Legal Commentary

Gloucester, MA: "Pregnancy Pact" Explains Startling Increase in Pregnant Teens
TIME: Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High, by Kathleen Kingsbury: As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies?more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year...

Gloucester Principal Resigns
In the latest chapter in the pregnancy pact fiasco, the Principal at Gloucester High School has resigned. The Gloucester Daily Times reports: Principal Joseph Sullivan, whose interview with Time magazine helped spark a global media frenzy over a possible pregnancy “pact” among some of the 18 pregnant students in his high school, announced yesterday he [...

Women's E-News Examines Media Coverage of Teen "Pregnancy Pact"
Women's E-News, Pregnancy Pact Frenzy Missed Real Teen' Story, by Shelia Gibbons: The explosion of media interest in June in the so-called "pregnancy pact" of 17 students at Gloucester High School has left many wondering what society in general, and...

The Problem of Pregnancy
Having come this far, it is time to discuss the problem of pregnancy. There has been so much intelligent and provocative feminist analysis of pregnancy that I cannot hope to do the matter even the roughest justice...

High Court to Take Up Pregnancy Leave Case
The Washington Post: “The case centers on whether women who took pregnancy leave before 1979, when the Pregnancy Discrimination Act went into effect, should be entitled to the benefits the law provides...

How Not to Get Teens to Take Pregnancy Seriously
ABC Family seems to have come up with a very lame response to recent concerns about teenage pregnancy. And, as in every American movie of late to confront unintended pregnancy, abortion continues to be the big shameful "a-word" that must...

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

Pregnancy Discrimination
NutriSystem agrees to pay $82,500 settlement in employment lawsuit..

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Majestic High Chairs
Recall Expanded

Envision High Chairs
Recalled by Evenflo

Air Pollution
Directly Linked to High Blood Pressure