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NARAL Exposes Crisis Pregnancy Centers
NARAL Pro-Choice California has written a report exposing the tactics of so-called “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” (CPCs) in their state. Pairs of volunteers recently went undercover into fourteen CPCs and made phone calls to eighteen others. The full report of their...
Women’s Law Project Joins Amicus Effort Against Gender Biased Single-Sex Classrooms
The Women’s Law Project has joined 38 organizations filing an amicus curiae brief [PDF] in Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board supporting the plaintiff in her fight against the implementation of gender biased single-sex classrooms. The school district supports...
Shackling Ban of Pregnant Inmates Awaits Action by PA House Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1074, introduced by Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Delaware/Montgomery), proposes banning the shackling of pregnant inmates during labor. SB1074, previously referred to as the Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act, unanimously passed the Pennsylvania...
FDA Will Review New Morning-After Pill
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review a new emergency contraception (morning after) pill that is effective up to five days after unprotected sex- two days longer than levonorgestrel (Plan B). The new morning after pill, ulipristal acetate...
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Update
Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense bill (HB 5136) that included an amendment that would repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the law that prohibits individuals who are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from serving in the military. As...
