The case of Dr. Maureen Polsby vs Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, is being heard by Judge Chasanaw at the US Federal District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD. Today, Dr. Jonathan Pinkis, former Chairman of Neurology at Georgetown, is scheduled to testify that Dr. Polsby is making up her claims […]
On Thursday February 8, President Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act which includes a clause that will create an on-line abortion ban. This Internet “gag rule” curtails the ability of women to share and exchange information on abortion and abortion services. Feminist Majority Foundation President, Eleanor Smeal noted, “The Telecommunications Act is transforming the […]
The case of Dr. Maureen Polsby vs Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, is being heard by Judge Chasanaw at the US Federal District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD. Today, Dr. Tom Chase, the branch chief, is expected to take the stand. Dr. Chase is Dr. Polsby’s accused sexual harasser. To […]
Over 3,200 feminists converged on the Sheraton Washington Hotel February 2-4, for the first ever national feminist exposition. The Feminist Majority Foundation with 299 co-sponsoring organizations showed the nation that feminism is strong and growing. They also debunked the myth that today’s young woman are not a supporter of this movement — about 35% of […]
In an attempt to prove his insanity plea, Brookline shooter John Slavi, struggled and shouted while throwing over a table during his trial on Wednesday. He shouted for his right to speak with the press, declaring, This is unconstitutional. . . I have the right to speak to the people.” Even Judge Barbara Dortch-Okara noted […]
Judge John DiNoto has ruled that a landlord may evict the Long Island Gynecological service. The lease permits abortions on the premises but, under new terms agreed to in January, the lease prohibits any activity that “jeopardizes the safety and prope rty of other tenants.” Because many persons have violently attacked clinic members and other […]
Judge Sam C. Point, Jr, who presides over the silicone breast implant case, released new details on Friday concerning the proposed settlement. The release includes proposals that would once again reduce the amount paid to the thousands of women injure d by the implants. Court officials also plan to increase scrutiny of possible fraud by […]
A Filipino maid accused of killing her male employer received a sentence of 100 lashes, a year in prison, a monetary penalty and faces deportation. She had to agree to pay the victim’s family 150,000 dirhams ($41,000) blood money in order for them to drop their insistence that the death penalty be carried out. In […]
The Legal Action for Reproductive Rights filed a several-hundred million dollar federal lawsuit on Thursday against American Coalition of Life Activists and Advocates for Life Ministries. The plaintiffs, filing in Portland, Oregon, allege that the anti-abortion organizations conducted a “campaign of terror and intimidation” that violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and […]
At the behest of Senate Democrats, President Clinton has announced the launch of a new welfare study. The study will analyze how the Republican welfare plan adversely affects millions of children. Senator Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and eleven other Democrats alleged that the White House had conducted a study which showed that one million more children […]
Five persons were arrested while camping out and conducting a thirteen-day hunger strike protesting the Board of Regents’ July 20th decision ending affirmative action for California universities, . The protesters at the University of California at Irvine campus were arrested, along with two supporters, for obstructing a police officer. The police moved in when the […]
House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced on Friday his support for the anti-affirmative action initiative in California. Gingrich asserted, in a letter to Republican donors soliciting funds for the initiative, that the country must resolve the debate on affirmative action in favor of “individual rights over group rights.” The initiative would place a state constitutional ban […]
President Clinton stated in his weekly radio address Saturday that, unless Republicans soften budget cuts in education and health care for the poor, “there is nothing more for us to talk about.” His wording suggests that unless Republicans make changes to the current budget bill, Clinton plans to veto it. In response to Republican threats […]
Wellesley has produced more top-level executive women than any other college, large or small. Seventy-five corporations recruit on its campus every year and strong networking amongt alumnae and students helps women gain entry into the nation’s top firms. Of Fortune 500 companies, seventeen female directors graduated from Wellesley. And, of female senior executives, 1.8% graduated […]
A federal judge has approved a plan for the distribution of $10.8 million to settle a sex-discrimination suit filed against Detroit’s police department. Judge Paul Gadola’s ruling ends a twenty-two year long suit which includes over 890 women who comp lained of systematic discrimination against a class of women. When the suit was filed in […]
A new report from the General Accounting Office states that while women have made progress, they are still underrepresented at four departments — the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Navy and State. The unequal representation is especially m anifest among the higher grades. The report concluded that, “In general, the relative numbers of women and […]
Police officers in Maryland’s Prince George’s County who use racist or sexist language can now can now be fired, fined, or suspended, under a new policy that makes such offenses comparable in seriousness to police brutality. Police Chief John S. Farrell, responding to recent incidences of racism in his department, was quoted as saying he […]
Three anti-abortion groups — Operation Rescue, Missionaries to the Pre-Born, and the Dallas Pro-Life Action Network — must pay a doctor $8.6 million in damages for harassing and trying to force him to stop performing abortions. A federal jury yester day ordered the payment to Dr. Tompkins who received harassment, abuse, stalking, telephone harassment and […]
House Republicans refuse to back down on provisions of the welfare reform bill which deny money to unwed teens who have children and which give states control of school lunch programs. The House and Senate, trying to come up with compromises on their differing versions of welfare reform, have had difficulty reaching consensus. House members […]
Indiscriminate budget cuts threaten to eliminate research vital to improving mammography procedures. The Senate has proposed completely cutting funding for the Defense Department’s Focused Research Initiative (FRI). The FRI includes a $4 million allo cation for the Stanford-Conductus project, which seeks to develop a cost-effective magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) technique for use in detecting breast […]
