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New Report Suggests ‘Campus Culture of Secrecy’ Stands Between Sexual Assault Victims and Justice
The Center for Public Integrity has released a new series of reports which argues that college women who are sexually assaulted often find themselves facing a campus culture of secrecy, where it is difficult to report the assault and take action. The Center, an...
Irish Abortion Law Under Scrutiny
Next week, the European Court of Human Rights will hear arguments about whether Ireland’s abortion laws violate women’s human rights. Current Irish law outlaws legal access to abortion, making an exception only to save a pregnant woman’s life. Because of this strict...
New Breast Cancer Guidelines Will Disproportionately Affect African-American Women
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made big news last week when they announced new guidelines for breast cancer screening, which suggest mammograms every two years for women ages 50-74; the old guidelines suggested that women over 40 get a mammogram every year. ...
Not Enough Room, Not Enough Money, Turning People Away: The Recession and Domestic Violence Shelters
A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suggests that the recession is exacerbating the already arduous situations of domestic violence victims. Mackenzie Carpenter writes that “the stresses of the past year’s recession and continued financial uncertainty” are...
Baltimore Bill Requires Truth from Crisis Pregnancy Centers
A bill that just passed the Baltimore City Council for the second time this session would require crisis pregnancy centers to post notices saying that they don’t provide birth control or abortion referrals. Naturally, anti-choicers are up in arms about having to tell...
