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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
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2012, A Dubious Banner Year: From State Family Planning Funding to Reproductive Toxins
Against the backdrop of a contentious presidential campaign in which abortion and even contraception were front-burner issues supporters of reproductive health and rights were able to block high-profile attacks on access to abortion in states as diverse as Alabama, Idaho, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
2012 Saw Second-Highest Number of Abortion Restrictions Ever
January 2, 2013
Reproductive health and rights were once again the subject of extensive debate in state capitols in 2012. Over the course of the year, 42 states and the District o… more »
Women in Combat and Under the Waves: Redefining the Role of Women in the Military
The Military Leadership Diversity Commission stated that DOD should take deliberate steps to open additional career fields and units involved in direct ground combat. Such a move would essentially limit or repeal, in its entirety, the 1994 DOD policy regarding women serving in combat units.Women’s right supporters contend that the exclusionary policy prevents women from gaining leadership positions. more »
The Most Interesting New State Laws of 2013
A California law prohibits mental health providers from engaging in efforts to change the sexual orientation of patients under the age of 18. Illinois law enhances the penalties for manufacturing and selling bath salts. Oregon school districts must adopt a policy on teen dating violence. California law adds breastfeeding as a category of sexual discrimination in housing and employment.Illinois created the Toxin-Free Toddler Act banning manufacturers and wholesalers from selling children's food and beverage containers containing bisphenol A(BPA). more »
Against All Odds, Rita Levi-Montalcini’s Story: “No food, no husband, and no regrets”
Rita’s first big hurdle was persuading her father to let her go to college. Mr. Levi, an electrical engineer and mathematician, believed that a career interferes with the duties of a wife and mother. When the Germans invaded Italy in 1943, she moved to Florence, where she lived under ground with another makeshift lab until the end of the war. more »