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Kate Michelman on Dr. Tiller
Former NARAL Pro-Choice America President Kate Michelman has published a short piece on Salon.com, remembering Dr. Tiller and his courageous commitment to serving the women who came to his clinic with dignity and respect. An excerpt: George Tiller was among the most...
Workers’ Rights to Paid Sick Days
Workers in San Francisco, the District of Columbia, and Milwaukee have a right to paid sick days. In a commentary for Women’s eNews, Linda Meric explains why the US Congress should pass the Healthy Families Act, making it easier for workers across the country to take...
What happens when women don’t just break the "glass ceiling," but shatter it into a million pieces…
In March 1986, the Wall Street Journal proliferated the term “glass ceiling” to denote the metaphorical barrier halting women from ascending the corporate ladder. Many books followed, including Ann M. Morrison’s pivotal 1987 Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach...
Berner beats the boys: Title IX allows another female athlete to compete, and win
Talented tennis player Hannah Berner, a senior at the Beacon School in New York, did not have the option of joining a girls tennis team when she transferred to the school two years ago. Thanks to Title IX, the school had to let her play on the boys team, and this...
Nebraska Bill Makes Ultrasounds Required Part of Abortion Process
Last Friday, the Nebraska legislature approved and the Nebraska governor signed into law a bill that will require abortion providers to make an ultrasound easily visible to all women one hour before the abortion is performed. The right to life movement says this is...
