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High Court Hears Breast Cancer Research Case

By Pamela Grossman ● Uncategorized ● April 15, 2013

Myriad Genetics’ claim to the isolated BRCA gene is being closely watched. “I dearly hope the Supreme Court overturns this patent–doing so could, among other things, make complete testing more affordable,” says one breast cancer survivor.

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State-By-State Choice Battle Dividing the Nation

By Robin Marty & Jessica Mason Pieklo ● Uncategorized ● April 13, 2013

Attempts to chip away at the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide via state laws is setting the stage for pro- and anti-women’s health states, say Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo in this excerpt from “Crow After Roe.”

Birth Control Mandate Faces Onslaught of Lawsuits

By Sharon Johnson ● Uncategorized ● February 16, 2013

With a rash of lawsuits flooding the courts, employer-sponsored birth control appears headed for the Supreme Court. Court rulings that bar employers from imposing religious beliefs on workers could help the government’s case.

Roe Turns 40 with Doctors Worried All Over Again

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● January 22, 2013

The role of doctors in upholding Roe v. Wade over the past 40 years includes millions of procedures, key court battles and withstanding threats of violent attack. After all that, in the face of mounting abortion restrictions, one doctor says “we have to fight this state by state.”

GOP Strategy Halts Approvals of New Judges

By Sally J. Kenney ● Crime & Law ● January 16, 2013

Numerous areas of the U.S. are mired in judicial emergency, meaning the courts can’t keep up with the workload of justice. Some of Obama’s appointees who have waited the longest for confirmation are women. We must all demand the Senate give them an up or down vote.

Poverty Is not Folklore for Indigenous Mexican Women

By Zaira Cortes ● Commentary ● November 4, 2011

A close link between poverty and migration exists. Without employment, education, adequate food plus a machista culture, indigenous women face a challenge. Crossing the border may be the only way to get a better life.

Gay Parents Press High Court on Adoption Rights

By Krystie Lee Yandoli ● Crime & Law ● August 11, 2011

A same-sex couple in New York wants their adopted son’s birth certificate changed. Louisiana, where the boy was born, refuses. The couple’s lawyer says the Constitution’s full faith and credit should back them up and is asking for a High Court hearing.