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Stop Sexual Assault in the Military
By Hillary Scrivani, WLP Law Intern When a woman signs up to serve her country in the U.S. military, she should expect to be honored and thanked for her service. What she should not expect is to become part of the enormous group of women who are sexually assaulted in...
California Female Inmate Sterilizations: Why We’re Appalled, But Not Surprised.
By Rebecca Ryan, WLP Law Intern Earlier this week, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) released a report finding that California prisons had coercively sterilized at least 148 women between 2006 and 2010. According to the report, doctors contracted by the...
Study Affirms Positive Effects of Athletic Participation for Girls & Young Women & the Need for Greater Equity
By Kaitlin Leskovac, WLP Summer Intern A recent study conducted by Ernst and Young explores the correlation between women who hold executive positions at various companies and their previous athletic participation. Ernst and Young surveyed 821 senior managers and...
Firing New Mother for Planning to Pump Breast Milk at Work Is Illegal
By Aly Mance, WLP Undergraduate Intern The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently sued Houston Funding II, Ltd. on behalf of new mother Dominica Venters, who was dismissed from her job following her maternity leave. Venters disclosed to her manager...
Spousal rape is illegal, yet jurors still struggle to convict
By Emily Temple, WLP Law Intern As a juror in a spousal rape case, Lisa Yumi Mitchell was thinking “How do you prosecute spousal rape? I was thinking, rape you can prosecute but, for the most part, you would think within a married couple sex is at least somewhat...
