It is called the unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA), but is it really an antiabortion bill in disguise? Proponents of the act, which at press time had passed the House but had yet to hit the Senate floor, say it would protect pregnant women by levying additional penalties for any federal crime that injures […]
College students nationwide joined Feminist Majority Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Chair Mavis Leno online to chat about how students can get involved in the FM Campaign to mobilize awareness and support for women and girls in Afghanistan. Leno focused the discussion on the humanitarian crisis for Afghan refugees, seventy percent of whom […]
Reverend Norman U. Weslin, found guilty of violating a court-ordered buffer zone in front of a Buffalo, NY abortion clinic, was sentenced last week to five months in jail. At the sentencing, however, Weslin informed the court that he had contacted the Pentagon about serving as a military chaplain in Afghanistan and that the Pentagon […]
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) successfully won passage of an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill calling for the inclusion of Afghan women in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, giving women a voice in the establishment of a new Afghan government. Under the Taliban, women have been subject to a horrific system of gender apartheid whereby […]
Seventeen Portugese women accused of having illegal abortions and twenty-six others accused of aiding the illegal abortions have gone to trial and are now facing jail sentences of up to three years. Pro-choice supporters in Portugal, a country heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic Church, have criticized the proceedings claiming that the law encouraged the […]
An Alabama anti-abortion group has won approval from the state’s license plate committee for an anti-choice car tag that will generate funds for its programs. Citing the $400,000 already raised through sales of the Florida “Choose Life” plates, Alabama anti-abortion activists hope to accomplish the same. Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana all offer “Choose Life” […]
Anti-Abortion leader Matthew Trewhella was arrested last week and charged with assault and obstructing police. Trewhella and others were demonstrating at Indiana high schools showing photos claiming to be aborted fetuses when parents complained to local authorities. Trewhella leads the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Missionaries to the Preborn, an extremist group that has undertaken violent tactics outside […]
The Assembly for Peace and National Unity in Afghanistan met today in Peshawar, Pakistan to discuss future leadership of a new Afghan government once U.S.-led strikes end. Organizers reported that representatives and leaders from all thirty-two Afghan provinces attended the meeting, which will continue into tomorrow and will possibly end in a call for a […]
Prominent Saudis, including the royal family, have sent millions of dollars to the United States to build mosques to propagate an extremist form of Islam, Wahhabism. This form of Islam imposes strict restrictions on women and denies women equal rights with men. It also promotes the use of amputation and beheading as punishment for crimes. […]
A report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) indicates the first increase in reported rapes since 1992. According to the FBI, an estimated 90,186 rapes were reported to law enforcement in 2000, showing a 0.9% increase from 199. In cities, there was a 1.5% increase in rape. Women are much more likely to […]
A German high court has figured out what we’ve known all along: housework and child care are indeed valuable. Enlightenment came by way of a decision handed down in a divorce case this summer. It factored in the monetary value of a stay-at-home mother’s contribution to determine the monthly support her ex-husband should be required […]
The Virginia chapter of the National Organization for Women, along with other progressive organizations, sponsored demonstrations throughout Virginia protesting state-sponsored funding of eighteen so-called crisis pregnancy centers in Virginia. Virginia NOW President Connie Hannah stated that “NOW deplores funding for fake clinics that claim to promote women’s health but actually promote an anti-choice agenda.” Virginia […]
The Second Court of Appeals denied the release on bail of Lorretta C. Marra, an anti-abortion activist accused of helping suspected murderer James Charles Kopp avoid capture by authorities. Kopp is charged with the 1998 sniper-style killing of Dr. Barnett Slepian, an Amherst, NY abortion provider. In addition to Slepian’s murder, Kopp is also suspected […]
Digna Ochoa y Placido, a leading human rights lawyer in Mexico, was shot dead in her office on Friday. Reports indicate that she was shot at close range in both the head and the leg. A note threatening the Miguel Augustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center where Ochoa worked was also found. Ochoa was best […]
A survey, completed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, indicates that women working in the life sciences earn up to one-third less than men. The findings support earlier studies done by the National Science Foundation and the American Chemical Society. The survey shows that salary differences at lower-level jobs in the life […]
Afghanistan’s former king Mohammed Zahir Shah has agreed that moderate factions of the Taliban should play a decision-making role in the re-formation of Afghan government. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have also endorsed this position while Russia and India remain opposed to opening any leadership roles to the Taliban. […]
France’s highest court, the Cour de Cassation, ordered that damages be paid to a woman and her child after a medical error prevented the woman from having an abortion. Josette Peruche contracted rubella, or German measles, during her first month of pregnancy. When she first believed that she might have been infected, Peruche went directly […]
Hundreds of students gathered on October 6th for a Rock For Choice concert organized by the GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. Bringing local rock bands and artists together, the group collected hundreds of dollars in donations for the FMF’s National Clinic Access Project and used the concert as an opportunity to educate their […]
Building a bridge between academicians and activists, the CAL STATE LOS ANGELES Leadership Alliance hosted a faculty mixer, their first major event of the year. Feminist activists at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO held their first general meeting as an official Leadership Alliance last week and gathered dozens of sign-ups and support for the […]
Rallying support for campus safety and non-violence, the newly chartered ILLINIOS STATE UNIVERSITY Leadership Alliance organized a Take Back the Night March for one of their first major actions of the year. Despite torrential rain, over 100 people attended the rally, and the march was featured in the campus newspaper. Also educating their campus and […]
