2/6/2012
Karen Handel Involved in Komen's PPFA Decision
The Huffington Post reports that Karen Handel, vice president of the Susan G.

2/6/2012
WA Judge to Rule on Emergency Contraception Law
US District Judge Ronald Leighton heard closing arguments last week in a lawsuit concerning a law requiring that pharmacists sell emergency contraception.

2/6/2012
International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM/C Day
For International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM/C today, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme for the Acceleration of the Abandonment of FGM/C released a new report, Key Results and Highlights 2011, which indicates that approximately 2,000 African communities have abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).

2/3/2012
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes in WA Senate
The Washington state Senate voted 28 to 21 this week to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, with four Republicans voting in support of the bill.

2/3/2012
VA Senate Blocks Fetal Pain Bill
Yesterday the Virginia Senate Committee on Education and Health voted against a bill that would have banned abortions at 20 weeks and would impose criminal penalties on doctors.

2/3/2012
Komen To Continue Grants To Planned Parenthood
The Susan G.

2/2/2012
Komen Foundation to Stop Grants to PPFA
Yesterday the Susan G.

2/2/2012
Departments of Labor and Treasury to Enhance Retirement Security
The US Departments of Labor and the Treasury announced, following the President's State of the Union Address, two executive actions to help Americans save for retirement and to plan for longevity, as well as to increase transparency regarding their 401K plan options.

2/2/2012
VAWA Reauthorization Passed by Committee on Party Line Vote
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 (VAWA) was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning on a party-line vote of 10-8.

2/1/2012
Komen Foundation to End Partnership with PPFA
The Susan G.

2/1/2012
Department of Labor Announces Equal Pay App Challenge
The US Department of Labor, in partnership with the National Equal Pay Task Force, announced that it will launch a new Equal Pay App Challenge, to encourage web developers to create a software application to educate users about the pay gap and work to eliminate it.

1/31/2012
Women's Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Save Birth Control from Catholic Bishops
Beginning today, women's rights groups - including the Feminist Majority Foundation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Council of Jewish Women, and others - have launched a campaign and blog carnival to support the Obama Administration's decision to maintain full contraceptive coverage under the Preventive Care package of the Affordable Care Act.

1/31/2012
Blog Carnival Will Support VAWA Reauthorization
A blog carnival is beginning today in support of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID).

1/31/2012
Department of Labor Seeks Comments on FMLA for Military
Today First Lady Michelle Obama joined US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to announce proposed regulations to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for military families.

1/30/2012
First-Ever Oral HPV Study Conducted
The first-ever study of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States, conducted by the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, revealed that 7 percent of people in the United States are infected with oral HPV.