In a preview of the many pronouncements to come on the floor of Congress as the House debates a legislative ban on all abortions after 20 weeks, allow us to introduce you to Rep. Michael Burgess, who believes that abortion should be banned earlier than the Supreme Court says it should because, in part, he knows fetuses feel pain. He knows this because he says he's seen male fetuses begin masturbating in the womb around 15 weeks into a pregnancy.
The single-pill version of the so-called "morning-after pill" (aka Plan B One-Step) won't be available to girls over the counter quite yet, but the two-pill variant could be available for all "immediately." Depending on what the drug stores — and the Obama administration — have to say about the latest ruling.
A group of seven Iowa Republicans are making waves for trying to ban "no fault" divorces, but their reasons can be concerning when you let them speak at length. It's all about the politics of women's pants, a problem that never seems to go away for Republicans on any level.
If you thought the so-called "rape caucus" was fading away, there's new evidence — and we mean evidence — that some Republicans are still going to make a lot of people upset with what they see as legitimate concerns about rape.
If you thought Todd Akin's defeat in November's Senate race ended the "legitimate rape" controversy, get ready for Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey, a pro-life OB-GYN who very much has gone there — and way beyond.
Police reports revealed today that the six men accused of the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student allegedly tried to run over over her after they raped and attacked her with an iron rod. That, on top of worldwide outrage, is making it really tough for these men to find legal representation.
The 23-year-old woman who was raped and attacked by six men on a moving bus in New Delhi, India, setting off a wave of protest and government action through the country, died as a result of her injuries in a Singapore hospital Friday.
After a brutal gang rape that shocked the country, India's government promised to publicly post the photos, names, and addresses of rapists. The announcement came on the same day a gang rape victim committed suicide after pressure to marry one of her attackers.
Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, four female service members sued the Defense Department on Tuesday for the right to fight in combat units, just like their male counterparts.
Last week's election remains on the minds of Fox News correspondents who still can't figure out why Republicans lost. Now, it seems, they're looking for someone to blame ways to broaden their base. Jon Stewart is here to help them figure out how to woo single women.
Men and women may be equal when it comes to the tuition they're paying, and the degree they're getting but that's where it stops. According to a study by the American Association of University Women, one after graduation will find women, on average, making around $7,600 less than their male counterparts.
Ikea's Saudi Arabian catalogue looks like any other Ikea catalogue—weird beds with names you can't pronounce, merchandise that looks way better in photos than it will in your living room—except for one thing: there are no women.
Nevin Yildirim is sitting in a Turkish jail for killing her alleged rapist. Just a few days ago the 26-year-old admitted to shooting her husband's cousin--who she alleges raped her--in the penis, beheading him, and then dropping his head on the ground in the town square.
Congratulations are in store for judo competitor Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani and 800-meter runner Sarah Attar for being the first female athletes that Saudi Arabia will send to the Olympics.
There's a disturbing new video of Taliban forces in Afghanistan shooting and killing a woman at point blank range for allegedly committing adultery with two Taliban members.
Call it a match made in news parody heaven: Michigan lawmaker Lisa Brown being banned for saying "vagina" during a house debate on abortion, and Jon Stewart waiting with open arms.
Cartoonist Tony Auth on the Vatican's response to American nuns.
Cartoonist Tony Auth on the Republican party.
The world of golf is placid. Calm. Manicured. Largely white and male, and apparently happy to be so. But every once in a while someone stops and says, Wait a minute, is this really how it should be?
The first thing a lot of people do whenever a new list of "most outstandings" comes down the pike is check to see what the male to female breakdown is.
A Maxim magazine an article entitled "How to Cure a Feminist" is inspiring lots of people around the Internet to get very angry. But this article is from 2003.
The women of Mad Men have never been shrinking violets wary of showing their displeasure or, for that matter, their sexuality, but in this fifth season there seems to be a ratcheting up of both the stakes and the terms.
The political debate that has been occupying much of our time over the past several weeks -- that of Obama's health care plan granting free access to birth control for women -- fails to take into account an inherent gender inequality with regard to health care.
The Violence Against Women Act is a U.S. federal law signed into effect by President Bill Clinton in September of 1994, providing $1.6 billion to help investigate and prosecute violent crimes against women. Now, once again, it's the focus of a fight.
There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of celebrating women on International Women's Day, but the way that many people are going about this "celebration" often seems to belittle the women they claim to support.
Right here. International Slutty Women's Day: A Story in GIFs [annfriedman.tumblr.com]
Mother Jones reporters Tim Murphy and Andy Kroll have dredged up some interesting tidbits from the files of a 1990s-era Rick Santorum. Not surprisingly, Santorum has not always been a charming, pro-woman-type guy in adorable sweater vests.
President Obama has offered his oratorial services to Barnard College, the 124-year-old women's college affiliated with Columbia University, and the school has responded with an enthusiastic, "Yes, please!"
Sen. Roy Blunt's contraception amendment was just defeated in the Senate by a vote of 51 to 48. This means things have gone just about perfectly for the Democrats, and for the Obama Administration.
Right now in the most of the developed world, it could be argued, women are considered about as "equal" to men as they have ever been. Yet there are deep, abiding problems that we're still working through.
In what appears to be a progressive move by the French government, the prime minister has released orders for officials to stop using the word "Mademoiselle" on administrative documents.
Maybe the GOP (or more specifically, certain members of the party) returned to the '50s in just one day, but the rest of us haven't. Beyond the obvious social and cultural shifts of the last 60 years, there is one major factor: the Internet.
The Pentagon opened the door for women to serve in combat Thursday, allowing females to serve in thousands of military jobs that inch them closer, if not directly on, the front lines.
Angered by the indelible images of soldiers beating, stripping, and abusing female protesters, thousands of women marched on Cairo's streets Tuesday night in a beautiful and inspiring show of solidarity in Egypt.
Experts who spoke with the Associated Press and The New York Times called the results of a new survey from Centers for Disease Control "striking" and "astounding."
A Saudi woman who was sentenced to flogging but then apparently pardoned still faces the lash for driving a car in the Sharia-adherent kingdom.
Shaima Ghassaniya is appealing the sentence for defying the law
The change, announced by King Abdullah, will take effect after Thursday's municipal elections
Why Haley's 'little girl' remark points to a bigger conservative 'feminist' problem
An Elle article draws ire from the conservative women it profiles
Cartoonist Ben Sargent on the Supreme Court's patronizing Wal-Mart decision
Cartoonist Steve Breen on Saudi Arabia's efforts to prevent women from driving
No arrests yet reported from today's Women2Drive protest
Thomson Reuters ranks Afghanistan first
Women's rights movement in Pakistan suffers setback with legal defeat for Mai
Apparently they didn't like Hillary Clinton's speech last week
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