The county of Dona Ana, New Mexico has begun to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the state Supreme Court referred a related case to lower courts. Dona Ana Country Clerk Lynn Ellins announced on Wednesday that the County Clerk’s office would being to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. “After careful review of […]
70% of Americans do not support voucher programs.
“An analysis of these documents shows that congressional Republicans will find no support for their arguments in favor of new restrictions on abortion care in the evidence presented by the states.”
An Indonesian education official has proposed that all high school-aged girls be required to pass a “virginity exam,” in order to attend school. Muhammad Rasyid, who leads the education office in South Sumatra’s district of Prabumulih, says the mandate would discourage young girls from premarital sex and promiscuity. Although he said the tests could begin […]
“As we stand here today, I am mindful that some of you have been sexually harassed during your life. I am mindful that some of you have been harassed this week – and I mindful that some of you were harassed today.”
Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley has barred the law from going into effect until a trial determines a final decision regarding the law’s validity.
On Monday, a state court temporarily blocked an Oklahoma law that would require persons 17 years or younger to have a prescription to access emergency contraception and require proof of age before purchasing the medication.
Women in Sweden have started to wear hijabs in public in response to an attack against a pregnant Muslim woman. Over the weekend, a Muslim woman wearing the hijab had her scarf ripped off and her head slammed into a car. Her attacker shouted racist slurs, prompting the authorities to consider the case a hate […]
A date has been set for the case against an anti-abortion law that could shut down the last abortion clinic in Mississippi.
The new Feminist Campus team introduced themselves last week and shared their organizing tips and tricks.
Conservative lawmakers in Ohio reintroduced a bill to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
A law legalizing same-sex marriage in New Zealand takes effect today. The country’s Births, Deaths, and Marriages department reported that 31 same-sex couples planned to wed the first day the law went into effect. They also reported that over 1,000 marriage applications were downloaded in a week since they became available for same sex couples, […]
On Monday, McCrory signed into law a new bill that includes a strict voter ID law, ending same-day voter registration, cutting down the length of early voting and eliminated a program that encourages high school students to register to vote before they turn 18.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that an anti-abortion extremist’s threatening letter to a Wichita, KS Doctor is protected under the First Amendment and does not constitute as “true threat.”
In Afghanistan, two-thirds of the estimated population of 27 million are young people.
As part of his campaign platform, Cuccinelli released his plan on Tuesday at a school in Richmond.
The Thomas More Society has filed a lawsuit challenging Obamacare on behalf of Missouri state Representative Paul Joseph Wieland (R-Imperial) and his wife on Tuesday.
A new report reveals that women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) face severe gender-based violence, affecting two thirds of families. The study, by Australian organization ChildFund, was based on interviews [PDF] with 37 women and 14 men in four different villages. In the interviews, women reported being attacked with knives, axes, and whips. One woman […]
The University of Southern California (USC) currently classifies sexual assaults on campus as “injury response,” preventing the Los Angeles Police Department from being notified of the attack.
Without Social Security, women’s lives and futures would look much different in this country – so today, let’s celebrate 78 years of support and solvency.
