An Arizona woman is taking the Chandler Police Department to court after she was ambushed in her home by police and arrested minutes after getting out of the shower. According to the New York Daily News, Esmeralda Rossi was home with her daughter when Officer Doug Rose knocked on her door responding to a domestic argument […]
The stigma against the termination of unwanted pregnancies has changed over the years, and now, a recent study reveals that the majority of women who have had an abortion do not regret their decision. A study by PLOS ONE at the University of California showed 95 percent of women who terminated their pregnancy believe that the choice was […]
As testament to the success of the GOP-debated, Supreme Court upheld Affordable Care Act, an analysis published Tuesday reveals that women have saved $1.4 billion on birth control pills since the mandate for insurance companies to cover the contraception went into effect three years ago. The numbers, detailed by Health Affairs and reported by the […]
Many of the schoolgirls who escaped the wrath of Boko Haram are now facing backlash within their own communities, CNN reports. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the Islamic militant group in April 2014, prompting a worldwide campaign to bring them back to their families. After it was reported earlier this year that Nigeria helped rescue over 700 […]
The Georgia woman who terminated her five-month-long pregnancy by taking an abortion pill she purchased online had the murder charges against her dropped, The Washington Post reports. Kenlissia Jones bought the drugs from a source in Canada, the site writes. The 23-year-old gave birth while on the way to the hospital, but the baby died […]
A day after Kansas became the first state to ban the practice called “dismemberment abortions,” Oklahoma senators on Wednesday passed a similar measure to block the procedure for second trimester abortions, reports Reuters. The procedure is poised to become the latest political hot button issue in the U.S. debate over reproductive rights, writes the news […]
When I was 16-years-old, I wanted to be a computer graphics designer.  Day and night, that’s all I literally dreamed about. Fast forward a year or two and then came the preoccupation with boys. Not straight-laced serious boys, but bad boys. A few years after that, I was on to the next thing. Computer Graphics became […]
In 1968, a woman by the name of Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American female to serve in the U.S. Congress.  And a few years later, Chisholm broke ground again when she ran for President.  Fast forward to the 2012 election, and women made historic gains in the Senate – they now hold 20 seats.  But is that […]
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy. RELATED: Virginia Tech Slain Cop Was Father To Five “My sisters, my daughters, my friends – find your voice,” […]
