Karsten Strauss, Author at Women's eNews

Planned Parenthood Sees Ongoing Budget Peril

By Karsten Strauss ● Politics ● March 11, 2011

Planned Parenthood won breathing room Wednesday when the Senate rejected the House Republican spending bill that would have defunded the family-planning organization. But ongoing congressional spending negotiations remain perilous.

Lawmakers Try Again on Stop-Child-Marriage Bill

By Karsten Strauss ● Politics ● February 12, 2011

A bill to help curb child marriage in foreign countries passed the Senate unanimously in December but ran afoul of House GOP members. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum plans to try again, with a vote that could come by May.

Bangladesh Praised for Reducing Acid Attacks

By Karsten Strauss ● Politics ● January 28, 2011

Bangladesh is singled out from neighboring India and Cambodia for taking stronger measures to stop acid attacks on women in a report released Thursday. The attacks to disfigure and isolate victims are called acts of gender terrorism.

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Planned Parenthood Sees Ongoing Budget Peril

Lawmakers Try Again on Stop-Child-Marriage Bill

Bangladesh Praised for Reducing Acid Attacks