The Washington monthly journalism award: October 2001 - Brief Article

Washington Monthly, Dec, 2001

BARRY YEOMAN
"The Quiet War on Abortion"
Mother Jones, October 2001

After years of noisy protests and civil disobedience by anti-abortion activists, the abortion wars finally seemed to subside after the assassination of several doctors. But Barry Yeoman explains that far from abandoning the cause, anti-abortion activists have simply gotten cagier. Keeping a low profile, activists are now chipping away at abortion rights discreetly with low-profile legislation and lawsuits that stop short of trying to outlaw the procedure and instead barrage providers with suits about building code violations and other issues that make it next to impossible for them to do business.

JON COHEN AND ELIOT MARSHALL
"Vaccines for Biodefense: A System in Distress"
Science, October 19, 2001

According to Cohen and Marshall, months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Defense Department informed Congress that its system for developing vaccines to protect troops from bioweapons was a disastrous failure. Cohen and Marshall explain how, despite the military's need for exotic new shots, vaccine development has lagged thanks to a lack of commercial interest and management snafus.