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Long Road Since "Roe"
Kate Michelman, President Emeritus, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Co-Chair, WomenVote PA For me and millions of other women, inequality before the law has been the story of our lives. Most recently, advocates on both sides of the equal-pay issue seem to forget that...
Women’s Law Project Files Title IX Complaints Against Pennsylvania State System Universities
On April 17th, the Women’s Law Project filed complaints with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education against nine members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE), asking OCR to address the historical and ongoing...
Court Enters Consent Decree So Pennsylvania Girls Can Wrestle
The Women’s Law Project and Flaster/Greenberg P.C. announce the successful resolution of a lawsuit on behalf of a Pennsylvania seventh-grade female student who was denied the opportunity to participate in the Line Mountain School District’s all-male wrestling program,...
Women's Law Project Calls for UPMC to Stop Its Challenge to Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations
By Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney Make sure your voice is heard on this issue, please sign this petition. On February 5, 2014, Susan Frietsche, Senior Staff Attorney at the Women’s Law Project (WLP), spoke at a press conference at Pittsburgh City Council and...
Working Mom Scores Preliminary Victory in Breast Pumping at Work Case
By Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney Plaintiff, Bobbi Bockoras, won the first battle in a lawsuit against her employer, Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. (d/b/a Verallia North America), who she alleges discriminated and retaliated against her for asserting her right to...
