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A Major Win for Marriage Equality is Intertwined With the Fight for Reproductive Autonomy
This week marked an enormous step forward for LGBT rights in the United States when Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker declared Proposition 8 – California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage – unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Walker emphasized the...
Misoprostol: A Catalyst for Revolution?
An optimistic op-ed published by Nicholas Kristof this weekend in the New York Times hypothesized that the medication misoprotol will revolutionize abortion access around the world, especially in developing countries, where five-sixths of abortions occur and “up to...
New Law Gives More Alabamans Protection from Intimate Partner Violence
Under a new law, Alabama can now protect domestic violence victims who have been in a dating relationship for at least six months. Previously, “there must have been a connection by marriage, a child being involved in the relationship, a common-law marriage, or the...
What We’re Reading
The Catholic Church treats the ordination of women as a crime on par with sexual abuse. The Swedish Feminist Initiative Party burned $13,000 to protest the gender wage gap The New York Times discusses the marginalization of doctors who decide to provide abortions More...
Wage Gap Woes: Women Continue to Face Pay Discrimination
A new study by the Project for Attorney Retention and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association has revealed that the glass ceiling is still present for female attorneys. The traditional explanation for wage disparities has been that “family responsibilities mean...
