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Senate Bill Challenges Bush Rule Limiting Reproductive Health Care
Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced legislation yesterday that would prevent a Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) rule from limiting women's access to proper reproductive care. The proposed regulation would threaten women's access to contraception and health...
California Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments on Proposition 8
California's Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which eliminated same sex marriage in the state earlier this month. The proposition, which passed 52 per...
Focus on the Family to Lay Off 200 Staff
Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs-based Christian non-profit group, will eliminate 202 jobs this week. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the decision to cut jobs w...
Professional Japanese Baseball League Drafts First Woman Player
Sixteen-year-old pitcher Eri Yoshida became the first woman to be drafted by a professional Japanese baseball league this week. Negotiations are still being made, but Yoshida could become the first woman to share the field with professional male players, breaking a huge barrier for female athletes.
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ACLU Questions Segregation in Mobile, Alabama School
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama sent a letter last week to the Mobile County School System, the largest school system in Alabama, warning that mandatory sex segregation policies are illegal. Hankins Middle School, one of the system's schools, was segregated by sex for the ...
Forced Abortion Planned by Chinese Officials
Arzigul Tursun, pregnant with her third child, is hospitalized under orders by Chinese officials who plan to forcibly terminate her pregnancy. China has a one-child-per-family rule. Tursun is allowed to have two children because she belongs to the Uighur minority group. Local officials determined ...
Military Promotes First Woman to Four-star General
Lieutenant General Ann E. Dunwoody became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of a four-star general on Friday. According to CNN, Dunwoody became a three-star general in 2005, which made her the h...
Increasing Attention on Sex Selection in India
Sex selection practices are gaining increased visibility and criticism in India, where the sex ratio has declined significantly. According to The Telegraph the national ratio is 927 women to...
Uruguayan President Vetoes Abortion Rights Legislation
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez vetoed legislation Thursday that would have legalized abortion in the first trimester. The bill was passed in the Senate earlier this week and would have allowed women to end a pregnancy in the first 12 weeks due to hardship on the basis of economics, family, age, ...
UN Population Fund Releases 2008 Report
The United Nations Population Fund released its annual State of the World Population Report this week. The report (see PDF) focuses on cultural politics and development, examining gender inequality and c...
Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Now Issued in Connecticut
Connecticut began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Wednesday morning. The Connecticut State Supreme Court ruled in October that banning same-sex marriage violated the state constitution. Connectic...
Temporary Injunction Delays Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Law
A temporary injunction has prevented an Oklahoma anti-abortion law from going into effect November 1. The law, Senate...
Afghan Schoolgirls Targeted in Acid Attack
A group of Afghan girls walking to school were sprayed with battery acid by two men on motorcycles Wednesday. The attack, which blinded at least two of the victims, took place outside of the Mirwais Nika Girls High School in the southern city of Kandahar.
It is speculated that the Taliban is behi...
Feminist Activist Released from Iranian Prison
Esha Momeni, a feminist activist, was released from Evin prison in Iran Monday where she had been held since October 15. She was originally arrested on supposed traffic violation charges while working for the One Million Signat...
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