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