AIDS Researchers Sideline Women: An Example of Sex Bias in Drug Treatment Trials

by | May 29, 2012 | Drug Trials, Gender Discrimination, Health Care, HIV/AIDS, People of Color, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Women's health

Guest Blogger:  Elizabeth Wingfield, Former WLP Intern A recent Los Angeles Times  editorial revealed that women are underrepresented in clinical trials of ways to treat and prevent HIV infection. While men make up 75% of the U.S. population living with HIV, women...

A Lawsuit in Federal Court Seeks to Lift the Obama Administration’s Emergency Contraception Decision

by | May 23, 2012 | Contraception, Courts, Emergency Contraception, Family Planning, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

A federal district court in New York is considering “whether to force the federal government to lift the age restrictions on over-the-counter sale of emergency contraceptives.” This lawsuit, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, alleges that the Food and Drug...

Women’s Law Project Releases Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania’s Women

by | May 15, 2012 | Domestic violence, Economic Justice, Education, Employment, Equality, Family Planning, Family Violence, Gender Discrimination, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Assault, Sexual harassment, Violence Against Women, Women's health

The Women’s Law Project (WLP) released today a major report, Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania’s Women, linking sex bias to adverse health outcomes in women.   The release of this report coincides with National...
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