UPDATE, JULY 11: U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan has ordered an extension of the temporary order, allowing the Jackson Women’s Health Organization to stay open. He will now review rules […]
Author: Lauren Barbato
N.J. Gov. Christie Eliminates Family Planning—Again
Just days after the New Jersey state legislature approved a bill that would restore the state’s family planning fund from oblivion, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took out his red […]
BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act
After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court ruled on President Obama’s Affordable Care Act this morning, upholding the entire 2,000-page bill—even the controversial individual mandate. The individual mandate—which has sparked […]
New Jersey Senate Reverses Family Planning Cuts
[Update: Gov. Chris Christie has threatened the New Jersey state legislature with using his line-item veto. The governor has until the end of the week to either approve or reject […]
Supreme Court: “Show Me Your Papers”
Arizona will remain home to the harshest anti-immigration legislation in the nation after the Supreme Court’s divided ruling on Arizona v. United States, the high-profile case on the 2010 anti-immigration […]
Title IX Turns 40, But There’s Still Work to be Done
College campuses and high school hallways look vastly different today than they did 40 years ago. Gone are the gender-biased home-ec classes, “Mrs.” degrees and science lecture halls with one […]
The Bishops’ Fortnight: Whose Religious Liberty Are We Talking About?
When members of the Catholic community, armed with placards declaring “Nunsense” in response to the Vatican’s investigation of American nuns, arrived at the office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) […]
Congress Proposes Law to Right the Wrong WalMart Decision
A group of women banded together more than 10 years ago to file a landmark civil rights lawsuit against one of the largest corporations in the nation. In Wal-Mart Stores, […]
Rush Limbaugh Adds Catholic Nuns to “Feminazi” List
Who isn’t a raging “feminazi” to notorious misogynist Rush Limbaugh? During his June 13 show, the right-wing political “entertainer” griped about how Catholic nuns and the reaction engendered by the […]
The Score from North Dakota: Women, 1; Bishops, 0
North Dakota primaries don’t typically transfix the nation. But yesterday, all eyes were on polling centers in Bismarck and Fargo awaiting the outcome of Measure 3, the so-called “religious liberties” […]