Teen Maternity Leave Proposed in New Mexico

  The American Civil Liberties Union is in talks with the New Mexico State Legislature about implementing a system of excused maternity and parental leave for teen parents in public schools throughout the state. Teen pregnancy rates in the United States are relatively low today, and the experience of being a teen parent has ...

Lawyers Dismissed in Pussy Riot Case

  Pursuing a case politically turned out to be a bad move for the attorneys defending two of the young women involved in the Russian “Pussy Riot” court case.  After months of failing to free their clients or have their sentences significantly reduced, the women's legal team has fired them and hired a new group ...

Proposed Pregnancy Tax Break Creates Controversy

  Michigan lawmakers have proposed a controversial new law that would give tax breaks to some pregnant women.  If passed, the law would allow for women who were at 12 weeks' gestation or further at the end of the tax year to claim their fetus as a dependent under the tax code. Under the current United States tax structure ...

OTC Contraception May Soon Be Reality for American Women

  68 percent of women in America who are having unprotected sex say that they would be able to get birth control if they didn't have to first obtain a doctor's prescription.  While hormonal birth control pills are substantially safer than many types of over the counter medication, obstetricians and gynecologists have ...

Proposed Ontario Leave Cut Leaves Lady Lawyers in Lurch

  A cut to a parental leave program that hundreds of attorneys—most of them women—have depended on for three years may leave some pregnant attorneys without options for continuing their legal practice.  The changes, proposed as a cost savings measure by the Ontario Law Society, will be debated later this week. The ...

Ohio Lame Duck Session Debates Abortion Restrictions

  In the Ohio legislature lame duck session, women are a major topic of conversation.  Several major anti-abortion bills are on the table during the final weeks of the legislative session before new legislators take office in January. The first piece of legislation is a bill that would forbid parents to seek out an abortion ...

Women's Rights Take Big Step Back in Iran

  The precarious status of women in Iran has taken another step backwards with the passage of a new law in Iranian Parliament.  According to the text of the new law, which was passed by Iran's 290 seat Parliament this week, women under the age of 40 will be required to obtain permission from their father or other male ...

Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Subject of New Court Cases

  Two court cases decided in opposite ways may give the Supreme Court a headache when trying to decide whether the contraceptive coverage mandate in Obamacare will pass constitutional muster. In the first case, decided earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton of Illinois's Northern District granted a preliminary ...

Women: Be Wary About “Vaginal Rejuvenation” Surgeries

  Women who are interested in changing the appearance of their vulva may want to pay attention to a new study released in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology this month.  According to the study, the reasons that women seek out these cosmetic procedures are largely aesthetic, and they are often misinformed by internet sources ...

Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs' Facebook Passwords Handed Over to Defendant

  A judge's decision in a sexual harassment case against the Honeybaked Ham Company is sending shockwaves through the legal community—and the trial hasn't even begun yet.  The case, which is still in the discovery phase, took an interesting twist this week when a judge ruled that the 20 plaintiffs would be required ...

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