http://emilyklockwood.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Emily L. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:14:53 GMT 2010-01-04T19:14:53Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795834 Ohio doesn't seem to be in the running for most "family-friendly" state in the Union -- at least, not if you look to the state's Supreme Court. Last week, Ohio's top court ruled in favor of an employer's . . . Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:30:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795834 Emily L. 2009-09-01T15:30:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954389 Focus on the Family has done it again.  The religious political extremist group, led by father-knows-best-for-every-American-woman talking head James Dobson, is helping anti-abortion hardliners in . . . Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:04:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954389 Emily L. 2007-04-10T15:04:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976950075 Big news from the biggest retailer in the country. Wal-Mart has signed onto Planned Parenthood’s pharmacy policy on emergency contraception (EC), also known as the "morning-after pill." . . . Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:47:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976950075 Emily L. 2007-04-04T17:47:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949195 Yesterday, Wade Horn, the HHS assistant secretary for children and families and widely known as the administration's abstinence-only cheerleader, resigned.  You may remember Wade Horn from back . . . Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:56:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949195 Emily L. 2007-04-03T16:56:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976946034 We are hearing that Evelyn Kappeler, current Acting Deputy Director for Population Affairs will be replacing Eric Keroack, who resigned yesterday because of some Medicaid Action by the State of Massachusetts. . . . Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:00:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976946034 Emily L. 2007-03-30T17:00:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976945573 Break out the champagne (and birth control pills).  Eric Keroack — President Bush’s anti-birth control appointee to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — has resigned!  . . . Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:16:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976945573 Emily L. 2007-03-30T01:16:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939459 Guess what's missing from Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's budget?  The $500,000 a year that the state sets aside to match federal funding for abstinence-only education.  That means that . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:39:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939459 Emily L. 2007-03-23T12:39:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976933505 … one giant LEAP backward for women’s health. Yesterday, on March 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled by a 2–1 vote that it is NOT discrimination for an employer . . . Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:56:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976933505 Emily L. 2007-03-16T16:56:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976927430 This article was written by Shirine Mohagheghpour, acting vice president of the PPFA International Division. More than 100 years ago in Iran, my great-grandmother married.  She was nine years old; . . . Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:18:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976927430 Emily L. 2007-03-09T15:18:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926775 This article was written by Mallika Mitra Biswas, MD, program manager for India in the PPFA International Division and Christine Clark, program officer for communications in the PPFA International . . . Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:03:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926775 Emily L. 2007-03-09T15:03:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925747 This article was written by Jessica Getz, program officer with the PPFA International Division’s Latin America and Caribbean program.  In early 2000, the mother of a 12-year-old girl in Cochabamba, . . . Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:52:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925747 Emily L. 2007-03-07T17:52:45Z