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Morocco may toss out part of its penal code that allows rapists to go unpunished if they marry their victims. Also this week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to make 2014 another banner year for anti-abortion laws.
The Obama administration will now allow minors to obtain emergency contraceptive without restrictions. But a 13-year-old Egyptian teen has died while undergoing female genital mutilation.
The U.S. appeals court in Boston ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, while the anti-choice group Live Action released a video against Planned Parenthood.
Cheers
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX on June 23, the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) invited athletics departments, conference offices and organizations across the nation to nominate a gender equity trailblazer. A total of 25 trailblazer tribute videos are now on NACWAA’s YouTube channel.
Anti-choice bills failed in a number of states this week. The Arizona Senate said no to employers dropping health insurance coverage for birth control, reported the AP, although it may come for a vote again this session. Idaho’s state representatives won’t pursue the controversial ultrasound abortion bill, NWCN.com reported. An Oklahoma judge has permanently blocked a requirement for women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure, reported MSNBC News. Georgia’s House of Representatives rejected the state Senate’s altered version of a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, after the Senate included exceptions, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
On March 23, the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act –and right before the constitutionality of the individual mandate goes to the Supreme Court next week –women’s organizations were ramping up support and explaining the law to voters. The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health issued a press release explaining how Latinas in particular benefit from the law.
