Obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot by a sniper in his Amherst, New York, home Friday evening in the presence of his wife and four sons. Slepian, an abortion provider, had been targeted by anti-abortion protesters for some time. The latest attack is one of five similar attacks on abortion providers that have taken place […]
Bridas, an independent energy company in Argentina, is fully prepared to go ahead with their pipeline project in Afghanistan as soon as Taliban officials sign the agreement. The pipeline will cover 790 miles of land from the Dauletabad gas fields in southern Turkmenistan to Multan in western Pakistan; 464 miles will pass through Afghanistan. Bridas’ […]
A controversial article published in Shukan Bunshun, a popular weekly magazine in Japan, has ignited a public debate about where the responsibility for domestic chores and child rearing lies in two-paycheck families. A July survey published by the Prime Minister’s Office reported that 85 percent of women and 89 percent of Japanese men believe that […]
Young Women Vote ’98, a coalition of young women who care about the future, is circulating a national “Pledge- to-Vote” petition, available online at http://www.feminist.com/ywvote98.htm. Young Women Vote ’98 is urging women to elect candidates who will fight for fair pay legislation, affirmative action programs, gender equity in education, and reproductive health issues. If pro-woman […]
Dr. Mary Calderone, 94, died Saturday after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years. Calderone dedicated her life to promoting reproductive health and sex education and ensuring women’s access to contraceptives. Calderone believed that human sexuality is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle and should not be hidden or enveloped with shame. […]
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering met recently with the chief representative of Afghanistan’s Taliban militia, Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, to demand the expulsion of Saudi millionaire, Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden, who has resided in Afghanistan since his 1996 expulsion from the Sudan, is suspected in the August bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya […]
An openly lesbian student was attacked at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota several hours after a vigil held in remembrance of hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard. Two young men approached the 22-year-old student as she walked from the campus library to her car on Monday night around 9 p.m. The unidentified woman reported that the […]
An extensive study scheduled to begin next year is being touted as what will become the largest breast cancer study ever. The announcement was made by President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday. Government researchers plan to test the drugs tamoxifen and raloxifen to determine their effects on breast cancer prevention. Tamoxifen has […]
Despite efforts by the Taliban militia to lobby United Nations officials, the international body’s credentials committee members have again recommended against recognizing the regime as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the previous Afghanistan government, led by President Burhanuddin Rabbani, had applied to the UN in an effort to secure Afghanistan’s UN […]
The House Republican Conference, made up of members of the U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership, has proudly claimed responsibility for having “stopped” passage of the Hate Crimes Bill. In a document obtained by Wired Strategies, the group allegedly stated that the negative fate of the legislation is “a win for conservative priorities” and a […]
A company famous for its blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co., will begun marketing to gay men and lesbians through ads purchased in Out magazine next month. The magazine will feature a 12-page insert of photos of 10 gay men and lesbians in Dockers-brand khaki pants. Actors Guinevere Turner and Wilson Cruz and photographer Eve […]
A ruling handed down by France’s Supreme Court Wednesday declared that women are incapable of rape because they lack a phallus with which to sexually penetrate men. “The material element of the crime of rape is only realized if the perpetrator commits the act of sexual penetration on the person of the victim,” the judgment […]
Mavis and Jay Leno today presented a gift of $100,000 to the Feminist Majority Foundation to expand its Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan and to restore women’s rights to work, education, healthcare and freedom of movement. Mavis Leno will chair the national effort. “Our contribution kicks-off an expanded organizing drive to mobilize public […]
Congressional auditors have concluded that restricting women from direct combat roles makes them ineligible for one in six military jobs. On present battlefields, such as those in Bosnia and Somalia, the battle lines for soldiers are not as clear cut as they once were. In World War II, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War it […]
For the first time in over 30 years, the Conservative branch of Judaism has produced an updated manual for rabbis. The manual contains gender-neutral language, modern versions of prayers, ways of conducting end-of-life medical decisions, and a brand new “grieving ritual” for couples after an abortion. The Rabbinical Assembly, responsible for publishing the manual, is […]
Research collected over a thirty-year span has given physicians better insight into the effects epileptic drugs have on women’s contraception, pregnancy, and breast feeding. “The issues are complex for the more than one million women with epilepsy in the United States,” said Dr. Catherine Zahn, a neurologist at the University of Toronto that co-authored new […]
A heart transplant candidate and Medicaid recipient from Louisiana was denied insurance coverage for an abortion, despite the fact that the pregnancy would likely claim her life. Doctors also noted that the heart medicine she needed to survive would likely harm the fetus. Abortion rights supporters around the country expressed their outrage and made donations […]
Chinese women over 35 are finding themselves being laid-off frequently and re-hired seldomly, more so than any other group in China. Efforts to form a market economy have simultaneously hurt women in China aged 35 and older that have little skills. They are being fired from factory jobs and turned down for new jobs. Clear […]
In the past decade, girls’ enrollment in school has increased around the world. Girls even outnumber boys in secondary schools in 18 countries, according to a new report by Population Action International. The report also noted that many gender gaps still exist. A total of 51 countries showed evidence of a severe gap between girls […]
The US Supreme Court turned away anti-abortion protesters Monday, attempting to challenge a court-ordered “buffer zone.” The buffer zone limits picketing outside a doctor’s home. The protesters claimed the buffer zone violated their right to free speech. Justice Antonin Scalia said the ruling on the case from a lower court “makes a mockery of First […]
