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WLP Executive Director on Reporting Rape
Carol Tracy, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project, was quoted in an article this weekend in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Rape statistics are down in New Orleans, but this may be due to a mislabeling of rapes and sex crimes rather than an actual decrease in...
Debate Over Screening for Postpartum Depression
The “Melanie Blocker-Stokes Moms' Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act” or more commonly known as the “Melanie Blocker-Stokes MOTHERS Act” is causing a surprising petition war on Capitol Hill. The Act calls for...
Rep. Murphy Introduces Bill to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
As a follow up to our recent post on former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s public statements against the policy of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” we bring you good news from the U.S. Congress: Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA, 8th District), the first Iraq War Veteran elected...
Planned Parenthood Study Finds Ways to Decrease Infection With Abortion Pill
A new study by Planned Parenthood shows that the risk of infections associated with abortion pills can be decreased by taking the drugs orally (instead of vaginally) and with a concurrently prescribed course of antibiotics. After infections and some deaths were...
Court Requires Pharmacists to Dispense Plan B
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court unanimously agreed that pharmacists are required to dispense Plan B to patients regardless of any personal or religious objections to the drug. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote that...
