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5/12/2008	Ethics Committee Will Not Investigate Sen Vitter The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint against Senator David Vitter (R-LA) last week, declining to investigate his involvement with the escort service run by D ...
5/12/2008	Quitting Smoking Significantly Decreases Women's Health Risks A study released last week revealed that women who quit smoking will receive significant health benefits within 5 years of quitting. The	5/12/2008	National Women's Health Week Mother's Day marked the beginning of the ninth annual National Women's Health Week. The health week runs ...
5/9/2008	Michigan Supreme Court Denies Health Insurance to Same-Sex Partners The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local and state institutions cannot provide health insurances for partners of employees in same-sex relationships. The
5/9/2008	Detroit Police Department's Pregnancy Policies Determined Discriminatory The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently upheld Officer Tisha Prater's complaint against Detroit Police Department's pregnancy policies. Pregnant polic ...
5/8/2008	Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative Defeated in Missouri The campaign to place a ban on affirmative action on Missouri's November state ballot failed to produce enough signatures by the required deadline on Sunday. The so-calle ...
5/8/2008	Pregnant Police Officer Request to Go on Light Duty Granted Officer Sonia Henriques's request to be assigned to light duty due to her pregnancy will be granted, ending days of controversy. Ocean Township Police Chief Antonio Amodi ...
5/7/2008	Women's Group Holds Bike Ride for Peace across the Middle East Hundreds of women activists are participating in a 12-day bicycle ride across the Middle East to campaign for peace.	5/5/2008	Appeals Court Maintains Injunction on Emergency Contraception Access In a split decision last week, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals denied requests from state officials, women’s and civil rights groups to block a preliminary injuncti ...
5/5/2008	UN Official Says Women Hold Key to Solving Global Food Crisis United Nations Deputy Secretary Genreal Asha-Rose Migiro said last week that women can contribute the most to finding a solution to the global food crisis. The	5/2/2008	National Center for Women and Policing Holds Human Trafficking Seminar The National Center for Women and Policing (NCWP) joined with the Canadian Boarder Services Agency (CBSA), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and Women in Federal ...
5/1/2008	Ms. Magazine Forum Raises Awareness on International Family Planning Ms Magazine held a forum at the National Press Club on Wednesday to raise awareness for the effort to increase funding for international family planning to $1 billion in ...
4/30/2008	Abortion Opponents Propose Constitutional Amendment in Tennessee Abortion opponents plan to reintroduce a constitutional amendment on Thursday to ban abortion in Tennessee. Last week, anti-abortion groups launched a campaign to pressur ...
4/30/2008	Minnesota House Approves Sex Education Bill The Minnesota House of Representatives voted in favor of an education bill on Monday that requires Minnesota schools to provide comprehensive sex education. According to ...
4/30/2008	British Lawmakers Consider Updating Abortion Law Pro-choice politicians in Britain are pushing for changes to the current Abortion Rights Act that would reduce restrictions on abortion. In Britain, Search News \| Global News \| Campus News