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Bill Proposed to Stop Sexual Harassment in VA Hospitals

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Violence Against Women Act Passes Senate

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EEOC: Burger King Must Allow Employee to Wear Skirt

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Defendants Added to Savannah Sex Trafficking Indictment

A sex trafficking ring that preyed on Mexican women hoping for a better life in the United States was shut down by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation.  Thirteen defendants were added to the indictment last week, bringing the total number of defendants in the case to 25. The investigation, dubbed “Operation ...

Bill Aims To End Federal Funding For Abortion Providers

  Reproductive justice advocates have expressed concern over a bill proposed in the first day of the new 113th Congress.  The bill would cut all Title X federal taxpayer funding to organizations that provide abortion services or referrals to abortion practitioners. Federal laws already prohibit any funding of abortions ...

Rhode Island—the Next Frontier for Gay Rights?

  As marriage equality signs and posters lined the park fences at the 2012 Providence Pride Festival, many supporters for gay marriage rights grew confident that the passing of a marriage equality referendum would come soon. Rhode Island—the only state in New England that has yet to legalize same-sex marriage—is ...

Boy Scouts of America to end ban on Gays?

  The Boy Scouts of America may end its longstanding policy of banning homosexual scouts and scout leaders, the organization said in a press release on Monday. The proposed policy would effectively eliminate the ban on fays from the association’s national charter, subsequently allowing local chapters to decide on the ...

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