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“I Will NOT Be Denied” Health Care
The Women’s Law Project is proud to join the National Women’s Law Center’s I Will NOT Be Denied™ campaign to educate the public about the benefits of the health care law and what is at risk if it is repealed. We are pleased to participate in releasing NWLC's new...
Federal Court in Pennsylvania to Decide Death Benefits Dispute Involving a Surviving Same-Sex Spouse
A death benefits dispute between a surviving same-sex spouse and the decedent’s parents took center stage on Monday, March 12th, when U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones II of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard oral arguments from the attorneys for the...
Ongoing study: Mandatory ultrasounds have very little impact on abortion decisions
Mandatory ultrasound viewing is quickly becoming the new favorite tactic of the state-level war on choice. Six states currently require all women seeking abortions to view ultrasound images, and until women’s health advocates weighed in with a tidal wave of...
VAWA Receives Only Partisan Support
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has never been partisan legislation. Signed into law in 1994, it was reauthorized with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2000, and again in 2005. But earlier this month, anti-violence advocates were shocked when VAWA passed the...
Thank You to our male friends, colleagues, brothers, fathers, and partners for Speaking Up!
Everyone expects to hear women speak up about reproductive health issues--specifically about protecting a woman’s right to control her own body – because women bear the burden - pun intended - if no one speaks up. Women and women’s organizations have been vocal,...
