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Trump proposal relies on claims by religious researchers

Boston Globe
August 2, 2017

Advocates for reproductive rights said the government’s proposed policy change is skewed by ideology. “It’s not mainstream at all,” said Mara Gandal-Powers, senior counsel for the National Women’s Law Center. “It’s not mainstream science and...

Andy Harris is working against equal pay in Md.

The Baltimore Sun
August 2, 2017

Equal pay for Americans should be non-negotiable — and shouldn’t be a debate at all here in Maryland. Yet even as we just observed Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and years of efforts to close...

Congressman Yoder pushes for bill to expand child care tax benefits

Kansas City Star
August 1, 2017

Amy Matsui, who works on child care tax issues at the National Women’s Law Center, said the bill “is a really important step forward.” “The high cost of child care is making families crazy,” Matsui...

How will survivors of campus sexual assault fare under Trump’s new order?

The Guardian
August 1, 2017

“We are deeply worried that the department will base policy on rape myths like those Candice Jackson perpetuated in her recent remarks,” said Brodsky, who represents many such clients in her work for the National...

The Threat to Birth-Control Access in the Trump Era

The New Yorker
August 1, 2017

Gretchen Borchelt, the vice-president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, has said that hundreds of thousands of women could lose access to their birth control “if this broad-based, appalling, and discriminatory rule...

The Unbearable Ambiguity of Job-Hunting While Pregnant

Vice
July 31, 2017

While laws in all four countries prohibit discrimination against pregnant women in the hiring process, experts say the problem persists regardless. Emily Martin, Vice President for Workplace Justice at the National Women's Law Center in...