The Church of England's legislative body voted in support of ordaining women bishops yesterday while also approving measures to reassure more than 1000 traditionalist opponents who threatened to leave the church. The six hour debate took place in the ancient
Henry Morgentaler, the former leader of Canada's fight to legalize abortion, is receiving the highest civilian recognition in the nation, the Order of Canada. Jean said that Morgentaler was being recognized for "his commitment to increased health care options for
Ballot initiatives to define marriage as between one man and one woman will be on the ballot in Arizona, California, and Florida in November. If passed, all of these referendums would result in amending individual state constitutions.Arizona's State Senate recently
A recent study shows that women who graduate from college expect that they will be paid less than their male counterparts. The survey, the first Collegiate Seniors' Economic Expectation Research (SEER) Survey & Index, is compiled by Professor Charles Wilf
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health will ask world leaders to commit an additional $10.2 billion annually to support maternal and child health this week at the G8 summit in Japan. The amount includes $1 billion for family
South Carolina granted $2 million last Tuesday towards expanding the Best Chance Network (BCN), a state program that provides low-income and uninsured women with breast and cervical cancer screenings. According to the Char...
The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that anti-choice activists who displayed graphic images on a truck circling a middle school are protected by the first amendment. According to the
A Kansas Grand Jury adjourned on Wednesday without finding substantial evidence that Dr Tiller, a late-term abortion provider, violated any abortion laws. The Wichita Eagle reports that the grand jury was forc...
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have refused millions of federal dollars allotted for abstinence-only education programs for the upcoming fiscal year. According to the Associated Pre...
Walsh Construction Company in Portland dropped a project to build a Planned Parenthood this week, citing pressure from anti-choice activists. Owner Bob Walsh left the project out of concern his family would be threatened, not based on moral judgment, reports
A grand jury indicted Massachusetts State Senator James Marzilli on Tuesday for allegedly sexually harassing four women in June. Senator Marzilli has served in the Massachusetts House for 17 years, and was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in a special
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals removed an injunction on Friday against a South Dakota law requiring doctors to inform patients seeking an abortion that the procedure would "terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." According
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act went into effect today, cutting interest rates on federal student loans. The Act, H.Res.2669, lowers interest rates on federal student loans from 6.8 percent to 6.0 percen...
President Bush announced Thursday that he would withhold funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the seventh year in a row. According to OneWorld UK, President Bush withheld $39.7 million a...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling which allowed the previously recorded testimony of a murdered domestic abuse victim to be used as evidence in the trial of her alleged killer. According to the
The Scottish government announced on Thursday that all community pharmacies will provide free over-the-counter emergency contraception. According to the Scotsman, the new policy ...
Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and 35 other Democratic Congresswomen sent a letter to President Bush this week, urging him to address the global maternal mortality epidemic at the G-8 Summit in July. This letter follows the recent passing of
A proposed ballot initiative to amend the Montana state constitution to define a fertilized egg as a person failed to qualify for the state's 2008 November ballot. Supporters of the initiative failed to gather even hal...
A recent poll by NARAL suggests that reproductive rights are a key issue for women voters this election season. The issue has emerged both in the large number of ballot initiatives addressing reproductive rights, and as a powerful factor in
A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a 25 percent reduction in abstinence-only funding in a voice vote on Tuesday. The change is included in a $631 billion spending bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, reports
