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Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Bring the Workplace to the 21st Century
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Women are often surprised to learn that they do not have as many rights in the workplace as they expect to have in the 21st Century. More often than not, an employer does not have to grant a pregnant woman’s request for a minor job...
New Philadelphia Family Court Building is Topped Off
By Dabney Miller, WLP Associate Director Philadelphia is finally getting a new Family Courthouse. Construction reached the topping off point on May 2, 2013, when dignitaries, advocates, and construction workers signed a beam, which was then hoisted to the top of the...
Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania? It’s here if you look for it.
By Judy Hale Reed, Intern, WLP Western Pennsylvania Office In June 2012, the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking released the results of a two-year study entitled, Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania: Policy...
PA Superior Court Hears Argument on Insurance Claim of Domestic Violence Arson Victim
By Susan Frietsche, WLP Senior Staff Attorney Q.: What’s worse than having your house burned down by your abusive spouse? A.: Finding out your insurance company won’t cover the damage. On April 2, 2013, the Women’s Law Project presented oral argument to the...
The Questions No One is Asking about the Kermit Gosnell Case…
By Carol E.Tracy and Kate Michelman With Kermit Gosnell’s criminal trial underway in Philadelphia, public outrage at the physician accused of murdering one woman and seven infants increases with each grisly new piece of evidence. But the Gosnell trial raises several...