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IRS Ruling a Victory for Married Same-Sex Couples Across the Country!
Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced yesterday that the federal government will recognize the marriages of legally married same-sex couples for all federal tax purposes, regardless of where those...
PA Dropped More Than 9% Children, Pregnant Women & Families from Medicaid!
Aly Mance, WLP Intern According to a new national report covered by the Philadelphia Inquirer, there has been a dramatic drop in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid enrollment. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Pennsylvania dropped more than 9 percent of...
93 Years of Women Voting: Are We Using This Right to Drive the Change We Need?
By Kate Michelman and Carol Tracy, Co-Chairs of WomenVote PA It's hard to believe women only gained the right to vote 93 years ago today. That's when the 19th Amendment -- which prohibits any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote -- was ratified. The demand...
Women’s Law Project and ACLU fight for domestic partner benefits for Pittsburgh teacher
By Susan Frietsche, WLP Senior Staff Attorney The Women’s Law Project has teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh attorney Fred Goldsmith to challenge the refusal of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) to provide domestic...
The Wage Gap Starts in Childhood
Aly Mance, WLP Intern Parents do their best to be good role models for their children; and for generations, they have given their children chores to do in exchange for an allowance in order to teach them responsibility and work ethic. Sadly though, at a very young...
