A South Dakota anti-abortion group filed suit against the Rapid City school district on Monday in response to the school’s repeated refusal to allow the group to use a middles school auditorium. The Rapid City Journal reports that the anti-abortion group Citizens for Life, led by Allen Carlson, is claiming viewpoint discrimination and violation of […]
In most of the 16 Super Tuesday states the gender gap– or the differences in women’s and men’s votes– was a dominating factor. In the democratic state primaries, women comprised, on the average, 58% of the vote while men were 42% for a whopping 16% gender gap. In the Republican primaries, men were the majority […]
The Kansas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a grand jury’s subpoena of the medical records of some 2,000 women who sought late-term abortions at Dr. George Tiller’s Wichita clinic. Attorneys for Dr. Tiller appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court last week to block the subpoena. funny pictures funny images funny photos funny animal pictures funny dog […]
The proposed FY 2009 budget released by President Bush on Monday includes broad cuts from many vital domestic programs, including health care, nutrition and energy assistance for low-income families, violence against women programs, and social services for low-income families. While millions of Americans lack health insurance, the President’s budget slashes health care programs. Bush proposes […]
Conservative officials in Chile are threatening the countrys progressive emergency contraception (EC) policies with a lawsuit that would ban EC. Under the policy of President Michelle Bachelets administration, all forms of birth control including EC have been free for women over 14 at public clinics since 2006. Conservatives argue that President Bachelets policy violates the […]
The proposed FY 2009 budget released by President Bush on Monday would slash funding for international family planning and sexual and reproductive health programs. Population Action International (PAI) reports that Bush’s proposed funding overall cuts $134 million from these programs, a 29% deduction. Bush proposes cuts from several different international programs, including a $93 million […]
A new Howard County, MD school policy threatens teens’ right to privacy now that school employees are required to inform parents if a student tells them that she is pregnant. The county Board of Education voted the policy into effect 7-1, according to the Baltimore Sun. The lone vote against the policy was a student […]
Citizens from low-income communities in the Philippines filed suit last week against the Mayor of Manila over the citys eight year ban on contraceptives. They asked the appeals court to repeal the local law baring access to condoms and pills from local clinics, reports Reuters. “This ban is yet another abhorrent example of a larger […]
Attorneys for Dr George Tiller appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court Friday over an order from the grand jury to turn over patient medical records. The Kansas grand jury subpoenaed the medical records of approximately 2,000 women who sought or obtained abortions at Dr. Tiller’s clinic after their 21st week of pregnancy from July 1, […]
Amid concerns over the declining job market, the collapse of the housing market, the subprime mortgage crisis and the looming recession, the House of Representatives passed a $146 billion economic stimulus package last week. However, women’s groups like the National Women’s Law Center have urged Congressional leaders to look closely at the disproportionate effect the […]
The Afghan Study Group (ASG), composed of a bipartisan group of leading scholars and experts on Afghanistan, released a report yesterday stating that “the mission to stabilize Afghanistan is faltering”. The report recommended the “decoupling” of Iraq and Afghanistan in both legislative and management processes, appointing a U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan, and creating a […]
Lauren Summa, a Hofstra University graduate student and the former athletic manager of university’s football team, has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was repeatedly sexually harassed by players on team bus trips in 2006. Summa said that she reported the incidents to the team’s head coach Dave Cohen, but no action was taken, the […]
The main opposition party in India has amended its constitution. It will now require that 33% of the positions within the party be comprised of women Yahoo News India reports (ANI). The ruling party, the Congress Party, previously implemented a similar provision. “This decision will go down as a historic one, and it will be […]
As the birth control pricing crisis continues, advocates for affordable contraceptives push for action on corrective legislation. Birth control that once cost $5 to $10 per month now sell for $40 to $50, reports the News and Observer. The increased prices have caused some of the 400 clinics effected by the crisis to stop stocking […]
The American Heart Association is asking all of us to wear red this Friday, February 1st, to raise awareness that heart disease is the #1 killer of women. Grab something crimson from your closet and get this life-saving message across! WHAT TO WEAR: National Wear Red Day as its own dress code. Wear your favorite […]
Hundreds of Afghan women gathered Tuesday to protest the kidnapping of US aid worker Cyd Mizell. According to the Associated Press, Mizell was on her way to work at the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation Saturday when she and her driver were taken at gunpoint. The protestors called on Afghan officials to work for the […]
The Indiana State Senate voted yesterday to approve a bill that requires women seeking an abortion to be told that there is differing medical evidence about whether a fetus feels pain. The bill, which passed 39-9, also requires doctors or clinics to tell women there are physical risks to having an abortion and that potential […]
In a letter to the federal government last week, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano rejected $1 million in Title V federal funds for abstinence only education programs. This move makes Arizona the 16th state to refuse the federal matching funds for abstinence only. “With the restrictions, unfortunately we’re not able to give kids all the information […]
A Kansas Grand Jury issued two subpoenas last week for the medical records of approximately 2,000 women who sought abortions at Dr. Tiller’s clinic within the past five years. The 15-member panel asked for medical records, with names removed, of those patients who sought or obtained abortions after their 21st week of pregnancy from July […]
The Ohio Supreme Court refused this week to consider whether or not the parents of a teenager who obtained an abortion without their consent have a right to the medical records of other minors from the Planned Parenthood clinic. The 4-3 decision upholds the ruling of the state’s 1st District Court of Appeals, which stated […]
