Women's E-News articles from June 2003

Women's E-News archives from June 2003

DRAMA OVER DIATRIBE: PRO-CHOICE ADVOCATES ACT OUT.
June 13, 2003... By Ann Farmer Jun 9 (WOMENSENEWS) - "Prior to this, I did not feel like I was in a war. That has all changed. And, the war has not stopped." Those are the words of Emily Lyons, an abortion-clinic nurse, describing in a speech the...

WHITMAN RESIGNATION TIED TO POLITICS, NOT GENDER.
June 13, 2003... By Karyn Collins Jun 10 (WOMENSENEWS) - When asked about Christine Whitman's political future, observers see a range of trajectories, from rising further in the national firmament, to crashing to earth back in her home state of New Jersey....

ABORTION BAN PUTS WOMEN AT RISK.
June 13, 2003... By Joan Malin New York, Jun 11 (WOMENSENEWS) - Women are days away from losing their right to end pregnancies--not just pregnancies in their seventh, eighth and ninth months, as many believe--but pregnancies from 13 weeks onward. The...

GENDER-PAY ACTIVISTS STEP UP THE PRESSURE ON WAL-MART.
June 13, 2003... By Liza Featherstone FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Jun 12 (WOMENSENEWS) - Between a shareholder resolution and a new protest campaign by the National Organization for Women, the equal-pay pressure is intensifying on Wal-Mart. The retail giant is...

FOUR MAJOR PRO-CHOICE GROUPS TO MARCH IN APRIL.
June 13, 2003... By Jodi Enda WASHINGTON, Jun 13 (WOMENSENEWS) - Organizers of an ambitious pro-choice march on Washington during the 2004 election campaign say they will make a special effort to reach out to young women and men who were born after the...

ABORTION-RELATED VIOLENCE COURT CASES REACH PEAK.
June 13, 2003... By Frederick Clarkson Jun 8 (WOMENSENEWS) - The recent arrest of suspected serial bomber Eric Rudolph might make 2003 a banner year for federal criminal and civil court cases involving anti-abortion violence. There has never been so many,...

FOE OF COED MILITARY TO LEAD SEXUAL ASSAULT PANEL.
June 13, 2003... By Samantha Xu. Jun 6 (WOMENSENEWS) - Anita K. Blair, founder of the conservative Independent Women's Forum and prominent opponent of gender-integrated military training, will lead the independent review panel to investigate Air Force...

HIGH COURT BARS GENDER BIAS IN FAMILY LEAVES.
June 20, 2003... By Jillian Jonas Jun 16 (WOMENSENEWS) - Women's-rights advocates are celebrating the recent Supreme Court ruling in which Chief Justice William Rehnquist deplored gender stereotypes and resulting employment policies. The ruling...

ALL-FEMALE ASIAN UNIVERSITY UNDERWAY IN BANGLADESH.
June 20, 2003... By Mary H. Meier Jun 17 (WOMENSENEWS) - Very soon, a shovelful of overturned dirt will mark the beginning of the first all-women's residential international university in Asia, scheduled to open no later than 2005. The site is Kaliakor,...

MEDIA HILLARY BASHING SEGUES INTO TERESA TRASHING.
June 20, 2003... By Caryl Rivers Jun 18 (WOMENSENEWS) - Following the release of her memoir, "Living History," Hillary Clinton came under violent media attack, with some critics claiming the book was total fiction and others accusing her upstaging...

WOMEN SMOKERS: EFFECTS DEADLIER, QUITTING TOUGHER.
June 20, 2003... By Suzanne Batchelor Jun 19 (WOMENSENEWS) - New evidence shows gender disparities in the effects of smoking on men and women, with women at possibly higher risk of developing diseases as a result of smoking, but also recovering more lung...

FRENCH TEENS DEMAND FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE.
June 20, 2003... By Kimberly Tabe PARIS, Jun 20 (WOMENSENEWS) - In late March, 14-year-old Naima was cornered by three teen-age boys only a hundred yards from her middle school. The boys began to molest her. When she protested, they tied her with duct...

MORE U.S. DADS BALANCE LAPTOPS, KIDS ON LAPS.
June 20, 2003... By Julie Shields Jun 15 (WOMENSENEWS) - Now is the perfect time to go back to the roots of Father's Day in the United States and celebrate and support what is called "involved fatherhood." Few know that Father's Day in this country...

WOMEN COMPLAIN OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT U.S. MINT.
June 20, 2003... By Samantha Xu Jun 14 (WOMENSENEWS) - Many female employees at the U.S. Mint in Denver claim they have endured unfair treatment in promotions and raises, sexual harassment, sexual propositions, smut on walls and lockers and offensive...