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  Questions about the impact of current abortion and sex education laws remain after a new CDC report indicates that abortion rates are at an all time low.  In 2009, the year for which the data has recently been compiled, 784,507 abortions took place in American hospitals and abortion clinics.  This represented a five ...

With Pentagon Sued, Questions Erupt Over Women in Combat

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Virginia May Stop Shackling Pregnant Women in Labor

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Doctors Call for Pre-Emptive Plan B Prescriptions

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GOP Committee Chair Selections All Men

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Study Says Pay Gap Starts Early

  The topic of a gender pay gap is hotly contested at the national political level.  Recently, the Paycheck Fairness Act was championed by Democrats in the House and Senate, but was opposed by Republicans and eventually blocked.  According to a recent study by the American Association of University Women, the pay gap ...

Study Questions Whether All Double Mastectomies are Necessary

  Researchers are re-examining breast cancer treatment protocols after several recent studies have indicated that breast cancer may be overdiagnosed and overtreated in the United States.  One study, released last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, indicated that as many as 1.3 million women in the United States have ...

Texas State Agencies Settle with EEOC For $175k

  The Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas General Land Office have avoided a trial in sex discrimination lawsuits from current and former employees.  The EEOC alleged that both state agencies had been paying women less than men for job duties requiring equal skills, effort, and responsibilities. Court documents ...

Appeals Court Rules on Parental Notification Waiver

  Florida's statute requiring parental notification in most situations where a girl under 18 is seeking an abortion was put to the test earlier this week.  According to Florida 10th Judicial Circuit documents, appeals court judges ruled 2-1 to reverse a lower court's decision denying a waiver of parental notification ...

Last Abortion Clinic In Mississippi May Shut Down

  Mississippi, one of several U.S. states with only one remaining abortion clinic, goes to court this week to argue in favor of its most recent abortion restrictions.  If enacted, the restrictions (commonly referred to by supporters as TRAP, or Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) would almost certainly shut down the ...

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