Social Movements & the Law

The jury weighed evidence from about 30 witnesses over 3 weeks who alleged the British socialite played a pivotal part in recruiting teenage girls for sex with Epstein.

Politics reporter Felicia Sonmez sued the paper and several of its current and former editors, saying she was not allowed to report on sexual misconduct after speaking about an assault against her.

NEW YORK (AP) — To Charlotte Bennett, the new book that arrived at her Manhattan apartment this week — Anita Hill’s “Believing” — was more than just a look at gender violence. It was a dispatch from a fellow member of a very specific sisterhood — women who have come forward to describe misconduct they suffered at the hands of powerful men.

The global #MeToo movement has sparked significant social, cultural, and legal change, but many challenges remain, Human Rights Watch said on the eve of the second anniversary of the #MeToo hashtag going viral on social media.

When an activist accused one of the most respected physicians in the movement of sexually assaulting her, everyone quickly took sides.

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Before Christine Blasey Ford and Monica Lewinsky, there was Anita Hill, shamed for exposing the actions of a powerful man. She explains how she withstood the tumult

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers and even the warden, and were often threatened or punished when they tried to speak up.

As homicides surged across the US last year, the number of Black females killed increased sharply as well

The Phoenix Act extends the California statute of limitations on domestic violence by two years.

"The powerful and rich are not exempt from being held responsible for their actions," Giuffre said in a statement.

The bipartisan bill bans employers from inserting provisions in contracts that require individuals who allege claims of sexual assault or harassment to go through a secretive process.

The Schlesinger Library’s #MeToo archive, which opened to researchers on July 1, captures the tweets, websites, and online articles that powered the movement.

Bill Cosby was freed from prison and returned home on Wednesday, less than two hours after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, saying he never should have faced charges after striking a non-prosecution deal with a previous district attorney more than 15 years ago.

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to send the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act to President Joe Biden’s desk.

Different places, same evil.

Resignation comes after a New York state investigation concluded Cuomo had sexually harassed at least 11 women.

“I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances,” Cuomo said.

On Oct. 7, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 331, or the “Silenced No More Act,” which updates existing laws to place new restrictions on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women” whose adherents include President Donald Trump...

As a senator, President Biden played a key role in passing the landmark 1994 law, which he called "one of my proudest legislative achievements." It wasn't reauthorized in 2018 over partisan disputes.

In a devastating decision, the Supreme Court has officially and effectively ended abortion access for people in about half of the United States.

A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there.

Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is expected to fall once the new constitutional amendment goes into effect. But there are dozens of other laws on the books regulating abortion.

The owner of the Camelback Family Planning is willing to take risks for patients that other doctors won’t, while staying within the bounds of the state’s abortion ban

In 1992, voters in what was then a much more deeply red state delivered a resounding defeat to a measure that would have banned most abortions in Arizona.

Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions.

More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022.