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Minority Women's Abortion Rates 3-to-5 Times Higher
While it’s commonly known that U.S. abortion rates are down from a peak in 1980, the Guttmacher Institute has unmasked a trend that abortions are becoming more concentrated among women of color and low-income women. The analysis by the sexual and reproductive rights...
Women's Health and the Economy
The downturn in the economy may be taking a special toll on women's health. According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, women are cutting back on healthcare due to costs. Over 40 percent of the 754 women polled said that their health had worsened in the past year,...
Title IX and Men's sports
Title IX continues to be in the spotlight when it comes to college sports. Recently, NCAA president Myles Brand said that he anticipated that colleges will have to cut athletic teams in the near future due to the state of the economy, and he urged schools not to...
Proposed Allegheny County Human Relations Commission
Last week, the Allegheny County Council's Committee on Government Reform heard testimony about Councilwoman Amanda Green's proposed ordinance which would create a countywide, 16-member Human Relations Commission to enforce a nondiscrimination ordinance in housing,...
Women in the Cabinet
Women's rights activists are energized by the recent appointments of Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State, Janet Napolitano as the first woman to serve as the Secretary of Homeland Security, and Susan Rice as an ambassador to the UN. Since her days as the First...
