It was quite a dreary week for abortion rights, with South Dakota passing a flat-out ban and the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the "partial-birth" abortion case. On that note:

SCOTUSblog has the details on a recent 6th circuit ruling regarding RU-486, in which the court applied Ayotte.

Bad news for all of those programs that encourage gay people to "leave the lifestyle." Scientists may have discovered a common gene in mothers of gay sons.

Slate examines the "Aryan sisterhood" of female news anchors.

France now grants same-sex couples joint parental rights.

And because we haven't linked to Slate enough today (and because Margaret Cho is awesome), I give you The Passion of the Cho.