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Misty Daugereaux was breast-feeding her 10-month-old son while her 4-year-old son and 4-year-old nephew were swimming on Sunday at Nessler Park Family Aquatic Center in Texas City, Texas, outside Galveston. Texas law states, “A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby in any location in which the mother is authorized…
Stacey Abrams and other Democratic politicians want Hollywood studios to #StayAndFight in Georgia instead of boycotting the state over the recent draconian abortion ban. Both The Walt Disney Company (No. 20 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) and WarnerMedia (a division of AT&T No. 1) have both said they…
The new majority Supreme Court had its first chance to take on an abortion rights case coming from the states and it compromised on it. The hotly-contested case comes from Indiana. On Tuesday, The Supreme Court upheld a part of Indiana’s 2016 law that places new restrictions on the disposal…
The battle over women’s health rights in Missouri will likely take a hard hit this week. The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week — basically ending legal abortion in the state, according to a statement released Tuesday by Planned Parenthood. Planned…
The Alabama House of Representatives got back to the business of criminalizing women’s healthcare on Tuesday night by approving a bill that would give doctors prison sentences if they fail to treat babies “born alive” after an attempted abortion. The bill is now moving to the Alabama Senate. It has…
Corporal Michelle LeBlanc, a 49-year-old Vermont State Police officer, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and several of her supervisors because of discrimination against her based on gender, age, complaining openly about the discrimination and being a whistleblower. LeBlanc has been with the force for 20 years…
The last thing any woman wants to deal with is the uninvited attention of a man’s hand mysteriously finding its way onto her hind parts — especially if you’re a waitress just trying to finish your shift in the middle of the night. Ask a Savannah, Ga., waitress, weighing in…
UPDATE: May 26, 2018 Ireland has voted to repeal its abortion ban. The Irish Times exit poll suggested that women voted by 70 percent in favor of legalizing abortion. ORIGINAL STORY Ireland is one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries, with one of the world’s strictest bans on abortion. Residents…
In a historic step toward equal pay, employers in Massachusetts can no longer ask potential employees about their salary history during a job interview. Massachusetts is the first state to enact such a law, which goes into effect July 1, 2018. The new law, which Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed…
Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton on what could be the most personal level yet, calling her an “enabler” of Bill Clinton’s infidelity last week and doubling down on these remarks Monday. “But nobody in this country, and maybe in the history of the country politically, was worse than Bill Clinton…