A Labour party spokesman said that Labour officials are listening to recordings of all parliament debates since last May’s elections, and are drawing up a list of Conservative party members who make sexist and snide remarks to the women. They plan on taking the names of the guilty men to house speaker Betty Boothroyd. The […]
Final passage of a measure outlawing certain late-term D&X abortions is expected to pass in the House today. It will then go to President Clinton, who vetoed a similar bill last year because it did not contain an exception for women whose health or lives were in danger. Since the current bill still does not […]
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb extended the temporary restraining order on an abortion waiting-period law in Wisconsin on Friday. She said the state must prepare materials for the abortion providers to distribute before the law can be enforced. The law has had the restraining order on it since April 1996, when Gov. Thompson signed it […]
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for Paul Hill, who was convicted of murdering an abortion doctor and a volunteer clinic escort in 1994. A Connecticut lawyer had appealed on the grounds that Hill should not have been permitted to act as his own trial lawyer. The Supreme Court said Hill, who did […]
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb extended the temporary restraining order on an abortion waiting-period law in Wisconsin on Friday. She said the state must prepare materials for the abortion providers to distribute before the law can be enforced. The law has had the restraining order on it since April 1996, when Gov. Thompson signed it […]
Clinton’s administration announced on Oct. 1 that longtime lesbian activist Virginia Apuzzo had been appointed to one of 18 Assistant to the President positions, making her the highest-ranking openly gay or lesbian person ever in the government. Apuzzo will work in Management and Administration, directing White House management and administrative functions and overseeing all Executive […]
Tired of being grabbed and fondled on Tokyo subways, Japanese women are speaking out and asking police for help in stopping “chikan,” or subway molesters. Police have asked the train companies to consider single-sex cars for women and children, a scenario not seen in 40 years. Subway molestation has been a well-known problem for years, […]
Many gays and lesbians are worried about the Washington Blade’s New York counterpart, set to debut later this month. An employee-owned production in D.C., the Blade in New York will split ownership 50-50 between Blade employees and a large corporation. “There is a concern any time a corporation comes in with big money … this […]
Several hundred feminists, gays and lesbians, atheists, and liberal activists challenged the Promise Keepers during a protest on Saturday, carrying signs and chanting. A press conference was held by the protesters, featuring Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority, Patricia Ireland of the National Organization for Women, Al Ross of the Center for Democracy Studies, Pamela […]
Christina Odenberg officially became Sweden’s first Lutheran Bishop on Sunday, six months after being elected by the Lund diocese, a diocese where 36% of vicars are women. The ceremony was attended by notable women such as Barbara Harris, the first female American Episcopalian bishop, Marita Ulvsko, Sweden’s minister of cultural and religious affairs, and Birgitta […]
The U.S. Supreme Court began their 1997-98 term today, which will run from October to June. In January, the Supreme Court will look at a case where affirmative action was used to increase diversity. The case concerns Sharon Taxman, a white teacher in New Jersey who was laid off while an equally qualified black teacher […]
Several hundred feminists, gays and lesbians, atheists, and liberal activists challenged the Promise Keepers during a protest on Saturday, carrying signs and chanting. A press conference was held by the protesters, featuring Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority, Patricia Ireland of the National Organization for Women, Al Ross of the Center for Democracy Studies, Pamela […]
Christina Odenberg officially became Sweden’s first Lutheran Bishop on Sunday, six months after being elected by the Lund diocese, a diocese where 36% of vicars are women. The ceremony was attended by notable women such as Barbara Harris, the first female American Episcopalian bishop, Marita Ulvsko, Sweden’s minister of cultural and religious affairs, and Birgitta […]
The U.S. Supreme Court began their 1997-98 term today, which will run from October to June. In January, the Supreme Court will look at a case where affirmative action was used to increase diversity. The case concerns Sharon Taxman, a white teacher in New Jersey who was laid off while an equally qualified black teacher […]
In Rio de Janeiro this weekend, Pope John Paul II spoke out against divorce, sex outside marriage, birth control, and abortion, calling it “the shame of humanity.” Although Brazil is officially the world’s largest Roman Catholic country, only 13% of those baptized Catholic consider themselves “practicing.” The Pope’s message was seen as old-fashioned in an […]
President Clinton accounced yesterday that he intended to nominate Janice R. Lachance for the position of Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an office where she is currently the Deputy Director. Lachance has 17 years of experience with federal agencies, Congress, and labor organizations. She joined OPM in 1993 as Director of Communications, […]
The Feminist Majority Foundation Online has been nominated as Yin’s first pick of the week — “the number one most outstanding women’s site on the Internet,” according to Yin editor Sarah Howell. Yin, a brand-new online guide for women, is run by and for women, and features links to web sites of interest to women, […]
A study published in Nature Medicine reports that the drug RU-486 could be helpful in treating people with HIV. The researchers found that RU-486, which is also used as a method of early abortion, weakens the HIV-produced proteins and glucocorticoids that suppress the immune system. Vpr, one of the proteins, kills infection-fighting cells and inhibits […]
Despite Promise Keepers claims that their organization is not political, more and more evidence reveals their far-right religious agenda to control U.S. politics and impose their Christian views on the nation. Founder Bill McCartney has told followers to “take this nation for Jesus Christ!” and said that they would contend for “truth” in the schools […]
By a 16-0 vote, a Senate comittee yesterday found no grounds to overturn Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) 1996 election. Her Republican rival, Louis Jenkins, made allegations of electoral fraud, but the committee found that Landrieu had not violated any laws. Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.) said that despite finding a few “isolated instances” of fraud, […]
