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California Rebuked on Female Inmates

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● December 23, 2004

California Corrections, the nation’s largest state prison system, fails to provide adequate rehabilitation programs to female inmates, a state watchdog group charges. A commissioner says the state will pay the cost of this neglect “for generations.”

Teen Death Steers RU-486 Bill to Congress

By Rebecca Vesely ● Commentary ● November 15, 2004

The grieving father of a teenager who died after taking the abortion pill has become a powerful ally of anti-choice activists in the fight to ban the drug. Planned Parenthood says Holly’s death is a tragedy but that medical abortion is safe.

California’s Prop 71 Divides Debate on Stem Cells

By Rebecca Vesely ● Politics ● October 26, 2004

An alliance of pro-choice activists in California is splitting with usual allies to oppose a popular stem-cell research proposition. The group says the initiative does not adequately protect poor women from becoming a biological marketplace.

Breast Cancer Month Spurs Pink-Product Debate

By Rebecca Vesely ● Commentary ● October 21, 2004

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many companies have been peddling pink products to help the cause. Critics, however, say it’s a dubious way to raise funds and urge shoppers to know how businesses handle the proceeds.

California Takes Lead in Sports Equity

By Rebecca Vesely ● Arts & Culture ● September 13, 2004

A bill banning gender bias in youth athletics programs run by cities and counties in California is awaiting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature. The bill will help thousands of mostly low-income girls participate in recreation activities.

Researchers Probe Mother-Daughter Panic Link

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● August 19, 2004

Panic disorder typically affects twice as many women as men, and mothers who suffer from the anxiety condition are more likely to pass it on to their daughters. A new study focuses on learned behaviors that might explain mother-daughter transference.

New Mothers Test California’s Leave Law

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● August 10, 2004

As flex-time policies for U.S. workers turns into a partisan campaign issue, California’s new family-leave program provides a look at one approach. Applications are lower than expected and most are filed by women with newborns or recent adoptions.

Injured Dancer Fights Bias in Pain Treatment

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● August 3, 2004

Pain is generally under-treated in the U.S., but women’s pain, in particular, gets neglected, according to studies. One woman with a severe and painful disorder that went undiagnosed for a decade is working to change that kind of gender bias.

Lee Tackles Abstinence-Only Approach to AIDS

By Rebecca Vesely ● Health & Science ● July 18, 2004

Barbara Lee, who cast the only House vote against giving the president unchecked power against Sept. 11 perpetrators, is standing out again. At an AIDS forum attended by no other member of Congress, she tackled the White House’s abstinence-only approach.

Schwarzenegger Paroles Two Battered Women

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● January 23, 2004

In his brief time as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has paroled two battered women. Now prisoners’ advocates are looking for even more help from the man who took office amid negative publicity about his treatment of women.

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