Women's Rights

Connecticut legislative leaders say parental notification bills are unlikely to succeed this year, but advocates want to "get a dialogue going."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s push for women’s rights portrayed by actress Michelle Azar hits the main stage at Bay Street Theatre this fall.

WSHU’s Desiree Diorio spoke with Gloria Feldt, the former president of Planned Parenthood, about the future of abortion rights with the midterm elections just two months away.

Four eminent Connecticut women were inducted on Thursday into the Hall of Fame at the National Immigrant Heritage Center in New Britain.

State Senator Phil Boyle of Long Island plans to introduce legislation to prevent New York from spending state taxpayer dollars on abortion services for women from Texas, Oklahoma and dozens of other states where the procedure will be restricted, banned and criminalized.

Hundreds of Connecticut and Long Island residents joined rallies held nationwide over the weekend in support of protecting women’s reproductive rights, as…

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wants to acknowledge the role New York and Long Island played in the women’s suffrage movement. She has…