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Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues

February 8, 2011 By Susan Webb

Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.

Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot

February 2, 2011 By Susan Webb

Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.

Massachusetts aims to curb modern-day slavery

January 28, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Massachusetts is one of only five states without a law aimed at ending human trafficking, but a bill introduced Jan. 20 into both the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives aims to change that.

Women and the U.S. Constitution: a call to action

January 7, 2011 By Riane Eisler And Kimberly Otis

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia just asserted for a second time that our Constitution does not protect women against discrimination, a good reason why America needs the Equal Rights Amendment.

“Made in Dagenham”: feisty women who know how to fight

January 5, 2011

The best scene in the new British film, "Made in Dagenham," comes when a reporter asks Mrs O'Grady how her band of strikers will be able to cope. "We're women!" she explains pointedly.