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Our Gender-Bilingual President?
Aviva Wittenberg-Cox, founder and publisher of Women-omics, wrote an opinion piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this weekend. The article points out that even though President Obama seems to be leaps and bounds ahead of previous presidents as "gender-bilingual,"...
Family Planning and the Stimulus Package
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed an economic stimulus package. A previous version of the bill had included provisions for supplying contraception to low-income women on Medicaid. When House Republicans objected to the provision, President Obama...
Study Finds C-Sections May Increase Childbirth Complications
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently published a study that found an increased risk of childbirth complications linked to birth by cesarean section. The study compared births in 1988-89 to 2004-05, finding that the need for blood transfusions increased...
San Francisco AG Files Suit Over Discriminatory Health Insurance Policies
The City of San Francisco’s Attorney General has filed suit against state health insurance regulators because of the current regulations’ discriminatory effects on women. The suit contends that insurance commissioner Steve Poizner and director of the Department of...
Congress Passes Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
On Tuesday, Congress passed the final version of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in a 250-177 vote. This comes on the heels of the Senate passing it last week. President Obama signed the bill into law yesterday at the White House. The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act...
