California has evolved in how it treats victims of sex trafficking. But many victims, most of them...
Women and Justice
Opinion: California Needs to Repair the Damage From Its History of Systematic Sterilizations
In 2021, there will be an estimated 455 survivors of eugenic sterilizations and 244 survivors of...
Legal Fight on Behalf of Woman Facing Murder Charges After Stillbirth Continues After Supreme Court Declines Early Intervention
Late last month, the CA Supreme Court declined to intervene — at least for now — to halt a...
10 Women Detained by ICE File Grievances Against “Uterus Collector” They Say Performed Forced Sterilizations
On Thursday, ten women filed medical grievances against a gynecologist at a U.S. Immigration and...
Soaring Drug Arrests Account for Much of the Exploding Incarceration Rate Among Women
Over the past few years, reporting on and public awareness about the plight of...
How State Corrections Departments Are Addressing Trauma and Victimization Among Imprisoned Women
A new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on how 41 states do or don’t...