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Gender

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,

7 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.

7 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.

7 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 ...

7 years ago

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(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

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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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

Vivian Loh, (center), a seventh grader at Winchester Thurston School and the first girl to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition, explains the solution to a math problem to her brother Vincent, 10, and their mother Debbie after they each completed a practice worksheet in the morning before school, Thursday, April 25, 2019, at their home in Squirrel Hill.  (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Education

After 36 years, a girl is the middle school math champ

In March, Vivian Loh became the first girl ever to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition.

7 years ago

Sharon Suardi, 8, contemplates her next move at the ASAP Philly Girls Play Chess tournament. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Lifestyle

Chess tournament just for Philly girls offers opening into male-dominated game

The 11th annual Philly Girls Play Chess tournament brings young women together to compete in a game usually dominated by boys. They also gain confidence — and friends.

7 years ago

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The Alabama Senate has passed an abortion ban that would be one of the most restrictive in the United States. The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy unless a woman's life is threatened or in case of lethal fetal anomaly. (Dave Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Alabama lawmakers pass bill banning nearly all abortions

The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy, unless a woman's life is threatened or in case of a lethal fetal anomaly.

7 years ago

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