Rebecca Vesely, Author at Women's eNews

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.

Study: Women Bear Brunt of Environmental Toxins

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● October 21, 2003

A California study calls for further investigation into how environmental toxins affect women’s health. It estimates the health care cost of U.S. women’s environmentally associated diseases is $12.2 billion annually.

Female Voters May Swing California Recall Election

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● August 1, 2003

Women are mobilizing against removing California Gov. Gray Davis, arguing the recall is about turning back the clock on their rights. Davis is pro-choice and has fostered laws expanding the availability of medical abortion in physician offices.

Exhibit Features Women’s Art from 177 Nations

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● April 11, 2003

A new collection of women’s art from almost every country in the world offers a broad-spectrum vision of the role of women in society.

Elderly Women Will Bear Brunt of Medicaid Cuts

By Rebecca Vesely ● Health & Science ● March 21, 2003

Women–who live longer and are usually poorer in old age–will suffer the most as a result of drastic cuts to state and federal health care programs for the elderly and disabled.

Ashcroft Constrains Violence against Women Office

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● March 10, 2003

Attorney General John Ashcroft is interpreting new anti-violence laws to mean that the head of the Justice Department’s efforts to protect women would not gain a significant measure of authority.

New Kidnapping Law May Snare Battered Women

By Rebecca Vesely ● Crime & Law ● March 6, 2003

Children’s advocates are praising a new law intended to lower the risk of international parental kidnappings. However, the itemized risk factors for illegal flight are also common among battered women preparing to leave their abusers.

County Searches for Clues to Breast Cancer Rates

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● February 7, 2003

Experts and everyday women are at a loss to explain the alarmingly high breast cancer rate in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. Also: Poland’s abortion wars.

CNN Star Producer Back in Baghdad

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● February 3, 2003

CNN producer Ingrid Formanek says the HBO film based on her career, “Live from Baghdad,” makes it seem that she did little but bat her eyelashes, smoke cigarettes, and drink. A tough journalist, Formanek is back in Iraq, covering weapons inspections.

Radio Shock Jock Pushes Limits of Sexist Gab

By Rebecca Vesely ● Uncategorized ● January 6, 2003

Media critics say the latest shock jock, Tom Leykis, is boosting his ratings by reducing women and men to cartoonish, sex-obsessed versions of themselves, as radio’s quest for ratings trumps all else.

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