The House voted today on a measure that limited surgical abortion procedures, winning the necessary two-thirds majority in the House,296-232, to overide President Clinton’s October veto. The measure may fall several votes short in the Senate, which will vote in September, closer to Congressional elections. President Clinton commented after his last veto of the bill […]
Federal agents found fingerprints on a piece of trash in the North Carolina that matches those of Eric Robert Rudolph, who is suspected of bombing a Birmingham, Atlanta abortion clinic last January. The fingerprints are the latest clue discovered in the FBI investigation, led by Woody Enderson of the Southeast Bomb Task Force. Rudolph is […]
Only eight women authors were included in the list of the 100 best novels of the century, and compiled by a panel chaired by Random House executive Christopher Cerf. While the list ranked the novels by worth and literary contribution (Ulysses heading the list at number one), the first woman novelist, Virginia Woolf, did not […]
Two Canadian women were cleared of indecency charges by a Provincial Court judge on Wednesday after they were arrested for refusing to put their tops back on after sunbathing topless in a neighborhood park. Judge Eugene Lewchuk ruled that the two women did not “offend community standards” by sunbathing topless, but that his ruling did […]
A panel of independent experts gathered to discuss the link between breast augmentation and disease. The 13-member panel includes immunologists, toxicologists, surgeons and oncologists who have been convened by the National Institute for Health to resolve the issue of breast implant safety. Dr. Robert Meeks, chief toxicologist of the Dow Corning Corporation which recently paid […]
About half of health insurance agencies refuse to pay for contraceptives while many rushed to reimburse money for impotence drugs. Women’s current health care expenditures are sixty-eight percent higher than men’s, and much of that cost is for birth control. The “Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptives Coverage Act” (EPICC) would require health insurance plans […]
House GOP leaders are reluctant to discuss an amendment proposed by Rep. Joel Hefley, which seeks to overturn President Clinton’s executive order barring federal agencies from discriminating against gays and lesbians. Even conservative Republicans are afraid of alienating voters in the fall election by adhering to an anti-gay and lesbian platform. “I’m worried we’re not […]
The nonprofit foundation that built and maintains the Women in Military Service for America Memorial still owes $2 million for the construction of the Washington, D.C. memorial due to a lack of donations. A payment schedule is now being worked out between the Clark Construction Group, Inc. and the foundation. Michael Alto, project executive at […]
Attorney Susan B. Dailey of Vermont was elected president of Business and Professional Women/USA (BPW), the nation’s leading advocate for working women. BPW, an 80-year-old organization with 2,000 local chapters and 70,000 members nationwide, is facing a turning point with its young new leader. Dailey said that, ironically, the success of the organization has worked […]
Sweden is pursuing a plan of “gender-friendly” labels for products and companies that design goods for women and treat women employees well. The labeling would focus mainly on two criteria. The first criteria considers whether products were designed with women in mind. Products like backpacks and chairs many of which are built for men with […]
The riots that took place in Indonesia during May resulted in an estimated one hundred and fifty-two rapes, twenty of which resulted in deaths. An Indonesian businessman, presumably due to the riots, has seen sales for his “safety corset” sky rocket recently. The concept of the safety corset is similar to the chastity belt of […]
Two local U.N. aid workers in Jalalabad were killed in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan after being kidnapped on July 13. The U.N. began investigating the deaths after the men’s bodies were found this weekend. Mohammed Nazir Habibi, age forty-nine, worked for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Mohammed Hasidim Bahsaryar, age fifty-five, worked for […]
A Southwest Chinese school teacher repeatedly raped his students, aged 6 through 13, every day, often several times a day, over the course of three years, according to the Yancheg Wanbao newspaper. Authorities in the province of Tielu told AFP newspaper officials that Tang Jin, 29, was arrested last month after complaints from parents. Parents […]
Women, eager to avoid wage discrimination, glass ceilings on promotion, and the lack of freedom they face in the modern-day workplace, continue to start their own businesses, adding to the almost 8 million woman-owned firms nationwide. These companies now employ 18.5 million people and produce $2.3 trillion in annual revenues. “Women get discouraged by the […]
Norway, which hails itself as one of the most egalitarian nations, announced new rules that would introduce affirmative action programs to promote equal employment opportunities for men in traditionally “female” occupations. Norway’s government will amend several equal-rights regulations that will allow greater numbers of men to work in the traditionally “female” professions of child care […]
After Sunday’s deadline, by which all foreign aid agencies were to relocate to dilapidated housing on the outskirts of Kabul, the Taliban government raided six remaining aid agencies, shutting down offices and arresting local staff. The office of the coordinating body of aid agencies was also taken over by the Taliban. Many agencies refused to […]
Although her superiors admit that she is qualified to be a judge in Egypt’s judiciary, Fatima Lashin is still not permitted to serve on the bench after ten years of struggle, debate and publicity. “I belong to a country where my greatest grandmothers used to be queens and priests 5,000 years ago. But I can’t […]
Officials at the Pentagon are submitting a proposal that would lower the maximum punishment for adultery. This policy change would decrease the number of prosecutions and give a less harsh discharge to those found guilty of adultery. It would still be a crime, but the code would dictate under what circumstances adultery would be prosecuted.The […]
The Massachusetts State Senate passed a bill into law on July 16 that would give child custody to a parent who produced a “preponderance of evidence” that his or her spouse was a batterer. The burden of proof would then shift to the accused batterer holding them responsible for disproving the evidence to gain custody. […]
A Michigan Judge has blocked a twelve year old pregnant girl who is a victim of incest from being taken by her parents to Kansas to obtain an abortion Raped by her brother, the girl is twenty-eight weeks pregnant. Her doctor failed to properly diagnose her four times. Michigan outlaws abortions after twenty-four weeks except […]
