is a professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta and an expert on abortion politics. Contact 404-727-0108, polsaa@emory.edu.
• Neal Devins is a professor of law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. He is an expert on abortion law. Contact 757-221-3845, nedevi@wm.edu.
• Simone M. Caron is an associate professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. She has studied the history of abortion. Contact 336-758-5556, caron@wfu.edu.
• Larry Morehouse is a professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His work focuses on public law and policy concerning abortion. Contact 813-974-3640, morehouse@luna.cas.usf.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• Nancy Maveety is an associate professor of political science at Tulane University in New Orleans. She specializes in women's issues. Tulane is closed until January 2006 as a result of Hurricane Katrina. However, Maveety can be reached at nolanance@hotmail.com.
• Martha I. Morgan is a Robert S. Vance Professor of Law at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Her area of study is abortion rights. Contact 205-348-1131, mmorgan@law.ua.edu.
• The Rev. Kevin Wildes is president of Loyola University New Orleans. He wrote "The Sanctity of Human Life: Secular Moral Authority, Biomedicine and the Role of the State" for the book Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996). Be aware that the university will be closed for the fall semester due to Hurricane Katrina. Contact loynopres@yahoo.com.
• Donald P. Judges is a professor of law at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He is an expert on the conflict over abortion rights. Contact 479-575-7571, djudges@uark.edu.
• Diane E. Wall is an associate professor of political science at Mississippi State University. She is an expert on women's issues and the judiciary. Contact 662-325-7864, dew1@ps.msstate.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• The Rev. John F. Kavanaugh is a professor of philosophy at St. Louis University. He wrote the book Who Counts as Persons? Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing (Georgetown University Press, 2002). Contact 314-977-3159, kavanasj@slu.edu.
• Charles E. Rice is professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame law school. He wrote the article "Abortion, Euthanasia and the Need to Build a New Culture of Life" for the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy (1999). Contact 574-631-5667, Charles.E.Rice.1@nd.edu.
• Richard Duncan is a law professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an expert on abortion law. Contact 402-472-6044, rduncan2@unl.edu.
• Ellen S. Lazarus is a professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and an expert in medical ethics and education and abortion politics. Contact ellen.lazarus@case.edu.
• Daniel C. Maguire is a theology professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee and editor of Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions (Oxford Press, 2003). Contact 414-288-5508, daniel.maguire@marquette.edu.
• Virginia Sapiro is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on gender politics. Contact 608-262-5246 or 608-263-2414, vsapiro@wisc.edu.
• Drew Halfmann is a research fellow of public health, health management and policy at the University of Michigan and an expert on abortion policies. Contact 734-763-0387, halfmann@umich.edu.
• Timothy R. Johnson is assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He wrote the entry on Roe v. Wade for the Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics (Facts on File, 2003). Contact 612-625-2907, tjohnson@polisci.umn.edu.
• Gerard Magill is director of the Center for Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University. He co-edited Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Within the Catholic Tradition (Creighton University Press, 1996). Contact 314-977-6660, magill@slu.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Mark G. Toulouse is professor of American religious history at the Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. He wrote the article "Perspectives on Abortion in the Christian Community from the 1950s to the Early 1990s" for the journal Encounter (2001). Contact 817-257-7577, m.toulouse@tcu.edu.
• J. Matthew Wilson is a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He is an expert on abortion politics. Contact 214-768-4054, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu.
• Barbara Norrander is a political science professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She co-wrote the entry "Public Opinion and Policymaking in the States: The Case of Post-Roe Abortion Policy" for the book The Public Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy (CQ Press, 1999). Contact 520-621-7600, norrander@arizona.edu.
• Joseph M. Graham is a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He is an expert on abortion legislation. Contact 713-525-3598, grahamj@stthom.edu.
• Robert M. Baird is a professor and chairman of the philosophy department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He co-edited the book The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice (Prometheus Books, 2001). Contact 817-755-3368, Robert_Baird@baylor.edu.
• Deborah R. McFarlane is a professor in the department of political science at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She co-wrote the book The Politics of Fertility Control (Chatham House Publishers, 2000). Contact 505-277-7130, dmcf@unm.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• The Rev. Robert Spitzer is president of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. He wrote the book The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987). Contact 509-328-4200, president@gonzaga.edu.
• Ted G. Jelen is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has followed the role abortion politics plays in elections. He co-edited the book Abortion Politics in the United States: Studies in Public Opinion (Praeger, 1994) and co-wrote the book Between Two Absolutes: Public Opinion and the Politics of Abortion (Westview, 1992). Contact 702-895-3355, jelent@unlv.edu.
• James C. Mohr is a history professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He is a nationally recognized expert on the abortion issue and author of Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of National Policy (Oxford University Press, 1979). He writes that the abortion debate has become a symbolic focal point for a variety of social issues. As a result, abortion politics now has an influence in Congress, the federal judiciary and American foreign policy. Contact 541-346-5903, jmohr@oregon.uoregon.edu.
• Carole Joffe is a sociology professor at the University of California, Davis. She wrote the article "Roe v Wade at 30: What are the Prospects of Abortion Provision," for the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (January 2003). Contact 530-752-7747, cejoffe@ucdavis.edu.
• John E. Seery is a professor of politics at Pomona College in Pomona, Calif. He is an expert on abortion politics and wrote the article "Moral Perfectionism and Abortion Politics" for the journal Polity (2001). Contact 909-607-2458, John_Seery@pomona.edu.