An anti-abortion ploy
The Seattle Times, July 23, 2008
Disguised as an employment-discrimination imitative, the Bush administration's proposed funding rule would limit women's reproductive health rights.

Women’s book prizes fire up literary canon
Anna Clark, Women's eNews, July 22, 2008
Literary prizes for women continue to stir controversy about the benefit of putting a female prefix in front of a writer's work. But the founder of the Orange Prize says it helps flag an ongoing absence of women from serious short lists.

Poor economy slows women in workplace
Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times, July 22, 2008
Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches.