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2 May 2015, 3:02 pm
In 2013, blacks had a birthrate of 12.7, the lowest of any group in the city, with the abortion rate four times as high among black women as among white women...For decades there were factions on the right worried about poor minorities “overbreeding” and taxing the city’s resources. [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Reuters reported last week that in Brazil-- which has one of the most restrictive abortion laws-- change is unlikely:Vandson Holanda, head of health for the Catholic Church in Brazil’s northeast, said there was no chance the Church would shift its position on abortion because of Zika.Suspected cases of microcephaly have topped more than 4,000 – with more than 400 of those confirmed so far – since Zika was first detected in April....Women’s rights… [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 6:55 pm by Elizabeth A. Wilson
 Thanks to Sarah Waldeck and the rest of the group for having me. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 11:37 am by Mark Graber
  Her works, most notably Our Lives Before the Law and The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women (with Leslie Goldstein) are classics within political science, but have far less cache in the legal academy. [read post]
3 Apr 2022, 12:05 pm by Stephanie Farrior
Moreover, there was virtually no mention of women’s human rights in the Consultative Group’s entire report on this mandate (except for a brief reference in Alikarami’s bio) — including no mention of any experience at all that the candidate they ranked first might have in this area. [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 10:54 pm
According to the college newspaper at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, a local group opposing the recently-passed gender identity civil rights ordinance will have enough signatures by July 29 to put the issue to the voters. [read post]
25 May 2016, 3:25 pm by Jay
  There are also support groups out there, as we’ve previously noted. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 9:02 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
Manhart (1978), that discrimination on the basis of differences in average group life spans (women live longer than men, as a group) was unlawful. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 10:05 am
Those responsible for the original Constitution, including the Fourteenth Amendment, did not perceive women as equals, and did not recognize women's rights. [read post]
2 May 2016, 7:58 pm
” Civil society organizations have denounced Decree 16 to human rights groups as an infringement of their right to free speech and association. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
She paved the way for women’s equality—from the right to sign a mortgage without a man to the right to have a bank account without a male co-signer, and even the right to have a job without being discriminated against based on gender. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
She paved the way for women’s equality—from the right to sign a mortgage without a man to the right to have a bank account without a male co-signer, and even the right to have a job without being discriminated against based on gender. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 12:28 pm by Ken White
In a world where Iran wins a seat on the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, people who care about women's rights should also be skeptical. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:27 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Independent by Teddy Wilson In Waco, a group of activists from around the state gathered to hold a vigil in honor of International Human Rights Day. [read post]
17 Oct 2022, 2:39 am by Steve Lubet
” I agree with Chemerinsky and Volokh that the nine student organizations have the right to exclude speakers on the basis of perceived political support for Israel, but that is not the end of the discussion. [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 7:00 am by Moll Law Group, Ltd
Moll Law Group Helps Clients Injured By Dangerous Products Moll Law Group is dedicated to helping its clients assert their legal rights to recovery after they have been injured by the use of dangerous products. [read post]
3 May 2023, 8:00 am by Guest Blogger
 So constitutionalizing the right of women as mothers to the support of the community seems far out of reach. [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 5:35 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
The CFPB states that it has a special interest in ensuring that women, minority groups and individuals with disabilities are adequately represented on the Board and Councils. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 3:01 pm by Kim Krawiec
  According to Catalyst, women now hold about 16% of Fortune 500 board seats, as illustrated in the chart at right (source: Catalyst)  The article then goes on to the standard discussion of the Catalyst data on gender diversity and corporate profits in a manner that suggests that gender diversity improves profitability: Major companies with three or more female directors achieved significantly better financial results than those with none between 2004 and 2008, according… [read post]