March 23 marks the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And on Monday, March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the law’s constitutionality. As these significant dates draw nearer and as critics continue to call the law’s value into question, it’s worth reminding ourselves just [...]
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Why We Need the Affordable Care Act
Posted in Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Supreme Court, Washington D.C. on March 20, 2012, | 3 Comments »
Call to Action: Stop Rush
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, birth control, Lisa Maatz, politics, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, StopRush, Washington D.C., women's rights on March 5, 2012, | 41 Comments »
Two weeks ago, AAUW hosted Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke at our national office for a Re:Action panel discussion on birth control. It was our way of making sure that she had a platform to speak and be heard since she wasn’t allowed to testify at a recent hearing about contraception at the House [...]
Rush Limbaugh, Your Vitriol Won’t Silence Us
Posted in AAUW in the News, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, birth control, congress, news, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Title IX, women's rights on March 2, 2012, | 7 Comments »
The nation has been dismayed by the blatantly sexist and offensive comments of talk show host Rush Limbaugh this week, when he called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” because she had the audacity to testify before Congress in favor of birth control access. Quite frankly, I am confounded by what he said. [...]
On Contraception, AAUW Makes Sure Women Will Be Heard
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women's Health, tagged #wmnreact, AAUW, Ann Gerhart, Catholics for Choice, congress, Lisa Maatz, politics, Sandra Fluke, Sara Hutchinson, Washington D.C., Washington Post on February 24, 2012, | 22 Comments »
It’s been hard to turn on the news over the past few weeks without hearing the debate over women’s access to contraception. This debate was further inflamed by last week’s House of Representatives hearing on birth control that featured five men and no women on its opening panel. Sandra Fluke, a law student at Georgetown [...]
Remembering Henrietta Lacks, the Woman behind HeLa Cells
Posted in Black History Month, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged AAUW, Black History Month, Black Women in American Culture and History, Fellowships and Grants, HeLa, Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal LIfe of Henrietta Lacks on February 16, 2012, | 4 Comments »
The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Black Women in American Culture and History, so this post will tell the story of a woman who went unknown for far too long. More than 60 years ago, in February 1951, a remarkable woman named Henrietta Lacks left the world a stunning legacy that may [...]
Student Health Plans Should Cover Contraception Too
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, college, contraception, HERvotes, student health plans, university, Women's Health on February 2, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Women’s health advocates have commended President Obama’s recent decision to require nearly all employers to cover contraceptive services under their health insurance plans. Although it is facing criticism from religious organizations, the administration held firm in not broadening exemptions for employees of churches and other houses of worship. AAUW supports this stance as a critical [...]
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