"A lot of consumers don't know what's required, and a lot of doctors and pharmacists don't know what's required. Even insurance companies are working their way through a lot of it," said Judy Waxman, vice president of health and reproductive rights with the National Women's Law Center in Washington.
Even under Obamacare’s new plans, federal money doesn’t actually go toward abortion services. The federal government isn’t allowed to fund abortion (because of yet another Republican amendment on the issue). But that’s not an issue when it comes to Obamacare.
When the National Women’s Law Center filed complaints in 2010 against the district and 11 other U.S. public school districts, data showed that in 2006, 50 percent of the student population in Sioux Falls was female, but only 35 percent of the district’s athletes were girls.
The National Women’s Law Center in 2010 filed complaints against Sioux Falls and 11 other U.S. public school districts, highlighting wide gaps in sports participation rates between boys and girls.
The National Women's Law Center in 2012 filed complaints against 12 school districts nationwide, including Sioux Falls. Officials said they believe the districts violated Title IX, the federal law prohibiting gender discrimination in federally funded education programs.
The letter outlined universities’ obligations under Title IX. “It was a very important signal that the Department of Education was ready to treat this seriously and hold schools accountable for not meeting their obligations under the law,” explains Fatima Goss Graves, the vice president for education and employment at the National Women’s Law Center.
Nearly a third of the jobs gained in the economy since 2009 are in the 10 most common lowest-paying occupations, according to a study by the National Women's Law Center, which also found that women are disproportionately winding up in those low-wage positions.
The average number of Arizona children receiving subsidies dropped from 45,957 per month in 2009 to the current 25,989. For the two most recent budget years, Arizona was among a minority of states that did not use any general funds for child-care subsidies, says Helen Blank, director of child care and early learning at the National Women's Law Center.
In Florida in 2010, every plan on the individual market included some kind of gender rating according to the National Women’s Law Center. In 30 percent of cases, nonsmoking women were charged more than men who smoked.
