Michael Griffin, who is on death row for the 1993 murder of Dr. David Gunn, an abortion doctor in Pensacola, Fla., now claims he was framed in a conspiracy involving other anti-abortion activists, the police, and his own lawyer. Griffin contends there was another assailant with a gun, although witnesses testified that Griffin acted alone, […]
The Virginia Military Institute’s first class of women will actively recruit more females for next year’s class, talking to them personally and becoming a part of a marketing campaign to attract more women to the formerly all-male school, say admissions officers. Assistant Director of Admissions Terri Wheaton Reddings said “We’ve got to keep the momentum […]
In a bizarre semantic twist, divorce attorney Rosalie Davies is using Pennsylvania’s law on adultery to argue why her lesbian client should get alimony from her ex-husband. At issue is whether or not lesbian sex, occurring outside of heterosexual marriage, is considered adultery. If it is adulterous, lesbians can be denied alimony under the state’s […]
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights ruled last week that a church day care center did not violate the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it fired a woman for being pregnant and unmarried. Cynthia Bundy had worked at the Fairdale Christian Church Day Care for 18 months when she was fired. The church said she […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton was greeted with applause and cheers by Argentine women for her speech on reproductive health and domestic violence. “Hillary is a radical feminist, and we welcome that here,” said lawyer Liliana Tojo. “Access to quality health care — especially family planning and reproductive health services — is crucial to advancing the progress […]
A jury awarded $875,000 to Tammy S. Blakey, the first woman at Continental Airlines to attain the rank of captain of an Airbus A300 passenger plane, for sexual harassment yesterday. Blakey filed the suit in 1993, alleging that male pilots left pornographic pictures in cockpits, some with her name written on them. One picture left […]
Retiring Judge William A. Norris urged President Clinton to “admit his mistake of judgement” regarding the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays. “Renounce it because it is wrong, it is evil — as you surely know in your heart,” he said at a ceremony where he received a “Liberty Award” from the Lambda […]
In response to complaints brought to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by female police officers, Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci ordered State Secretary of Public Safety Kathleen O’Toole to rewrite the rules regarding pregnant troopers on Wednesday. Four veteran investigators told the EEOC that they were not allowed to work overtime, and that they were only […]
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has ruled that Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and Hampshire County Transit must pay Joane Rome over $30,000 for being ordered off a bus in 1994 for kissing her lesbian lover. Driver Stephen Follett pulled the bus over and ordered Joane Rome out because she and her girlfriend’s display of […]
A cable station in Contra Costa County in California has pulled a 7-minute film showing women how to do breast exams because it shows naked breasts. Breast cancer awareness activists complained when the cable director refused to air it again after only one viewing and said it wasn’t appropriate for families to watch. County Supervisor […]
The Women in Miltary Service for America Memorial will be dedicated at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday. The memorial features more than a dozen alcoves for exhibits, a fountain, reflecting pool, 196-seat theater, computer database of women veterans and a gift shop. It sits by a semi-circular granite wall that has four […]
At a population conference in China yesterday, experts said that families in rural areas were still killing baby girls. Saying that female infanticide is considered “a family matter, a private issue,” Professor Zhu Chuzhu said that the practice still isn’t seen as murder to many villagers. Modern neonatal technology that detects the sex of fetuses […]
In Newark, New Jersey, Catholic school students will no longer wear uniforms and athletic clothes produced in sweatshops and will be encouraged not to buy other sweatshop-produced clothes, said Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and Archbishop Theodore McCarrick yesterday. The archdiocese will teach an anti-sweatshop curriculum to 24,000 students in grades 7-12. The authors hope that […]
Over 5,000 women electors voted in yesterday’s elections for Oman’s next consultative council. Women are 10% of Oman’s electoral college. The college voted for 164 candidates out of a field of 736 candidates, including 27 women. This is the first time that women cadidates have been allowed to run. In December, Sultan Qaboos will choose […]
Nebraska’s Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court ruling that stated “a parent’s sexual activity is insufficient to establish a … change in custody.” In 1995, Thomas Hassenstab filed a suit to reverse Carol Hassenstab’s custody of their child after the divorce. Ms. Hassenstab is a lesbian. The court said there was no evidence that […]
New York Gov. George Pataki signed a bill Tuesday that says police must determine who was the aggressor before arresting anyone in a domestic violence dispute. Women who fight back against their abuser will no longer be arrested for misdemeanor assault, as was the case previously. “Women who are the targets of domestic violence should […]
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked U.S. District Judge Alan Nevas to deny a $200 refund to Stanley Scott for violating a court order preventing him from screaming outside an abortion clinic. Nevas has ordered Scott to refrain from shouting anti-abortion invectives outside the Summit Women’s Health Clinic in Bridgeport loud enough so that […]
For the second time, California Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed AB 257, a bill that would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation under the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. “This is a Governor who claims to be against discrimination and in favor of strong law enforcement — but when he had a […]
Republican New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman is enjoying strong support from women for the upcoming election. At a “Women for Whitman” rally in New Bruswick, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” played in the background while almost 2,000 women shouted “Four more years.” Her campaign spokesman Pete McDonough said Whitman had “bridged the gender […]
Bomb components were found at the home of a man accused of shooting two police officers, leading a bombing task force to suggest the bombings of Olympic park, an Atlanta clinic and a gay nightclub may be linked to the same man. Officer John Sawa, 28, was fatally injured and Officer Patricia Cocciolone, 35, is […]
