Irish Abortion Ban Violates Women's Rights To Medical Care, Court Rules

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Ireland’s constitutional abortion ban violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care if continuing their pregnancies would endanger their lives, the AP/New York Times reports. Ireland has long resisted pressure to extend limited abortion rights to women whose lives are threatened by their pregnancies…

Irish Abortion Ban Violates Women's Rights To Medical Care, Court Rules

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Ireland’s constitutional abortion ban violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care if continuing their pregnancies would endanger their lives, the AP/New York Times reports. Ireland has long resisted pressure to extend limited abortion rights to women whose lives are threatened by their pregnancies…

Gender Inequality Persists In France Despite Family-Focused Benefits

Although French women receive paid, four-month maternity leaves; tax breaks for having more children; and other family-friendly government subsidies, their country lags behind many other nations in gender equality, largely because of antiquated attitudes about women’s roles in society, the New York Times reports. In the World Economic Forum’s 2010 gender equality report, France ranked No…

Senate Judiciary Comm. Chair Leahy Predicts Supreme Court Confirmation This Summer

There is “no question” that a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be seated in time for the court’s fall term, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the New York Times reports. Leahy predicted that the Senate would confirm a new justice by the summer (Chan, New York Times, 4/11)…

Avoiding Food, Drink During Labor Holds 'No Benefit' For Women, Review Says

There is no evidence to support the widespread practice of not allowing women in labor to eat or drink, according to a systematic review published last week by the Cochrane Collaboration, the New York Times reports. For many years, women have been told not to eat or drink, regardless of the length of time they are in labor, to reduce the risk of Mendelson’s syndrome…

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