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Our Gender-Bilingual President?
Aviva Wittenberg-Cox, founder and publisher of Women-omics, wrote an opinion piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this weekend. The article points out that even though President Obama seems to be leaps and bounds ahead of previous presidents as "gender-bilingual,"...
Family Planning and the Stimulus Package
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed an economic stimulus package. A previous version of the bill had included provisions for supplying contraception to low-income women on Medicaid. When House Republicans objected to the provision, President Obama...
Study Finds C-Sections May Increase Childbirth Complications
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently published a study that found an increased risk of childbirth complications linked to birth by cesarean section. The study compared births in 1988-89 to 2004-05, finding that the need for blood transfusions increased...
San Francisco AG Files Suit Over Discriminatory Health Insurance Policies
The City of San Francisco’s Attorney General has filed suit against state health insurance regulators because of the current regulations’ discriminatory effects on women. The suit contends that insurance commissioner Steve Poizner and director of the Department of...
Congress Passes Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
On Tuesday, Congress passed the final version of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in a 250-177 vote. This comes on the heels of the Senate passing it last week. President Obama signed the bill into law yesterday at the White House. The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act...
Supreme Court Strengthens Protections in Title VII Cases
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Crawford v. Nashville which strengthened employees' protections against retaliation by their employers during the investigation of employment discrimination cases. Vicky Crawford was an employee of the city...
WNBA Star Candace Parker and Pregnant Athletes
The New York Times reports that Candace Parker, of the Los Angeles Sparks, is pregnant and due in the spring. The article touches on the fact that a high-profile athlete's pregnancy could be a good conduit for talking about the challenges that working mothers face,...
What Do Women Want?
The New York Times Magazine recently published a story outlining different approaches to understanding the different experiences of women and men in sex. The article emphasizes the recent surge in research in the field of female sexuality, which was at least partly...
Teen Pregnancy Rates on the Rise
The Feminist Majority reports that a recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that teenage pregnancy rates are on the rise. In particular, the CDC's report showed significant increases in 26 states in 2006, which ended a 15...
V is for Victory Press Conference TODAY
The Women's Law Project (WLP) has a long history of accomplishments in working to "level the playing field" for girls in athletics. On January 26, the WLP will announce an exciting new project with our partner, the Women's Sports Foundation. A joint press conference...
