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Nun Excommunicated from Catholic Church for Saving Woman’s Life
Last week, Sister Margaret McBride was excommunicated from the Catholic Church after allowing doctors to perform an abortion in order to save the life of a woman. In her capacity as on-call member of the Hospital Ethics committee, Sister McBride reached a decision...
Few Female Police Officers in Pittsburgh’s Suburbs
There are approximately 1,555,770 sworn police officers in the United States. So if the national workforce is 53% male, 47% female (according to the 2008 U.S. Census, though recent estimates have women breaking the 50% mark), then it would reasonable to deduce that...
A Victory for Female Employees at Novartis
A class-action suit that lasted five weeks in trial was decided last week in favor of female employees at the pharmaceutical company Novartis. One of the women’s lawyers described the “overwhelming” evidence of discrimination against women, especially pregnant women,...
The 50th anniversary of the Birth Control Pill: thoughts on the past, present, and future
Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the contraceptive drug that is commonly known today as simply “the pill.” In an interview with Marty Moss-Coane of WHYY radio, social historian Elaine Tyler May illustrates the hopes and fears of second-wave...
Female Role Models on the Front Page of the Sports Section
Last summer, the Women’s Law Project conducted a 10-day examination of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in an attempt to find out how much coverage the sports section of the newspaper devoted to female athletes. Notable findings included: Zero instances of front-page...
