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Reproductive Injustice Compensated in North Carolina
By Aly Mance, WLP Intern North Carolina lawmakers decided last week that compensation will be paid to the victims of the state’s past eugenics program, run between 1929 and 1974. Eugenics is the belief that the human species can be improved by discouraging those...
New study debunks myths about post-abortion emotions
By Hillary Scrivani, WLP Legal Intern Some anti-choice groups are notorious for spreading lies about abortion in an effort to deter women from making informed medical decisions about their reproductive health. Some of these lies include exaggerating or outright...
Helping make campuses safer
By Carol E. Tracy, WLP Executive Director and Terry L. Fromson, Managing Attorney Sexual assault and harassment on college campuses have finally gotten the attention of federal authorities charged with monitoring compliance with Title’s IX sex-discrimination...
The Third Circuit’s “I Heart Boobies” Ruling is a Win for Young Women
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney In B.H. v. Easton Area School District, issued on August 5, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld an injunction on the school district’s ban of “I ♥ boobies” breast cancer awareness bracelets. In this...
Federal Court in Philadelphia Applies Same-Sex Marriage Ruling to Uphold Spousal Death Benefits
By Hillary Scrivani, WLP Legal Intern Just over a month ago in United States v. Windsor, the United States Supreme Court held that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as between a man and a woman for the purpose of federal laws and therefore...
