Louisiana has joined Alaska, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia in striking down the “partial-birth abortion” ban that was proven unconstitutional in the recent Supreme Court decision in Stenberg v. Carhart. A federal judge has also blocked an Ohio state law that criminalized a late-term abortion procedure and although Ohio Governor Bob Taft is making continued […]
A federal appeals court overturned US District Judge William Traxler’s 1999 ruling that certain South Carolina abortion clinic regulations were unconstitutional and violated a women’s right to due process and equal protection. The regulations apply to clinics that perform 5 or more abortions a month, and include items such as airflow standards, doorway widths, and […]
A recent study of 121 clinical trials on cardiovascular disease by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute shows that men continue to be the focus for much of the research on heart disease. The study, which evaluates trials completed over a 33 year time period, indicates that women were just 38 percent of participants […]
In a heart warming and personal speech during the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Karenna Gore Schiff, eldest daughter of Al Gore, seconded her father’s nomination for the Democratic presidential candidacy. She shared the stage and nominating honors with her father’s Harvard roommate, actor Tommy Lee Jones, and Tennessee Speaker Pro Tempore Lois DeBerry, a […]
In yet another attempt to enforce its brutal system of gender apartheid, the Taliban militia ordered the United Nations to close down bakeries run by Afghan women in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul. The bakeries employ a number of Afghan women and provide bread at subsidized prices for 7,000 of Kabul’s poorest women and their […]
The New Jersey Supreme Court struck down a state law requiring women under the age of 18 to notify their parents before terminating a pregnancy. The law required a physician to wait a minimum of 48 hours after a parent received notification before performing an abortion. In a 4-2 ruling, the New Jersey high court […]
National Abortion Rights and Action League (NARAL) President Kate Michelman addressed the Democratic National Convention last night, urging voters who are pro-choice to vote for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman because they will protect a woman’s right to reproductive and abortion services. Michelman said, “A woman’s right to choose took a century to win. But […]
In an effort to mend a crack in the Democratic platform, soon-to-be vice presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman spoke to the party’s black caucus on Tuesday in Los Angeles about issues that had key black political leaders concerned. Issues in question were Lieberman’s advocating of experimental school voucher programs, and his support for Proposition 209, a […]
A federal jury ordered former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to pay $745 million to Bosnian Moslem women who were raped and tortured under his orders. The August 10, 2000, decision came after an eight-day trial in a U.S. District Court in New York. Catharine MacKinnon, attorney for the women, says that this case “is […]
Members of the Taliban militia in Afghanistan have issued a plea to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be included in the upcoming Sydney Olympics, claiming they will serve as “messengers of peace.” The Taliban, which was suspended from the IOC in 1998, has been anything but peaceful since it took over Afghanistan by force […]
A recent Medical Research Council study of South Africa found that incidents of rape may be as much as ten times higher than the previously reported 240 per 100,000 rapes annually. Date and marital rape were found to be especially common in the country, with a third of all rapes committed by relatives or male […]
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to establish a war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone. The tribunal, the third of its kind to be created in the past decade, will serve as a forum for trying “crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.” The tribunal will hopefully […]
The opening of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles this week highlighted women officeholders and candidates and touched on issues of importance to women such as reproductive choice, health care and education. Speeches by high-profile female Democratic leaders such as Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton […]
Numerous reports of open resistance to Taliban rule by the Afghan people indicates that the militia is losing its grip over the population, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Anti-Taliban activities, such as bombings, riots, and demonstrations have been sprouting in the very regions where the Taliban have boasted popular support. Women, […]
As the Food and Drug Administration’s September 30 deadline to approve mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486, the French abortion pill) looms large, abortion rights advocates are fearful that anti-abortion politics will cause the FDA to further delay approving the drug, or so severely restrict its use that women and their doctors will be reluctant to […]
Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush is proposing a $900 billion plan to alter the Social Security system so that 2 percent of an employee’s Social Security taxes would be placed in a private account for that person to control and invest as she or he wishes. Privatizing Social Security withholdings takes huge amounts of […]
Now on over 100 campuses across the nation and growing stronger, the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Program is better than ever! New membership benefits for your group include an alumnae program, improved Take Action Kits for your Alliance to utilize throughout the year, and an awards program to better recognize your group’s achievements! Over the […]
FMF would like to welcome on board the 2000-2001 Campus Team! A fantastic group of activists with great organizing experience and expertise in reproductive choice and many other important feminist issues, the members of the team include: Ardie Hollifield from UNC Asheville; Meghan Renfrew from Cornell U; Leena Mittal from Johns Hopkins U; Virginia Ramos […]
We are excited to announce that several Leadership Alliances from North East (NE) Region are beginning to make plans to get together in the Fall for a NE Regional Meeting! To join this meeting, or learn how to organize and network with other campuses in your region, contact a member of the Campus Team today!
President-elect Vicente Fox, of the Roman Catholic Church-supported National Action Party (PAN), is forced to make clear his position on abortion due to the recent case of Paulina del Carmen. Ms. Carmen, a 14 year-old resident of Guanajuato state who was raped earlier this year in her home, was denied what she thought was her […]
