Some News Links!

Will Abortion Law Change Help Female Troops?
Starting this year, for the first time in 22 years, military women and dependents pregnant by rape or incest won’t have to pay for their own abortions.  Read more, here.


Sexual Harassment of Women is State Sponsored Say Egyptian Women
Systematic attacks targeting female protesters in Tahrir square have forced an ugly epidemic into the national spotlight. Check out more, here.

Incentives to Marry Won't Cure Gun Violence, Education and Jobs Are What Chicago Needs
Just three days after his State of the Union address, President Obama came to Chicago and addressed the city's gun violence crisis. Many across the city and country had called on the president to come to Chicago and give such a speech. Read more, here.

Judge Marissa Mayer by Her Job, Not Her Gender
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is abolishing the company's work-at-home policy and ordering everyone to show up at the office. Read more, here.

House Renews Violence Against Women Measure
The House on Thursday gave final approval to a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, sending a bipartisan Senate measure to President Obama after a House plan endorsed by conservatives was defeated. Read more, here.


Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is often shielded from public view. Usually, we only hear it muffled through walls or see it manifested in the faded yellow and purple bruises of a woman who “walked into a wall” or “fell down the stairs.” Despite a movement to increase awareness of domestic violence, we still treat it as a private crime, as if it is none of our business. Check it out, here.

Don’t blame the victim, or the photographer
Responding to a photo essay on domestic violence, commenters attacked everyone except the abuser.  Read more, here.

Steinem’s Support for Quinn as Mayor Depends on Sick-Leave Bill
Gloria Steinem, the feminist author and activist, said this week that she would withdraw her support for Christine C. Quinn in the New York City mayor’s race if Ms. Quinn, speaker of the City Council, did not allow a vote on sick-leave legislation that is a cherished cause of liberal groups. Read more, here.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Before Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, started to write “Lean In,” her book-slash-manifesto on women in the workplace, she reread Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique.” Like the homemaker turned activist who helped start a revolution 50 years ago, Ms. Sandberg wanted to do far more than sell books. Read more, here.

Teen Pregnancy Is Most Common In Rural America, Where There May Be More Barriers To Birth Control
The teen birth rate is nearly one-third higher in rural areas of the United States than it is in more populous areas of the country, and teen pregnancy rates have been much slower to decline in rural counties over the past decade, according to a new study from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Read more, here.