The case of Fauziya Kasinga will be heard next month by the federal Board of Immigration Appeals. The young woman is seeking asylum in the United States to escape the female genital mutilation she would be subjected to in Togo. The United Nations considers the tribal ritual a human rights violation
On Wednesday (4-10) President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have been the first to outlaw a form of abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The rarely-used procedure, technically referred to as “intact dilation and evacuation” is performed after 20 weeks of gestation when severe disorders of the fetus or complications with the […]
On Friday (4-5), the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays in the military instituted by the Clinton administration. The 9-4 decision said that courts “were not created to award by judicial decree what was not achievable by political consensus.” The ruling upheld a lower court ruling […]
A study in the April 8, 1996 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine adds to mounting evidence that women get more complete breast cancer screenings from women doctors than from men. The study suggests that women getting mammograms are less likely to get an additional physical breast exam from male doctors. According to Dr. Karen […]
Chicago police are investigating a complaint made by a 25-year-old woman from Gary, Indiana that convicted rapist Mike Tyson sexually assaulted her in a Chicago nightclub booth. The woman, who wants her identity kept secret, is accusing heavyweight fighter Tyson of “sexual battery” in the Sunday (4-7) incident. Her lawyer said she was treated at […]
On Tuesday (4-9), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) a filed a sexual harassment suit against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing on behalf of hundreds of female workers at the Normal, Illinois factory which employs 4,000 workers. Filed at the U.S. District Court in Peoria, Ill., the suit: seeks an injunction to stop mistreatment of women at […]
According to a poll issued last week by the Pew Research Center, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole trails President Clinton by only two percentage points among men (46 to 48) but by twenty points among women (37 to 57). With the boost from women, Clinton leads Dole by 12 percentage points overall. The gender gap […]
A man who was acquitted of rape in 1992 after being cleared by DNA tests was arrested for rape on Monday (4-8). Prosecutors say DNA evidence will help prove his guilt alongside evidence of a matching license plate and hair follicles. They also claim the attacker was aware of DNA testing because he tried to […]
A jury in Contra Costa County convicted a man Tuesday (4-9) of assaulting a woman in her home despite his claims that the attack was part of a kinky sex scheme. Elliot Kwok, a former chief pharmacist for Kaiser Permanente, was jailed immediately after being acquitted of an attempted murder charge that could have led […]
In a lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday (4-9), federal officials allege that Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. violated the rights of hundreds of female workers. Chicago District Director of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission John Rowe has suggested that the case against the subsidiary of the Japanese auto company “could become the largest […]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America has chosen a new president. Gloria A. Feldt, 53, became head of Planned Parenthood’s Phoenix affiliate in 1978 after serving as executive director of the affiliate in Odessa, Texas. Feldt, who married at age 15 and had three children by the time she was 20, said she understands the importance […]
Through software called “Princess Maker,” Japanese men can adopt a computer- created 10-year-old girl, choose her clothes (including lingerie) or have her sunbathe naked. The game, now in its third version in Japan claims it allows Japanese men to fantasize about having control in the home, the one place they have no say. As the […]
While affirmative action is being attacked around the country as bestowing”special preferences” on minorities and women, many true “specialpreferences” in education and employment are being ignored. The AmericanCouncil on Education has exposed a “preference” for football players at theNaval Academy. The Academy recruits, prepares, and sometimes acceptsfootball players who do not meet the minimum academic […]
The percentage of women and minority officers in the nation’s policedepartments increased slowly in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but are stilldisproportionately low, according to a new Justice Department report. In1993, women were 8.8% of local police forces, compared to 7.6% in 1987. African Americans were 11.3% in 1993, up from 9.3% in 1987, […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner and National Institutes of Health Scientist Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was arrested Thursday (4-4) on charges of sexual abuse. Gajdusek has allegedly brought minors from Micronesia and New Guinea to the United States and was charged for child abuse and perverted practices. In February, one college student who, at age 13, came […]
Two Dallas women who had sued a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. for allegedly getting sick from their breast implants lost their case in a jury trial Wednesday (4-3). They are among thousands of women who claim that leaks from silicone implants and silicone-lined saline implants have caused serious diseases of the immune system including […]
On Monday (4-1), lawyers for Brown University went to court to appeal a 1995 ruling that the University had to enforce Title IX, the 1972 law which prohibits sex discrimination at institutions which receive federal funding. Last March, U.S. District Judge Raymond Pettine agreed with two female athletes who sued the University in 1992 after […]
In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday (4-4) to uphold a state law requiring minors to obtain consent from a parent or judge before having an abortion, marking the first time the Court has upheld a restriction on abortion rights since the state established a constitutional right to privacy in 1972. The […]
The woman beaten by police for crossing the Mexican border into the U.S. along with 19 men said she sought better educational opportunities for her two children. Working odd jobs after the Mexican factory where she once worked had closed, Alicia Saltero Vasquez could not make enough money to provide for her children, who she […]
A newly released survey by the Feminist Majority Foundation has found that clinics reported a sharp decline in anti-abortion violence in 1995, marking the first time violence decreased in all categories. The number of clinics reporting incidents of anti-abortion violence dropped substantially from 51.9% in 1994 to 38.6% in 1995, according to the annual survey, […]
