military women

Backing It Up In the Desert: A Veteran's Take on Sex and Emergency Contraception in the Military

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by Kate Hoit

March 24, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

On Back Up Your Birth Control Day, we need to make sure that servicewomen have access to the full range of services--contraceptive supplies and emergency contraception--available in the United States.

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Military Fails to Create Safe Working Environment for Women

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by Bethany Niebauer

June 24, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The military is fond of parading tokens of femininity, but is less appreciative of and less willing to accommodate women's actual service.
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Roundup: Female Veterans Can Get PTSD, Too

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by Emily Douglas

April 14, 2009 - 10:00am (Print)

Female veterans suffer from PTSD, too; Sebelius received more funds than reported from Tiller; Kansans protest abortion bill; learning relationship skills through sex ed.
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Exemptions from Military Service: Mothers in the Military and Fathers at Home?

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by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School

March 19, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Should the Army have exempted a mother from active-duty service because she has two young children, when her husband could have cared for them?
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Defense Dept. Uncooperative in Sexual Assault Hearings

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by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

August 5, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

At recent Congressional hearings on sexual assault in the military, the Department of Defense prevented its sexual assault prevention program director from testifying.
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