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Women and President-elect Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan
Two recent op-eds in the Boston Globe and New York Times have examined what effect President-elect Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan would have on women. And they're finding that women are practically shut out of the plan altogether. First, let's look at the...
Women's Law Project in the News
WLP staff have been making the media rounds and we thought we'd let you know! First, our executive director, Carol Tracy, was quoted in this Philadelphia Inquirer column about Governor Rendell's sexist remarks about Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. Carol Tracy, of the...
Clearing Up Untruths About Abortion
This Sunday’s New York Times published an op-ed by Ross Douthat of the Atlantic, in which he spent over 1,100 words perpetuating untruths and myths about the anti-choice movement in an apparent effort to absolve them of any blame for John McCain’s loss. For example,...
Florida Adoption Ban
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's editorial board has come out in favor of a Florida court's ruling that the ban on LGBT people adopting children in that state is unconstitutional. [Florida is] one of a few states with laws that prevent gay men and lesbians from adopting...
Minority Women's Abortion Rates 3-to-5 Times Higher
While it’s commonly known that U.S. abortion rates are down from a peak in 1980, the Guttmacher Institute has unmasked a trend that abortions are becoming more concentrated among women of color and low-income women. The analysis by the sexual and reproductive rights...
