(Tamm Dennis, Los Angeles Times) - Religious involvement may affect a young woman's attitude toward abortion, but when she finds herself unmarried and pregnant, such devotion appears to lose sway.

(Dionne Walker, Associated Press) - A Muslim woman was arrested Tuesday for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.

(Benedicte Manier, Women's eNews) - On Monday a French court struck down a ruling that allowed a Muslim man to annul his marriage because his wife was not a virgin. The case continues the legal battle over freedom of religion and women's secular legal rights.

(The Boston Globe) - As Catholic bishops ratchet up their antiabortion arguments on the eve of the presidential election, many Catholic voters don't rank it a top issue.

(George Pitcher, The Telegraph) - Today's report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), revealing that the number of women in the most powerful jobs is now falling, casts a shaft of light on one institution – the Church – in which there are still no women in the top posts.

(Aditi Bhaduri, Women's eNews) - After criticizing Muslim clerics in India for treating wives unfairly in disputes with their husbands, one activist is distributing a new marriage contract. Couples are slowly signing on.

(Steve LaBlanc, The Associated Press) - An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition barring women from the priesthood says it ordained three women on Sunday.

(Meera Selva, The Associated Press) - LONDON - The Church of England's ruling body has voted its support for women to become bishops without giving traditionalist supporters of male-only priesthood the concessions they had sought.

(Martin Beckford, The Telegraph) - UK- Members of the Church of England's ruling body will today stage an epic eight-hour debate on the introduction of women bishops after 13 new versions of the controversial proposal were put forward.

(BBC News.com) - Clergy members have written to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to say they will leave the Church of England if women bishops are ordained.