Pam Spaulding posted a note on Pendagon about a new website--Mapping Our Rights--that "ranks states on their level of respect for reproductive and sexual rights." The press release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force reads:

Complete with state-by-state rankings, Mapping Our Rights is an ideal tool for monitoring state policies. A resource that will help activists, journalists and researchers, it's also for people who want to know how their state -- or a state they may relocate to -- governs their bodies and relationships.

Kentucky ranks 45, Indiana 49, and Ohio 50 (tied with South Dakota for last place).

The clickable, online map uses more than 20 indicators to rank the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including:

- Public funding for family planning and abortion
- Whether health-care providers can deny medical services because of their beliefs
- Whether same-sex couples can adopt
- The use of abstinence-only curricula in schools
- Whether states have anti-discrimination clauses that explicitly protect gays

The map is hard to read and cluttered, but does make available some important information and permits some interesting comparisons.

The Task Force - Press Release

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