Posted by Valerie Vilott | Posted on: September 02, 2010 at 01:50 pm
This weekend is Labor Day weekend, and families will be headed to the beach, firing up their barbecues, and packing up the car for road trips across the country in celebration. But, though I’m sure we’ll all enjoy the long weekend, it’s tough to feel celebratory when nearly half of the workforce we’re celebrating is still subject to wage discrimination based on gender.
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Posted by Julia Strasser | Posted on: August 31, 2010 at 10:51 am
D.C. residents can be proud of the way the city has responded to health reform, with a plan of action for implementing the changes already in place. In May of this year, Mayor Adrian Fenty created the Health Reform Implementation Committee (HRIC) to determine the best way to implement the new legislation. When the committee was founded, HRIC co-chair and D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking Commissioner Gennet Purcell said: “This reform has the power to affect many District families...our staff has been studying the law, coordinating with others, and is ready to work on putting in place the benefits that will provide greater access to quality affordable health care for all District residents.”
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Posted by Amy Matsui | Posted on: August 30, 2010 at 02:33 pm
After the newest Justice, Elena Kagan, was confirmed earlier this month, August has been pretty quiet as far as Supreme Court news is concerned. In the aftermath of Justice Kagan’s historic confirmation, Dahlia Lithwick at Slate reflected last week on whether having three women on the Supreme Court will have an impact.
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Posted by Kate Dickerson | Posted on: August 30, 2010 at 09:50 am
Working mothers who breastfeed will benefit from a provision in the new health reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or the ACA). Specifically, the law states that employers must provide nursing mothers with an adequate and sanitary space (i.e. not a bathroom) to express breast milk and sufficient break time to accommodate pumping, for at least one year after a child’s birth.
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Posted by Julia Strasser | Posted on: August 27, 2010 at 04:13 pm
Alaskan voters approved a ballot initiative on Tuesday that will require parental notification for minors seeking an abortion. With this vote, Alaska joins 34 other states requiring either parental notification or consent for minors. These laws chip away at women’s access to abortion and can endanger the health of young women — some may delay the procedure, and others may travel alone to another state to obtain the abortion.
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