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Free birth control rules to be finalized

April 8, 2013

On Monday morning, the National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood Federation of America said they had increased that number significantly by submitting nearly 350,000 comments from a coalition that supports the mandate.

The Washington Times

Study shows gender inequity in pay in PA

April 8, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a state-by-state analysis of the gender wage gap in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to mark Equal Pay Day — the day when the typical woman’s earnings catch up to her male counterpart's earnings from 2012.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

States And The Debate Over Abortion Rights

April 8, 2013

Thanks for joining us. I'm Diane Rehm. The Washington Post recently reported that states have passed more abortion regulations since 2000 that they did throughout the 1990s. And in the last five years, none of those laws have expanded access to abortion. Here to talk about state action on abortion and the future of Roe v.

NPR

Wyoming women earn country's most disparate wages

April 8, 2013

Wyoming women are still bringing home the least income in the nation when compared with men. That’s according to a new study by the National Women’s Law Center.

Wyoming Public Media

Sunday: Oklahoma pay gap wide for men, women

April 6, 2013

Median pay in the state for a woman working full time is $31,274 per year compared to $41,420 for a man, meaning women are paid about 76 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to reports from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Women’s Law Center.

Tulsa World

Morning After Pill Access Expanded as Judge Blasts Delay

April 6, 2013

The government may appeal the judge’s decision or try to limit it in other states, Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, said in an interview. Its impact on the rest of the country depends to some degree on what the government does, she said.

Bloomberg

Plan B Debate Rages on

April 5, 2013

Appearance by NWLC’s Judy Waxman.

CBS Washington, DC

Contraception Mandate Likely Headed To Supreme Court, Experts Say

April 5, 2013

The Becket Fund is arguing in court that the religious exemption is too narrow because it excludes people like the Christian owners of Hobby Lobby, who morally object to contraception.

Huffington Post

California Wage Gap Among Best Overall, But Worst for Hispanic Women

April 4, 2013

The National Women's Law Center found women in California are paid on average 85-cents for every dollar earned by a man, well-above the national average of 77-cents.

But Hispanic women did not fare well, earning just 43 cents for every dollar paid to white non-Hispanic men.

California's results surprised Fatima Goss Graves with the Law Center.

Capital Public Radio (Sacramento, CA)

WORKPLACE: Gender gap in pay narrows in California

April 4, 2013

And, the gender wage gap, which narrowed considerably over a 30-year period leading up to the turn of the century, has virtually flattened in the past 10 years. Nationally women made 77 percent of what men earned in 2011, the most recent year for which data are available, and that number was virtually unchanged since 2002, the National Women’s Law Center reported.
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