Choice News May 26th edition

Supreme Court Watch
A large anti-choice group, Americans United for Life, is seeking a delay in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in order to provide the Clinton library time to find and make public her key writings while she was a White House lawyer, and later a domestic policy aide.
2010 Elections
Anti-choice Dino Rossi, who failed to unseat Gov. Gregoire twice, is expected to announce his candidacy this week against pro-choice U.S. Senator Patty Murray.
The stranger reports on Rossi's history of avoidance when it comes to discussing his stance on reproductive rights and choice.
The Los Angeles Times reports that GOP Senate candidate Tom Campbell from California is facing opposition in seeking his party's nomination because of his more moderate social policy views.
Stateside
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required women to provide personal information, including answering questions about their relationships, before getting an abortion.
However, the Oklahoma state House voted Monday to override the veto, and an override vote is expected in the Senate this week as well.
RH Reality Check reports on the anti-choice legislation passed in the Missouri state Legislature this session.
Legislators in Kansas have put a line item into the state budget reallocating $2.4 million in federal family-planning funding to hospitals and primary or preventative care clinics. This would leave any reproductive health-specific organizations like Planned Parenthood without state funding.
A limited service pregnancy center (often referred to as a "crisis pregnancy center") in Montgomery County, MD is suing the County over the recent Baltimore ordinance that requires the centers to post signs that disclose that they do not provide abortion care or abortion referrals.
Other News of Note
Publicola reported on our Power of Choice Luncheon yesterday, where we gave Publicola News Editor Erica Barnett a Power of Choice Award. Publicola also covered the audible hissing from the audience when anti-choice U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert was mentioned in a speech at the luncheon.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan writes a piece for the Huffington Post in remembrance of Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider who was murdered a year ago this week.
A principal at a school in Norfolk, VA is under investigation after dolls depicting fetuses were given to students.
BBC News reports that statistics indicate that the abortion rate in the UK is declining, but experts caution that it is still too early to say there is a downward trend.