January, 2010 | Women's Law Project

Is Refusing Bed Rest a Crime?

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 21, 2010 | Reproductive Rights, Women's health

That’s the question posed by Lisa Belkin at the New York Times, as she covers the case of Samantha Burton, who, after refusing her doctor’s advice to go on bed rest during her pregnancy, was not allowed to be released from a Florida hospital. The answer is obviously...

Title IX Used to Defend Gay Teenager

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 20, 2010 | Education, LGBT, Sexual orientation, Title IX

The Justice Department has intervened in a New York court case to argue that Title IX’s protections against sex discrimination apply to gender identity as well. The case involved a private law suit against a school district where a student, “J.L.” experienced...

Using Religion to Empower Women

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 19, 2010 | Equality

Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist who often documents the hardships faced by women all over the world, published an op-ed last week in which he argues that although in many cases religion is used to oppress women, it also has the potential to emancipate and...

Senators Franken and Snowe Working for Servicewomen’s Reproductive Rights

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 15, 2010 | Contraception, Military, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) may have only been in the Senate for a short time, but he’s been using that time to advance women’s reproductive rights in really great ways. In October we wrote about his amendment to the appropriations bill that barred the Defense...

A Decade of Accomplishments or Failures for Women's Rights?

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 14, 2010 | Equality, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

From Hillary Clinton running for president and Sonia Sotomayor joining the Supreme Court to the rising number of female undergraduates, women have much to be proud of in terms of accomplishments throughout the past decade. Perhaps we can even utter a (tentative) sigh...

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