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Shackling Pregnant Women Spurs Prison-Reform Push

By Susan Elan ● Crime & Law ● November 9, 2010

Thirty six states received failing grades for using various restraints on the belly and arms of incarcerated woman during labor and delivery in a recent report. On Monday, activists gathered online to discuss follow-through.

Iowa Slaughterhouse Worker Fears for Her U.S. Kids

By Susan Elan ● Politics ● June 18, 2010

The criminal trial of a Kosher slaughterhouse executive in Iowa has ended in an acquittal, while a former underage worker, now a mother, awaits word on a special visa. Denial of the U-visa means deportation to Mexico and a life of fieldwork that won’t pay enough to properly feed her U.S.-born children.

Anti-Hyde Pushback Sparked by Health Care Battle

By Susan Elan ● Health & Science ● April 30, 2010

Low-income women’s advocates have been trying to repeal the Hyde Amendment for years. Now they have more support, as health reform threatens to extend Medicaid-style abortion restrictions to all U.S. women.

Nevada’s High Court to Hear ‘Personhood’ Appeal

By Susan Elan ● Crime & Law ● April 2, 2010

“Personhood,” an extremist stratagem of the anti-choice movement, gets a court hearing in Nevada April 6. Republican Majority for Choice is rallying its membership against a tactic it says runs counter to the GOP’s stance against big government.

Nevada’s High Court to Hear ‘Personhood’ Appeal

By Susan Elan ● Crime & Law ● April 2, 2010

Deportation of Mothers in Iowa Tests Local Charity

By Susan Elan ● Politics ● February 19, 2010

A 2008 immigration raid in Iowa separated women from their children through arrest and deportation with, some say, the children’s fate left to chance. An immigration official refutes that, saying women with children were released on humanitarian grounds.

Coakley’s Defeat Could Have Silver Lining

By Susan Elan ● Health & Science ● January 29, 2010

Martha Coakley’s recent loss in Massachusetts has left health care reform up in the air. While some advocates say there are ways to salvage the legislation, others say both the House and Senate bills would jeopardize women’s reproductive rights.

Senate Health Deal Readmits Gender Bias by Insurers

By Susan Elan ● Health & Science ● January 21, 2010

Women’s rights leaders already embittered by lawmakers’ compromises on abortion coverage in health reform say Senate negotiators have further hurt women by allowing gender bias–or the practice of charging women more than men–to continue in their version.

Arrested Iowa Meat Packers Live in Legal Limbo

By Susan Elan ● Politics ● December 17, 2009

After 19 months of detention following an ICE raid on an Iowa meat processing plant, about a dozen immigrant women continue to wear tracking devices on their ankles while federal officials decide their fate.

Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes Face Patent Fight

By Susan Elan ● Health & Science ● December 9, 2009

Patients and scientists are heading to federal court to challenge a company’s right to a monopoly on diagnostic tests for genes linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The case could have profound consequences for genetic research in general.

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