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Democratic Senate nominee Annie Andrews has released a campaign ad saying she opposes biological males competing in women’s sports and has never performed gender surgery on minors, as Republicans criticize her past ad...
The Food and Drug Administration plans to complete its safety review of mifepristone by March 2027, according to a court filing, and will decide afterward whether to change rules governing the medication.
Duke University students rallied Thursday in support of Jane Doe, whose civil lawsuit alleges that seven Chi Phi fraternity members sexually assaulted her at Cornell University in October 2024.
The International Criminal Court on October 5, 2026, made public four arrest warrants for senior Taliban officials accused of crimes against humanity through gender-based persecution in Afghanistan.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade required courage from the justices in the majority, and described physical threats and harassment against judges as disturbing...
President Droupadi Murmu assented on September 17 to Gujarat’s Uniform Civil Code Act, but the state government’s Gazette notification says it will take effect only on a date set later by a separate state notification...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay launched the expanded Vettri Payanam free bus travel scheme for women in Chennai on October 2, widening the range of state-run bus services eligible for fare-free travel.
A Turkish court ordered access to the independent news outlet T24’s website and social-media accounts blocked, with the Justice Ministry saying the decision concerned 118 items it characterized as LGBTQ propaganda pub...
Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a direct challenge to abortion shield laws in California, New York and Massachusetts, arguing the protections interfere with their ability t...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered nationwide reviews of unresolved cases involving women and children and safety audits in every municipality, setting deadlines of 60 and 90 days for the first steps...
A federal judge has dismissed the remaining Title IX claims against the NCAA in a lawsuit brought by former college swimmer Riley Gaines and more than a dozen other female athletes, finding that the evidence did not e...
The U.S. Department of Education has formally rescinded the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulation and restored the 2020 regulatory text, putting into the federal rulebook standards the department says it has...
The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to let the Federal Bureau of Prisons enforce restrictions on gender-affirming medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates while a legal ch...
Former President Barack Obama said he believes governments would perform better if women were in charge for about two years, offering the view during a September 21 discussion at Salem State University in Massachusett...
Sharon Stone said Sydney Sweeney should take responsibility for her choices in a Novig sports betting campaign, while describing her own role as supporting women athletes and objecting to marketing that denigrates wom...
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill called on Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell to resign by Friday after an investigation reported that he violated workplace discrimination and state ethics rules.
About 200 protesters gathered outside NYU Langone in Manhattan on September 23 to oppose the hospital’s agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors and pay $8.5 million.
Heidi Overton told senators on September 24 that vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration meet the agency’s safety and efficacy standards, as she faced questions about vaccines, abortion medication and he...
The United Nations Population Fund says reported cases of early and forced marriage in Gaza rose 123% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first, while reports of sexual violence also increased.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville used a Senate-floor speech Tuesday to criticize transgender people, link them to violence and furry culture, and claim that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers belo...
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