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President-elect Obama Plans to Repeal Global Gag Rule
The Washington Post reports that upon taking office in January, President-elect Obama intends to repeal the Global Gag Rule, which has been harming women around the world for the past eight years. The Global Gag Rule (also known as the Mexico City Policy) was enacted...
Anti-Abortion Ballot Measures Defeated
While Election Day proved to be a disappointment for LGBT rights, all three anti-abortion measures we previously wrote about were soundly defeated. South Dakota’s sweeping abortion ban, known as Initiated Measure 11, was defeated 55% to 44%. In California, 52.6% of...
LGBT Ballot Measures
While Election Day proved to be a happy one for advocates of reproductive justice, it also brought devastating defeats for the LGBT community and their allies. Four states, California, Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas, had measures on the ballot limiting the rights of...
Sexual abuse and the military
An article originally published in the Los Angeles Times and reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reveals that 15% of female soldiers who have sought medical care after being deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2007 experienced sexual assault or...
Remember to Vote Today and Bring a Friend!
The General Election is finally here, and today we have an opportunity to participate in our democracy by voting. In the past, there has been one group of the electorate that has not voted at the same rate as others -- unmarried women. In the 2004 presidential...
The More You Know: Emergency Ballots
Election Day is almost here and we are expecting a great turnout at the polls, given the extraordinarily high number of voters who have registered all over the state (as well as all over the nation). In consideration of this turnout, voting rights groups have been...
New York Times Editorial Spotlights Inequality in Insurance Premiums
Last week we wrote about a new report that revealed that women pay more for health insurance coverage than men. The New York Times published an editorial today, saying that it's to take action on the issue and eliminate gender-based premiums. You can read it here.
Reproductive Rights on Ballots Across the Country – Part III: California
California is the third state that has an abortion-related measure on the ballot this November. Previously, we discussed Colorado’s and South Dakota’s anti-abortion ballot measures. California’s measure, Proposition 4, is a reincarnation of Proposition 73 that was...
Women Pay More for Health Insurance Coverage
The New York Times ran an interesting story this week about disparities in health insurance costs. A new report issued by the National Women's Law Center, Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women, reveals that women's health insurance...
Know Your Voting Rights!
With an anticipated record voter turnout in Pennsylvania on November 4th, it's important that we all know our voting rights. So spread the word, and here are some quick facts about voting in Pennsylvania: First-time voters, or voters who have moved and are going to a...
