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DOJ Issues Ground-breaking Consent Decree Addressing Gender Bias
By Carol E. Tracy, Esq. and Terry L. Fromson, Esq. The Women’s Law Project (WLP) commends the Department of Justice (DOJ) on its ground-breaking consent decree with the City of New Orleans, which addresses gender bias in the police response … Continue reading
Posted in Gender Discrimination, Government, Rape, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women
Tagged Discrimination, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence against women, Women
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The Affordable Care Act Extends No-Cost Preventive Care to Women
Nikki Ditto, WLP Intern Wednesday, August 1st is an important day for women’s health. After this date, all new insurance plans must cover certain women’s preventive health services, including contraceptives, without co-pays or deductibles. This represents an essential change in … Continue reading
Posted in Contraception, Government, Health Care, Health insurance, Maternity Coverage, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Women's health
Tagged Birth control, Contraception, Government, Health, Health care, Health insurance, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Women, Women's health
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Courts Come to Different Decisions on the ACA’s Provision Requiring Some Employers to Cover Contraception
Mary Pat Dwyer, WLP Law Intern Two federal district court judges ruled recently on claims regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision which requires that employers providing health insurance to their employees cover reproductive health services, including birth control, emergency … Continue reading
U.S Department of Justice Launches Investigation into PA Voter ID Law
Nikki Ditto, WLP Intern The U.S Department of Justice has begun a formal investigation on the legality of Pennsylvania’s controversial Voter ID Law, which was passed in March of this year. The law, which we have blogged about before, stipulates … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, PA Law, Pennsylvania, Voting rights
Tagged Government, Pennsylvania, Politics
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Pennsylvania Voter I.D. Law Disproportionately Impacts Women as Election Draws Near
Molly Cohen, WLP Intern When Pennsylvania passed a law earlier this year imposing a voter ID requirement on voting in every election and narrowing the list of acceptable forms of ID, critics quickly pointed out that the law targets specific … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, PA Law, PA Legislature, PA Supreme Court
Tagged Discrimination, Pennsylvania, Politics, Women
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Abington Memorial Hospital and Holy Redeemer: Putting Women’s Health at Risk by Imposing Religious Doctrine on Patients
Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney UPDATE: On Wednesday, July 18, 2012, Abington Health and Holy Redeemer Health Systems announced that they have abandoned their plan to merge. In late June 2012, Lawrence Merlis, president and CEO of Abington Health System, and … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Abortion Access, Health Care, Pennsylvania, Reproductive Rights, Women's health
Tagged Abortion, Health, Health care, Pennsylvania, Reproductive Rights, Women, Women's health
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Ms. Magazine Reports on the Women’s Law Project and Charlotte Murphy
Molly Duerig, WLP Intern It’s been forty years since the passage of Title IX, a crucial piece of legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in federally-funded educational programs. Although we’ve come a long way, cases continue to pop up that prove … Continue reading
Posted in Athletic Equity, Equality, Gender Discrimination, Pittsburgh, Title IX
Tagged Athletics, Discrimination, Education, Equality, Girls, Pittsburgh, Sports, Title IX
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The United States Supreme Court has weighed in: The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
By Women’s Law Project The Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law by President Obama in March 2010, expands health insurance coverage to more than 30 million people, prevents insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions, and ends … Continue reading
House Passes DHS Spending Bill with Anti-Choice Rider
Elizabeth Wingfield, Former WLP Intern On June 7, the House passed a Homeland Security spending bill which included a provision that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from providing abortions to undocumented women who are detained. The measure was … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Abortion Access, Congress, Government, Health Care, Immigrants, Women's health
Tagged Abortion, Government, Women's health
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And Then There Were None: Pennsylvania Bill to Permit Expert Testimony in Sexual Assault Cases Lands on the Governor’s Desk
Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney House Bill 1264, which provides for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings, has passed the Pennsylvania House and Senate, and is now on Governor Corbett’s desk. Until this legislation is signed by the Governor and … Continue reading
Posted in Government, PA Law, PA Legislature, Pennsylvania, Rape, Sexual Assault
Tagged PA Legislature, Pennsylvania, Rape, Sexual assault
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