women's rights
While they lost the lawsuit, the efforts of 10 Mexican immigrants helped pave the way for legislation supporting a woman's right to control her body.
Hillary Clinton sparked 2016 presidential hopes again, as she does nearly every time she makes news, when she gave the keynote address at the fourth annual Women in the World 2013 Summit in New York City.
In an interview, she also opened up to the British mag about her husband hip hop mogul Jay-Z and described herself as a "modern-day feminist."
On Friday, North Dakota voted to ban all abortions, period. State lawmakers agreed to implement a "personhood" measure which would grant fertilized eggs with the same rights as U.S. citizens.
North Dakota is one step closer to adopting the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the nation.On Friday, the state Senate overwhelmingly approved two strict abortion bills.
On Tuesday, the Arkansas Senate voted to override Governor Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions starting from the 12th week of pregnancy. If the Republican-controlled state House also votes to override the veto, the bill would then become the country's most restrictive anti-abortion law.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a renewed version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which guarantees $659 million in funding over the next five years for victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. The bill also protects immigrants, gays and Native Americans from domestic and sexual violence.
Police in India announced on Thursday that they looking for the men accused of raping and killing three young girls last week. The girls, ages 5, 9 and 11, were sisters who never made it home from school on Feb. 14.
A new governmental study reveals that the number of women using emergency contraception has dramatically increased over the last ten years. In addition, about 1 in 9 younger women have used the popular morning-after pill, also known as Plan B, after having sex.
On Tuesday, the US Senate voted 78-22 to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which guarantees $659 million in funding over the next five years for victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. The bill also protects immigrants, gays and Native Americans from domestic and sexual violence.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Linda L. Bray, the first woman to lead platoon in combat, said she is "thrilled" that the US military has lifted its ban preventing women from fighting in combat.
State House Rep. Cathrynn Brown introduced a bill on Wednesday which would legally mandate women to carry sexually aggravated pregnancies in order to prove that she was assaulted. In the bill, women that aborted their pregnancy could be charged with a third-degree felony and face a sentence of three years in prison.
The Pentagon announces an end to the ban on women in combat roles during a press conference today.
Women in the U.S. military can now fight on the front lines, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared Wednesday.
A majority of Americans believe that the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions in 1973, Roe v. Wade, case should stay in place.
