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Illinois Gay Marriage Ban Challenged
Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Wingfield, Former WLP Intern On May 30th, two dozen same-sex couples filed two separate law suits challenging the Illinois law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, which prohibits same-sex couples from marrying. Last year,...
Senate Defense Bill Would Allow Women in Combat
Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Wingfield, Former WLP Intern A proposed measure in the Senate’s National Defense Reauthorization Act would demand that the military come up with a plan to allow women in fight on the frontlines. While the House version of the bill does not...
AIDS Researchers Sideline Women: An Example of Sex Bias in Drug Treatment Trials
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
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...
Report: Female Farm Workers Face Sexual Violence, Harassment
On May 16, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report detailing the results of interviews with over 160 farmworkers, police, attorneys, and other members of the agricultural industry about sexual violence and harassment endured by female migrant farmworkers. Women...
