by Lee Rossi | Jun 1, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Chris Riotta Critics say decades-old policies deter women from seeking access to reproductive health options Click here to watch video Nevada has passed comprehensive legislation to remove a series of restrictive statewide abortion guidelines, defying a...
by Lee Rossi | Jun 1, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Jeff Daniels LOS ANGELES — A California Democratic lawmaker on Monday formally introduced a bill to offer tax breaks to film and television productions that relocate from states with “strict abortion bans.” The proposal comes after GOP Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey...
by Lee Rossi | May 24, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN)A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on Friday that forbids abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. In issuing a preliminary...
by Lee Rossi | May 24, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by LAURIE PENNY The goal of the wave of anti-abortion laws in America is to put female sexuality under strict and brutal state control. Let’s start by acknowledging that women are not things. Before we talk, like we have to, about what the attacks on abortion...
by Lee Rossi | May 24, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Amir Vera, CNN Click here to watch video (CNN)Filmmaker Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have joined the list of Hollywood stars who say they will boycott Georgia after the state’s governor signed the controversial “heartbeat bill”...
by Lee Rossi | May 24, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Dade Hayes A Lionsgate film reuniting the Bridesmaids duo of Kristen Wiiig and Annie Mumoloand Amazon Prime series The Power have withdrawn from planned shoots in Georgia. The state, which has become a hotbed of film and TV production in recent years, is...
by Lee Rossi | May 24, 2019 | Legislative News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse
Article by Orion Donovan-Smith May 17 Click here to watch video A Republican Missouri legislator apologized Friday for using the phrase “consensual rape” during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill. “I’m not trying to make excuses,” said Rep. Barry...
by Lee Rossi | May 14, 2019 | Gender Inequality, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse
Article by Eric ZornContact Reporter Chicago Tribune An 11-year-old rape victim in northwestern Ohio is pregnant, according to news reports, and a highly restrictive state law on abortion signed last month says a girl in her position must carry and deliver her...
by Lee Rossi | May 14, 2019 | Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse
Article by NORA CAPLAN-BRICKER In the city of Maplewood, Missouri, calling 911 to report violence in your home can get you evicted for being a “nuisance.” Rosetta Watson, a survivor of domestic abuse, learned this the hard way after she called police multiple times...
by Lee Rossi | May 10, 2019 | Gender Inequality, Legislative News of Relevance
Article by MARK JOSEPH STERN On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “fetal heartbeat” bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. The measure, HB 481, is the most extreme abortion ban in the country—not just because it would impose...
