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Julianne Moore, Ashley Judd, Sarah Jessica Parker to take part in Time’s Up event at Tribeca Film Festival

The Time’s Up event will host many of the women who have lent their voices to the growing movement from Hollywood and beyond, including Ashley Judd, Julianne Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Fatima Goss Graves of...

Anti-abortion activist says movement is ‘stronger’ than ever

Heather Shumaker, a senior counsel at the National Women's Law Center, which supports abortion rights, told The Hill that the push is unsurprising. “We have a new conservative justice in the Supreme Court, we have...

North Carolina ends shackling of inmates during childbirth

For more information on this subject, full state-by-state report cards were published here in 2010 by the National Women’s Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights.

Anti-abortion lawmakers lay groundwork for Roe challenge

“Under the current administration, we have a new Supreme Court justice who is anti-abortion, and we also have a lot of Trump nominees to the federal courts,” said Heather Shumaker, senior counsel at the National...

The new abortion wars

“The anti-abortion movement is feeling emboldened to really kind of take the next step,” said Heather Shumaker, senior counsel for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center.

Donald Trump’s Alleged Tryst With Stormy Daniels Might Have Violated Quid Pro Quo Harassment Laws

“It reminds me of what people were disclosing when they met in hotel rooms with Harvey Weinstein to get a job in a movie or a production,” said Maya Raghu, director of workplace equity at...