Marley Gibbons, Author at Women's eNews

States Attack Planned Parenthood on Funding, Regs

By Marley Gibbons ● Health & Science ● September 14, 2011

The battle over funding Planned Parenthood created a media feeding frenzy in several states this summer. The angry buzz boils down to a few key questions about states’ power to cut funding and impose prohibitive regulations.

Planned Parenthood Clinic Adapts to Leaner Budget

By Marley Gibbons ● Health & Science ● September 1, 2011

New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinics lost 10 percent of their budget in a single stroke of the governor’s pen. Now a clinic supervisor talks about heavier work load, streamlined procedures and some lost clients.

Debt-Ceiling Bill Called Bad Business for Women

By Marley Gibbons ● Employment ● August 4, 2011

Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security were spared immediate cuts in this week’s deal to raise the government’s borrowing limit. But long-term threats are seen to the programs women disproportionately depend on.

Birth-Control Roadblock Just Might Clear in 2014

By Marley Gibbons ● Health & Science ● July 29, 2011

Funding attacks on Planned Parenthood clinics are crimping birth-control services for low-income, uninsured women, data from New Jersey’s Planned Parenthood shows. Health reform in 2014 could turn the whole situation around.

UN Agency: Women Bow Out of Snarled Justice Systems

By Marley Gibbons ● Crime & Law ● July 8, 2011

Beneath the super-nova news coverage of Casey Anthony and the Sofitel housekeeper, UN Women this week drew attention to the lower-profile, more widespread problem of women who drop efforts to obtain justice.

Saudi Women, Allies Keep Driving Campaign

By Marley Gibbons ● Politics ● June 30, 2011

Official Saudi reaction to the women’s driving campaign may be taking a harsher turn, with five women arrested this week. As usual, the e-mail alert about the situation came from Change.org, which is supporting the cause every way it can.

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