Why politicians are wrong to trumpet adoption as a solution to abortion.

Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. The interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through nationwide tests, is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider.

Controversial former talk show host Don Imus reportedly has a new deal with Citadel News/WABC New York to return to radio in December. The Drudge Report, citing “top sources,” reported that Imus would be subject to an industry standard 40-second delay and that the host was “rested, humbled and ready for war!”

The debate about over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pill Plan B continues. NOW President Kim Gandy and NOW staffer Megs Callahan contribute to the debate.

Today is the 10th annual Love Your Body Day, a special event created by the National Organization for Women to promote healthy body image among women and girls. Poster contests, body-positive e-cards, letter-writing campaigns to companies that objectify women.

A six-month vacation, a multimillion-dollar contract settlement and the prospect of a new, nationally syndicated gig. Does that qualify as penance for acid-tongued Don Imus, fired last spring amid a national furor sparked by his racist on-air remark?

The Planned Parenthood clinic in Aurora, Ill., was scheduled to open in mid-September, but anti-choice forces initiated a legal battle over the building permit. For weeks, Illinois NOW President Bonnie Grabenhofer and chapter activists, along with other pro-choice activists, staged vigils while anti-abortion groups picketed the building. The county finally declared the permit valid, and the facility opened on Oct. 2, offering birth control, abortion and other reproductive health services to women. This is a link to a slideshow in Flash format.

Hours into viewing the Sept. 25 webcast of the congressional hearing "From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images," author Faye Anderson asked herself, "What's wrong with this picture." There were no women.

Eastern Congo is going through another one of its convulsions of violence, and this time it seems that women are being systematically attacked on a scale never before seen here. According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country.

Dr. David A. Stoker, a plastic surgeon in Marina Del Rey, Calif., has a surgical cure for the ravages of motherhood. He, like many plastic surgeons nationwide, calls it a "mommy makeover."

Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Check out this new video, part of Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty, about the ad industry's attack on women's self-image.

Anita Hill answers charges against her in Clarence Thomas' new book and notes, "I have repeatedly seen this kind of character attack on women and men who complain of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. "

A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.

Five reports released today probe the health crisis that afflicts black women and makes their infants more likely to die before their first birthday. Authors implicate racism and poverty in the high levels of infant mortality and premature births.