The story of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings and the re-emergence of Anita Hill in the public eye is a reminder of both how much, and how little, has changed in gender politics.
Same-sex married couples get a long-awaited policy change (but maybe not a tax break), there’s encouraging news about the development of a male contraceptive method, and the month of April brings some much-needed attention to sexually transmitted diseases.
Reproductive rights and justice advocates, including Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America, have spent months demanding Democratic debate moderators address abortion, organizing around the hashtag #AskAboutAbortion.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia rates have surged in the state. Alaska reported 808 cases of chlamydia per 100,000 people in 2011—the nation’s highest rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a pair of motions filed Thursday, attorneys for the anti-choice operative accuse prosecutors of improperly manipulating the grand jury process to secure an indictment against Daleiden.
Despite the ongoing attention to restricting abortion, legislators in several states are looking to expand access to sexual and reproductive health services and education.
Accolades and honors do little when a culture of martyrdom—the discouragement to prioritize one’s own emotional and mental health—reigns in the lives of activists.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), whose advisers played a role in passing North Carolina's bathroom discrimination law, said that "men should not be going to the bathroom with little girls."
The Supreme Court ordered the Obama administration and religiously affiliated nonprofits to work out a solution to the challenges to the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit. Not surprisingly, the religiously affiliated nonprofits refuse to do so.
Advocates note that the executive order does nothing to reverse what they deem the unconstitutional elements of HB 2, the law Republican legislators hurriedly passed during a special session in March.
