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City and hospitals sign policies to encourage breastfeeding

February 8, 2011 – 12:13 pm

In a progressive step forward for women in the workplace, Mayor Greg Fischer and representatives from Louisville’s birthing hospitals signed policies to encourage and to make it easier for women to breastfeed their babies. “Breastfeeding has many well documented health advantages both for the baby and mother,” Fischer said in a news release.  “It’s the [...]

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell & Please Try Not To Rape

January 26, 2010 – 4:37 pm

Today, it seems, is just not a good day to be a woman in ‘Merica. Adding to the sadness pile is this latest report, which reveals that approximately one-third of active duty female soldiers in the United States armed forces have been raped while in the service. Furthermore, upwards of 71 percent report being sexually [...]

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KY Senate’s Anti-Choice Abortion Nonsense Bill is Nonsense

January 26, 2010 – 3:38 pm

Oh, to be white, male and a member of the Kentucky senate. Few institutions outside of the Ku Klux Klan, FOX NEWS and the He-Man Women-Hater’s Club reward this demographic more handsomely than our own state legislature. Although the form of these rewards vary wildly — from good ol’ boy coal funding and golf course [...]

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