Virtual Book Discussion Recap: ‘Because of Sex’

On September 29, 2016, Rewire hosted a virtual book club to discuss Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work. Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief at Rewire, hosted the event, which featured the book's author, Gillian Thomas, senior attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, and the experts on Rewire's legal team, Vice President of Law and the Courts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Senior Legal Analyst Imani Gandy.

Virtual Book Discussion: ‘Because of Sex’

Rewire invites you to a virtual book club event on Thursday, September 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Joining host Jodi Jacobson will be Gillian Thomas, senior attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and author of Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work.

Planned Parenthood Files Motion Questioning Medical Relevancy of Anti-Choice Witnesses

In the motion, Planned Parenthood is attempting to force the prosecution to take into consideration standard care and best practice as viewed through the modern, professional lens of abortion care.  This motion stands as a direct challenge to the anti-choice practice of habitually and flagrantly calling medical ideologues “experts” and pointing to two-bit, outdated, non-peer reviewed studies as “science”.