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Jury Says Scouts May be Anti-Gay and Rent-Free
On June 23rd, a federal jury found in favor of the Philadelphia Cradle of Liberty Boy Scouts chapter in its case against the city. The chapter has been in a seven-year-long legal dispute with Philadelphia concerning its anti-gay policy barring gay boys and men from...
Governor Rendell Signs Shackling Ban Into Law
Senate Bill 1074, previously known as the Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act, passed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on June 29th. The bill bans the shackling of pregnant inmates in transit to a medical facility, during labor, and for a reasonable...
2010 NOW Conference Spotlights Body Image
This weekend, the National Organization for Women (NOW) is hosting their annual conference. This year, the theme is “loving our bodies, changing the world.” We decided to look at a variety of viewpoints regarding body image this week, in honor of the upcoming...
The Next Step for the Birth Control Pill: Over-the-Counter?
Why not? That’s the question that Kelly Blanchard, president of Ibis Reproductive Health, asks in a recent New York Times op-ed. She argues that there’s no real reason against making the birth control pill available over the counter, and there would be great benefits...
Men who have Sex with Men Still Prohibited from Donating Blood
On June 11th the Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability refused to recommend a change in restrictions that would allow men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate blood. The review began after Senator John Kerry and seventeen of his colleagues sent...
