Derek Reinbold  //  3/26/17  //  Topic Update


WOMEN’S RIGHTS

President Trump’s budget blueprint may signal drastic cuts for programs under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), explains Dr. Jamila Taylor at Rewire.

President Trump’s command that female employees “dress like women” is offensive and unworthy of the Presidency, as Richard Thompson Ford explains for Take Care.


Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

Advocacy groups sued the Department of Education over its sexual assault guidance. HHS's new religious freedom division constitutes a new attack on women's health, wrote Jamille Fields at The Hill.

Updates | The Week of December 18, 2017

12/24/17  //  Daily Update

Another federal judge blocked a Trump Administration executive order that would allow employers with religious objections to refuse employee's contraceptive coverage as a part of healthcare plans.

Updates | The Week of October 30, 2017

11/5/17  //  Daily Update

Notre Dame University ended contraception coverage for students and staff after the Trump administration rolled back the contraception coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act.