Monthly Archives: August 2010
Chatham University Will Hold Q & A Session with Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Onorato
Update: Please note the new time and day for this event! The Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy will hold a public forum with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato on Wednesday, September 29 at 2:30 PM. The forum … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Election, Allegheny County Council, Democracy, Events, Girls, Government, Pennsylvania, Politics
No Hard-wired Differences Between Male and Female Brains
In Delusions of Gender, a new book that seeks to correct popular false conceptions of sex and gender, Cordelia Fine, shows that “there are no major neurological differences between the sexes.” Fine, who is a research fellow at the University … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney General Takes Action Against Aggressive Clinic Protester
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is seeking an injunction that would limit anti-choice activist Mary Susan Pine’s access to the driveways leading up to the Presidential Women’s Center, an abortion clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to Sharon Levin, … Continue reading
Filed under Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Women's health
Celebrating the Third Circuit’s Decision in Reedy v. Evanson
Last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Reedy v. Evanson, reviving a Butler County rape survivor’s civil lawsuit against the police officers who wrongly arrested and jailed her for false reporting, was gratifying … Continue reading
Filed under Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Rape
A Major Win for Marriage Equality is Intertwined With the Fight for Reproductive Autonomy
This week marked an enormous step forward for LGBT rights in the United States when Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker declared Proposition 8 – California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage – unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Walker emphasized the … Continue reading
Filed under Equality, Government, LGBT, Sexual orientation
Misoprostol: A Catalyst for Revolution?
An optimistic op-ed published by Nicholas Kristof this weekend in the New York Times hypothesized that the medication misoprotol will revolutionize abortion access around the world, especially in developing countries, where five-sixths of abortions occur and “up to 70,000 women … Continue reading
Filed under Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Women's health
New Law Gives More Alabamans Protection from Intimate Partner Violence
Under a new law, Alabama can now protect domestic violence victims who have been in a dating relationship for at least six months. Previously, “there must have been a connection by marriage, a child being involved in the relationship, a … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic violence, Government, Pennsylvania
What We’re Reading
The Catholic Church treats the ordination of women as a crime on par with sexual abuse. The Swedish Feminist Initiative Party burned $13,000 to protest the gender wage gap The New York Times discusses the marginalization of doctors who decide … Continue reading
Filed under What We're Reading
Wage Gap Woes: Women Continue to Face Pay Discrimination
A new study by the Project for Attorney Retention and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association has revealed that the glass ceiling is still present for female attorneys. The traditional explanation for wage disparities has been that “family responsibilities mean women … Continue reading
Filed under Employment, Equal pay, Equality
