Today's Lady News: Kansas Denies Planned Parenthood License To Perform Abortions

• The state of Kansas has denied Planned Parenthood a license to perform abortions, which means it is temporarily the only state in the nation where Planned Parenthood clinics have this restriction. This is terrifying, people. [NPR]
• Rhode Island's state Senate has advanced a bill to legalize civil unions. It now heads to the governor's desk, where Gov. Lincoln Chaffee, an independent, has said he will sign it. [Think Progress]
• Hotel maids are taking self-defense classes, following the recent alleged sexual assault of a New York City hotel maid by the former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. [New York Post]
• Seven underrated female comedy writers to watch. [The Mary Sue]

Source: http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-todays-lady-news-063011/?eref=RSS

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