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Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Need Paid Leave
Carol E. Tracy, Executive Director, WLP Victims of domestic and sexual violence need paid sick leave. Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces would require employers with six or more employees to provide up to seven paid days of leave for employees to use when they...
Philadelphia Needs Earned Sick Leave
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On Thursday, March 14th, Philadelphia City Council will vote on Councilmember Greenlee’s “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” bill (pdf), which would require employers with six or more employees to provide up to seven paid days...
Urge Congress to Reauthorize VAWA
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On January 23, 2013, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID) introduced S. 47, a bill that would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). In the U.S. House, Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI) and John...
Roe v. Wade 40 Years Later: How Far Have We Come?*
By Kate Michelman and Carol Tracy January 22nd marks the fortieth anniversary of landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was a historic milestone for women in America, because this right to control our capacity to reproduce - including our right to...
Roe v. Wade: The Fortieth Anniversary
WLP Staff Request: Next week, we will recognize the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the monumental decision in which the United States Supreme Court held that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Over these...
