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Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez’s Statement on Supreme Court Denying Challenge to Minimum Wage, Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.   U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a challenge to the department’s Home Care Final Rule: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Home Care Final Rule is vital to the[Read More…]

Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on U.S. Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health Decision

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.   In an important victory for women and their families across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas’ anti-choice laws targeting abortion providers are unconstitutional. The Court ruled 5-3 that the provisions of Texas’ anti-choice law[Read More…]

ACLU: Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case

NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.   The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades.  The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion restrictions: the mandate that abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals and the requirement that[Read More…]

Hillary Clinton Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.  Today, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down some of the country’s most restrictive anti-abortion measures, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a victory for women across America.[Read More…]

National Organization for Women: ‘A Victory for Women’

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.  Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill on the Supreme Court Decision Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt  Deep in the heart of Texas, the sneak attack on abortion care has been rebuked by the Supreme Court today. This decision puts the focus back on the constitutional rights[Read More…]

Sunflower Kernel Recall Impacts Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars & Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016.  General Mills announced today a voluntary national recall of four specific flavors of Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars and Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars. The recall is being issued as part of sunflower kernel supplier SunOpta’s ongoing national recall for the potential presence of Listeria[Read More…]

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