Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R-GA) refuses support a group of four students who are trying to racially integrate their high school prom. When asked by a progressive non-profit organization to come out in support of desegregating Wilcox County High School’s prom, the Governor issued a statement discarding the request as a political ploy. Governor Deal’s […]
Representative Steve Stockman of Texas (R) has released a controversial new bumper sticker and slogan for his re-election campaign: “If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted. Vote Pro-Life!” Stockman’s slogan gained attention when he used Twitter to publicize his new slogan last Friday on his @ReElectStockman account. His previous account, @SteveStockmanTX, has been suspended […]
A bill that would remove abortion coverage from Pennsylvania’s new federal health care program passed in a state Senate committee last Tuesday. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed the bill on a vote of eight to five. “Under the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states have the authority to prohibit certain abortion […]
The Virginia Board of Health, in a vote of 11 to 2 gave final approval to new regulations on abortion clinics. Opponents of the laws claim that these new regulations will force most of Virginia’s 20 abortion clinics to close. During the hearings, the board listened to arguments from roughly 30 people on either side […]
The Senate ended a Republican filibuster Thursday that was preventing debate on President Obama’s gun control legislation, which would expand background checks and tighten gun restrictions. In a vote of 68 – 31, 16 Republicans joined Democrats in bringing the legislation to the Senate floor for debate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters […]
694 provisions affecting abortion and family planning access have been introduced in state legislatures since the beginning of 2013. According to a first quarter report by the Guttmacher Institute, these 694 provisions were introduced in the first three months of the new year. In addition, 93 provisions have already been approved by at least one […]
A new report shows that women in New York City are 30% more likely to die as a result of childbirth than they were over a decade ago. The report [PDF] produced by the Center for Research and Policy in the Public Interest and published by The New York Women’s Foundation looked at the economic, educational, and […]
Yesterday, thousands of people rallied in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC, in favor of comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for those already living inside the United States. The rally, called Citizenship for 11 Million, drew attendees from across the country to send a message to Congress and the White House […]
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, warned members of Union of Orthodox Ukrainian Women that feminism is “very dangerous” and could threaten the stability of Russia. According to new agencies, Patriarch Kirill told the meeting, “I consider this phenomenon called feminism very dangerous, because feminist organizations proclaim the pseudo-freedom of women, which, […]
On Tuesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed a TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) bill into law that will go into effect July 1, 2013. The bill, coined the Women’s Health and Safety Act, will require an Alabama-licensed physician be present at every abortion and will require these doctors to have admitting privileges to local hospitals. Further, the […]
Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) recently spoke out against health insurance companies covering gender-related procedures like hair transplants and gender-alignment surgery on the grounds that he himself felt no need to change his gender identity. “I don’t want to pay for a sex change operation,” Broun said last week in a speech against Obamacare, “I’m not […]
Earlier this month, Hamas released a new set of restrictions that will sex segregate co-ed classrooms in Gaza. The law passed by Hamas, the Islamic group that rules the Palestinian territory, states that classes must be divided by gender beginning at age nine and also bans male teachers from girls’ schools. Government run schools within […]
Three priests have been removed from the priesthood in the archdiocese of Philadelphia in response to allegations of sexual abuse. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia declared the retired Monsignor Richard T. Powers, Father Joseph J. Gallagher and Father Mark S. Gaspar “unsuitable for ministry.” Gallagher and Gaspar had been suspended from the ministry since March 2011. Their […]
President Barack Obama has declared today Equal Pay Day to highlight the discrimination women currently face in wages for equal work. In an official statement, President Obama said “On National Equal Pay Day, we recognize this injustice by marking how far into the new year women have to work just to make what men did in […]
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has called for termination of the ability of a commanding officer to overturn a court martial conviction, called “convening authority.” In an internal memo to the secretaries of the military services and other military senior officials, Hagel said, “We must ensure that our military justice system is fair, provides justice, and enhances […]
Cory L. Richards, Executive Vice President and Vice President of Public Policy at the Guttmacher Institute, passed away on Thursday at age 64 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. For 40 years, Richard championed the expansion of birth control and abortion access. As his colleagues at Guttmacher stated,”he was the intellectual architect of crucial policy […]
Dr. Mariam Chamberlain, founder of the National Council for Research on Women, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 94. Dr. Chamberlain has a doctorate in Economics from Harvard University and was instrumental in the establishment of women’s studies as a field of study in college curricula. Through her role directing the higher education […]
A bill defining life at the “moment of fertilization” has been sent to the Governor of Kansas to be signed into law after passing in both the state House and Senate. The final version of the bill passed on Friday night after a 90 to 30 vote in the House, which resolved minor differences after […]
A Nevada state Congresswoman (D), Lucy Flores, has faced several threats on her life after sharing her personal experience with abortion at the state Assembly Education Committee on Monday. Assembly Bill 230, which she testified in reference to, would change abstinence-only education policies in public school sexual education programs to comprehensive sexual education. Flores testified […]
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled on Friday morning that the morning-after-pill or “Plan B” must be made available over the counter for any girl, regardless of her age. The decision comes as part of a lawsuit against the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by reproductive rights organizations to remove the age and sales […]
