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Court Upholds School's Right to Expel Students Based On Sexual Orientation
In 2005, a private California high school expelled two students because they were suspected of being lesbians. The 4th District Court of Appeals, in a decision filed last week, ruled 3-0 that the school has the right to expel students on the basis of their suspected...
WLP on WITF and Pay Equity
Last week, WLP Senior Staff Attorney Susan Frietsche appeared on Radio Smart Talk on 89.5 WITF in Harrisburg. She discussed a recent study conducted by Keystone Research Center which found that the pay gap between men and women widened in Pennsylvania between 2003 and...
Our Gender-Bilingual President?
Aviva Wittenberg-Cox, founder and publisher of Women-omics, wrote an opinion piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this weekend. The article points out that even though President Obama seems to be leaps and bounds ahead of previous presidents as "gender-bilingual,"...
Family Planning and the Stimulus Package
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed an economic stimulus package. A previous version of the bill had included provisions for supplying contraception to low-income women on Medicaid. When House Republicans objected to the provision, President Obama...
Study Finds C-Sections May Increase Childbirth Complications
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently published a study that found an increased risk of childbirth complications linked to birth by cesarean section. The study compared births in 1988-89 to 2004-05, finding that the need for blood transfusions increased...
