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Teresa Pettis (right), an abortion opponent, protests outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, on May 17. Unless a judge intervenes, health officials will force a Missouri facility to stop offering the procedure this week. (Jim Salter/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Missouri could soon become first state without a clinic that performs abortions

Missouri is within days of losing its last remaining health center that provides abortions. Unless a court intervenes, it will become the first state without such a clinic.

6 years ago

Students testify in support of the Boyertown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Four students sued the district, saying their privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rejects appeal over Pa. school’s transgender bathroom policy

The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2019, file photo, Malakye Johnson (1) gathers with his teammates during a Snider Hockey practice at the Scanlon Ice Rink in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia-based Snider Hockey organization named after the late Flyers owner now has over 3,000 kids in its program and almost a third are girls. Snider Hockey officials want to get to a point that boys and girls are split 50-50, and a new endeavor with the Howe Foundation is another step toward that goal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Community

Girls hockey in Philly may get boost from Howe Foundation

Snider Hockey officials want to get to a point that boys and girls are split 50-50 and a is teaming up with the Howe Foundation to take another stride toward that goal.

6 years ago

Protesters for women's rights hold a rally on the Alabama Capitol steps to protest a law passed last week making abortion a felony in nearly all cases with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Why Alabama’s abortion ban is reminiscent of Pennsylvania challenge to Roe v. Wade

The landmark Supreme Court case from Pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, didn't overturn Roe v. Wade. But could Alabama's anti-abortion law?

Air Date: May 28, 2019

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Reporter Jenny Gold and her husband, Alex Gourse, with their newborn son at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago two days after his birth. (Courtesy of Bella Baby Photography)
NPR
Health

I went through my pregnancy with strangers. It was the best decision I could’ve made

Rather than the standard 15-minute individual visits in an exam room, women who are due around the same time and their partners meet as a group for two hours with a clinician,

6 years ago

Tracey Gordon (Provided/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Gordon on track to become first African American woman Register of Wills

Tracey Gordon ran her campaign for the Register of Wills in the Democratic primary on a shoestring budget against an entrenched incumbent.

6 years ago

Gaby Gemetti decided to leave the workforce after having her second child. In March she started a
NPR
Lifestyle

Hot job market is wooing women into workforce faster than men

Women returning to jobs at higher rates since 2015 dramatically reverses the trend of the previous three years, when women were leaving the workforce at twice the rate of men.

6 years ago

Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
Radio Times
Health

Latina mental health

A new report from the National Women’s Law Center, written with Latina middle and high school students in Philadelphia, found that over ...

6 years ago

Listen 35:30
(photo credit, Paula Allen)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Eve Ensler’s ‘The Apology’

Playwright and activist Eve Ensler discusses her new book "The Apology," written as a letter from her father apologizing for years of sexual abuse.

Air Date: May 23, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy of Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
The Why
Health

Why so many Latina teens in Philly have attempted suicide

A new report reveals that Latina girls in Philadelphia are more likely to attempt suicide than white or African-American girls.

Air Date: May 23, 2019

Listen 13:36
McDonald's workers marching in Los Angeles in September 2018 as part of a multi-state strike seeking to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. (Richard Vogel/AP)
NPR
Community

McDonald’s facing new charges of sexual harassment

For the third time in three years, McDonald's Corp. is facing allegations of rampant sexual harassment of female employees by male coworkers and managers.

6 years ago

File - Protestors gathered outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Pa., N.J. and Del. join suit over rule allowing clinicians to refuse abortions

Nearly two dozen states and municipalities sued the federal government Tuesday to stop a new rule that lets health care clinicians decline to provide abortions.

6 years ago

Ashley Garecht speaks as anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, Friday, May 10, 2019. The demonstration was spurred by the actions of a Democratic state lawmaker who recorded himself berating an anti-abortion demonstrator at length outside the clinic. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

As states pass restrictive abortion laws, questions surface

As multiple states pass laws banning many abortions, questions have surfaced about what exactly that means for women who might seek an abortion. The short answer: nothing yet.

6 years ago

(Leonardo Santamaria for NPR)
NPR
Health

Where’s masculinity headed? Men’s groups and therapists are talking

American men face higher rates of suicide than women and higher rates of incarceration. In the age of #MeToo, some men are turning to each other to build healthy esteem.

6 years ago

Rising depression and anxiety for teens worsened significantly in the past two  years.  (Nicole Xu for NPR)
NPR
Health

Suicide rate for girls has been rising faster than for boys, study finds

Researchers examined more than 85,000 youth suicides that occurred between 1975 and 2016.

6 years ago

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