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Victim Blaming in Steubenville Rape Case
Nation Sat March 16, 2013 By Jessica Mason PiekloWhen allegations first surfaced that several Stuebenville High School football players had been involved in the rape of a young woman from a neighboring...
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Bad Guy Gets Time: Manhattan Trafficker Sentenced to Decades
Nation Tue April 02, 2013 If you didn't know already, be advised that answering online ads for modeling is not a good idea. That's how one of the victims of a New York City trafficking ring was...
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Court Makes Emergency Contraception Available Over-the-Counter for All Ages
Nation Fri April 05, 2013 by Jodi JacobsonIn a long-awaited decision released early this morning, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make...
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Wearing a Tie for Equal Pay Day
Nation Wed April 10, 2013 by Amy-Willard CrossI’ve been wearing a tie all day. It was hot in New York City, everyone was in shirtsleeves and stocking-free. For hours, I was dying to untie it and get...
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Study: Expand Abortion Access by Expanding the Types of Professionals Who Can...
Nation Wed April 10, 2013 By Rachel WaldenIn the United States, 87 percent of counties have no abortion provider, forcing some women to travel potentially long distances for reproductive health...
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Unequal Paycheck Inspired Oprah to Take a Professional Risk
Nation Fri April 12, 2013 Media maven Oprah Winfrey is known for many things. Being underpaid is not one of them.Yet in a recent video clip presented by Ultraviolet, a women's right community fighting...
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Supreme Court Hears Case Against Myriad Genetics: Why Patents Hurt Women’s...
Nation Thu April 18, 2013 On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, challenging the company’s right to hold patents on two genes linked to increased...
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Finally! FDA Removes Roadblocks to Plan B
Nation Wed May 01, 2013 Women and girls age 15 and older will soon be able to buy Plan B One-Step without a prescription, following a decade long controversy to ease access to the morning after pills....
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Occidental Faculty Stands up for Victims of Sexual Assault
Nation Tue May 07, 2013 Thanks to some brazen faculty members, Occidental College is an example of what happens when a school community organizes to demand change when it comes to sexual assault.Their...
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Rising Sexual Assaults in Military Alarm Obama
Nation Wed May 08, 2013 The White House demanded action after the release of a Pentagon survey. The findings estimate that 26,000 people in the armed forces were sexually assaulted last year, up from...
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