California Women's Law Center

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Dr. George Tiller’s Clinic

Today Dr. Tiller’s family announced that they were permanently closing the clinic he ran in Kansas that helped secure reproductive justice for untold number of women.   It’s heartbreaking that his murderer seems to have achieved his goal.   And it seems that the murderer’s “success” has barely received any coverage.  Where is the outrage?  [Read More]

Wife-Slapping

Last weekend, a Saudi newspaper reported that a judge in Saudi Arabia ruled that husbands are allowed to slap their wives when they spend too much shopping.  I’m not making this up. Ridiculous decisions that sanction domestic violence obviously harm all Saudi citizens — men and women alike.   But at a time when our government is working to undo the “us vs. them” foreign policy of the last administration... [Read More]