According to the National Women's Law Center, the majority of America's full-time working women are still being paid 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes -- a paltry 18-cent increase over what women were making in 1970, when I first joined the fight for equal pay. This disparity, says the Law Center, translates into $10,622 less per median-income woman every year.
Neena Chaudhry, senior counsel and Title IX expert at the National Women’s Law Center, responded by saying, “It is clear under the law that any federal money received spent on any program or any part of your schools means your entire system is covered under Title IX.”
Groups like the American Association of University Women and the National Women's Law Center continue to promote a girls-are-victims narrative and sometimes advocate policies harmful to boys.
“The National Women’s Law Center applauds Governor Rick Scott for his support of the expansion of health coverage through the Medicaid program. Now about 613,000 Florida women stand to gain the security of quality health coverage and the ability to get the care they need, when they need it, without facing huge medical bills.
“Now about 613,000 Florida women stand to gain the security of quality health coverage and the ability to get the care they need, when they need it, without facing huge medical bills,” said Judy Waxman of the National Women’s Law Center.
According to calculations by Helen Blank of the National Women’s Law Center, Head Start, which offers educational programs for children ages three to five, will see a $425 million reduction, which will mean up to 70,000 children will no longer be able to enroll.
Helen Blank of the National Women’s Law Center said support has surged again as the economy has recovered. In January alone, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts and Republican lieutenant governor of Mississippi backed proposals expanding pre-kindergarten programs in their states.
Some pharmacies have recently taken it upon themselves to update their contraception policies to ensure their employees won’t let their own attitudes about birth control prevent them from fulfilling their jobs.
As it stands, only seven states currently require pharmacies to fill women's birth control prescriptions and some states like Illinois legally allow pharmacists keep those whore pills locked up. The National Women's Law Center has tracked cases where pharmacists refuse to fill birth control prescriptions in at least 24 states across the country.
