(WOMENSENEWS)--It was the spring of 1960. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had just approved the oral contraceptive for marketing. The pill's arrival marked the culmination of years of development and testing and heralded a new era in a long history of birth control. For the first time, a method of contraception separated birth control technology from the act of sexual intercourse and was nearly 100 percent effective.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Her company's technology can help keep astronauts safe; save manufacturers millions by reducing waste; and create custom medical devices that work and fit better.
Ping Fu and Geomagic are not the household names of Steve Jobs and Apple, or Meg Whitman and eBay. But that could change.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Today the Atlanta Beat will unveil the first stadium built specifically for a Women's Professional Soccer team. Later tonight the team will play its home opener against New Jersey-New York's Sky Blue FC.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Political authorities in Kansas and Oklahoma this week held the line against bills that would have further limited women's access to abortion.
(WOMENSENEWS)--On Mother's Day, busloads of battered moms and advocates for abused children will roll into Washington, D.C.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Arizona's new law on citizenship documentation is expected to take a heavy toll on immigrant women, particularly those with children and those in mixed-status marriages.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Get set for even more tantalizing foreplay before we finally reach the spectacular late-month multinational release of "Sex and the City 2" on May 27. Between now and then you can count on an ongoing spring blizzard of media teases, with bits and snippets dropped about everything from plot twists to hat tricks, from fashion, makeup and hairstyle tips to illicit interludes.
What's in Your Womb? Pre-programming for the rest of your life, that's what.
May 5th, 2010
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WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)--Four bills pending in Congress would protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, schools, adoption and application for credit.
With health care reform completed, gay rights groups hope that lawmakers will now turn to these bills, with the legislation focused on hiring considered the most likely to pass this year.
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