Melinda Tuhus, Author at Women's eNews

Women Fight Keystone XL from North and South

By Melinda Tuhus ● Commentary ● March 20, 2013

Along the miles of transcontinental pipeline being built to transport oil from the tar sands of Canada, women are fighting the project. One put her body in front of a bulldozer. Another is challenging eminent domain seizure of her family’s land.

Bike Lanes Could Bridge Cycling Gender Gap

By Melinda Tuhus ● Arts & Culture ● March 19, 2012

U.S. women take only one-quarter of the country’s bike trips and one reason for that, surveyed women say, is aversion to riding alongside motorists. Road danger is considered a big brake on women’s enthusiasm for cycling.

Pieces of a U.S. Maternal Health Plan Take Shape

By Melinda Tuhus ● Health & Science ● June 6, 2011

A bill in Congress would help states research why so many U.S. women die in pregnancy and childbirth. And that data could make health reform more responsive to a worsening problem, a leading health activist says.

Marriage-Equality Advanced in 2009; Maine Balked

By Melinda Tuhus ● Arts & Culture ● January 1, 2010

Marriage equality was a big story in 2009 for New England states and nearby New York. But while the year raised hopes for a rainbow-hued region, Maine’s November referendum repealed same-sex marriage and dealt a blow.

Equal-Marriage Push Intensifies in New England

By Melinda Tuhus ● Uncategorized ● January 29, 2009

After winning a legal victory for equal marriage rights in Connecticut, lawyers at GLAD are pursuing a 6-by-12 strategy, meaning all six New England states by 2012. Vermont and New Hampshire currently have bills in their legislatures.

Organic Farmer Plucks Her Thanksgiving Turkeys

By Melinda Tuhus ● Arts & Culture ● November 11, 2007

Female farmers are seeking advice from an agricultural organization that helps them succeed in a male-dominated field. One woman who was told she couldn’t do it 30 years ago is plucking her Thanksgiving turkeys.

Midwives Decry Fearful Trend in Birthing Practice

By Melinda Tuhus ● Health & Science ● January 29, 2007

C-sections are being performed in the U.S. at a rate that far exceeds international recommendations. A clash over the high rate and related issues has broken out between professional groups for midwives and obstetricians.

Activist Women Put Heat on Connecticut Incumbents

By Melinda Tuhus ● Politics ● June 30, 2006

In Connecticut, activist women are raising the ante for lending their support to political candidates. That means fewer of them are backing moderate incumbents Christopher Shays in the House and Joe Lieberman in the Senate.

Tiny Aid Group Rescues Mothers in Haitian Village

By Melinda Tuhus ● Uncategorized ● May 6, 2005

As the latest maternal mortality statistics show, great numbers of women are still dying in childbirth and never making it to Mother’s Day. A small aid group’s work in Haiti shows how a few simple, inexpensive interventions could improve that picture.

Stakes High for Women in Social Security Battle

By Melinda Tuhus ● Employment ● January 21, 2005

As the public debate intensifies over the Bush administration’s drive to privatize Social Security, women have a special stake in the outcome. Sixty percent of recipients are women and for a quarter of all women over 65, the program is their only income.

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