2/3/2012
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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes in WA Senate
The Washington state Senate voted 28 to 21 this week to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, with four Republicans voting in support of the bill. The bill could go t ... |
2/3/2012
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VA Senate Blocks Fetal Pain Bill
Yesterday the Virginia Senate Committee on Education and Health voted against a bill that would have banned abortions at 20 weeks and would impose criminal penalties on d ... |
2/3/2012
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Komen To Continue Grants To Planned Parenthood
The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure issued a statement today indicating that it would continue to provide grants to Planned Parenthood affiliates for breast cancer ... |
2/2/2012
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Komen Foundation to Stop Grants to PPFA
Yesterday the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure announced that, in accordance with its new policies, it will no longer award grants to Planned Parenthood affiliates ... |
2/2/2012
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Departments of Labor and Treasury to Enhance Retirement Security
The US Departments of Labor and the Treasury announced, following the President's State of the Union Address, two executive actions to help Americans save for retirement ... |
2/2/2012
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VAWA Reauthorization Passed by Committee on Party Line Vote
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 (VAWA) was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning on a party-line vote of 10-8. All Democrats vo ... |
2/1/2012
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Komen Foundation to End Partnership with PPFA
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest breast-cancer charity in the United States, announced that it will end its partnership with Planned Parenthood affiliates. Th ... |
2/1/2012
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Department of Labor Announces Equal Pay App Challenge
The US Department of Labor, in partnership with the National Equal Pay Task Force, announced that it will launch a new ... |
1/31/2012
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Women's Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Save Birth Control from Catholic Bishops
Beginning today, women's rights groups - including the Feminist Majority Foundation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the National Organization for Women (NOW), ... |
1/31/2012
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Blog Carnival Will Support VAWA Reauthorization
A blog carnival is beginning today in support of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo ( ... |
1/31/2012
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Department of Labor Seeks Comments on FMLA for Military
Today First Lady Michelle Obama joined US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to announce proposed regulations to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for military f ... |
1/30/2012
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First-Ever Oral HPV Study Conducted
The first-ever study of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the Un ... |
1/30/2012
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UN Secretary General Promotes Women's Rights, Gay Rights
In a speech to the African Union Summit in Ethiopia, UN Secretar ... |
1/27/2012
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Abortion Medically Safer than Childbirth
A new study, conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Raymond and Dr. David Grimes and published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, indicates that the likelihood of women dying during ... |
1/27/2012
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Same-Sex Marriage Referendum Likely to Appear on ME Ballot
EqualityMaine, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Main Women's Lobby announced on Thursday that they have 105,000 petitions signed by Maine voters, which far exc ... |
1/26/2012
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AZ Congressman Introduces Bill to Restrict Abortion in DC
Arizona Representative Trent Franks (R) introduced the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act this week that would prohibit women in the District o ... |
1/26/2012
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IN Senate Committee Votes to Restrict Medical Abortion Pill
Yesterday, the Indiana Senate health committee voted 5 to 4 to further restrict women's access to RU-486, or the abortion pill. If the bill passes, doctors would be requi ... |
1/24/2012
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WA Gains Necessary Vote to Pass Same-Sex Marriage Bill
At the first public hearing on same-sex marriage in Washington state, Senator Mary Margaret Haugen (D) announced that she will support legalizing same-sex marriage. With ... |
1/24/2012
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Abortion Rate Stalls Worldwide
"Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide from 1995 to 2008," a study con ... |