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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/100902/alveda-king-takes-big-name-place-at-tea-party" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;286&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/story-alveda-king.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Alveda King&quot; /&gt..." target="_blank">Alveda King Takes Big-Name Place at Tea Party</a><br />');
document.write('ATLANTA (WOMENSENEWS)--Last weekend, the Rev. Alveda King, a niece of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., left no doubt about where the Tea Party movement, led by conservative pundit Glenn Beck, stood on abortion rights. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/medicine/100901/health-reform-reality-kicks-in-costs-still-high" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;258&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/lead-20-dollar-bills.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;20-dollar bills&quo..." target="_blank">Health Reform Reality Kicks In: Costs Still High</a><br />');
document.write('(WOMENSENEWS)--Antoinette Kraus worries that some eligible women may not tap the new insurance pools that have started taking effect for people with pre-existing conditions in the first phase of health reform. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/economyeconomic-policy/100831/welfare-job-rules-hit-women-disabilities" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;258&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; alt=&quot;wheelchair&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/lead-wheelchair.jpg&quot; /&gt;BR..." target="_blank">Welfare Job Rules Hit Women With Disabilities</a><br />');
document.write('BRONX, N.Y. (WOMENSENEWS)--Welfare rolls in New York State fell by more than 60 percent from 1997 to 2008, according to the New York City-based Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. But those numbers do nothing to cheer up Kenneth Stevens Stephens, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, N.Y. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/abortion/100827/doulas-step-comfort-nyc-abortion-patients" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;286&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/story-abortion-doulas.jpg&quot; /&gt;NEW YO..." target="_blank">Doulas Step Up to Comfort NYC Abortion Patients</a><br />');
document.write('NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--One woman was so nervous during her abortion that her sweat soaked through her paper gown. A second apologized repeatedly for not being ready to have a child. A third sobbed quietly because she was forced to terminate her pregnancy due to health complications. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/arts/100827/first-run-features-gives-female-directors-the-go" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/archive/images/ci/Jennifer-Merin-4120.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Jennifer Merin&quot; /&gt;(WOMENSENEWS)--Kudos to indie d..." target="_blank">\'First Run Features\' Gives Female Directors the Go</a><br />');
document.write('(WOMENSENEWS)--Kudos to indie distributor First Run Features for having five superb films directed by women in U.S. theaters during September. While five may not seem like a lot, it\'s very rare for a film distributor to have that many fem-helmed films on its annual roster, let along in simultaneous theatrical release. New York-based First Run Features deserves bragging rights and these films deserve our support. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/sisterspace/100827/new-orleans-lower-ninth-draws-tourists-not-aid" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/kimberly-seals-allers-4143(1).jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Kimberley Allers Seals&quot; /&gt;(WOMENSENEWS)--Recent..." target="_blank">New Orleans\' Lower Ninth Draws Tourists, Not Aid</a><br />');
document.write('(WOMENSENEWS)--Recently I attended a conference on health disparities in communities of color. The National Health Policy Training Alliance for Communities of Color hosted over 40 journalists of all hues and ethnic origins to convene in New Orleans to discuss how we can better cover health care-related issues and the health disparities that still plague our communities. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/cheers-and-jeers/100827/nebraska-abort-law-gone-us-skips-repro-rights" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;(WOMENSENEWS)--&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Cheers&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;thumb pointing up&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/up-thumb.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p..." target="_blank">Nebraska Abort Law Gone; U.S. Skips Repro Rights</a><br />');
document.write('(WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers With the Nebraska attorney general issuing a consent decree, the U.S. District Court declared unconstitutional a recently passed law that imposed new burdens on abortion providers, Planned Parenthood said Aug. 24. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/leadership/100826/congo-rapes-put-uns-wallstrom-in-hot-seat" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;337&quot; width=&quot;206&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/story-wallstrom.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Margot Wallstrom&quot; /..." target="_blank">Congo Rapes Put U.N.\'s Wallstrom in Hot Seat</a><br />');
document.write('UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)--Margot Wallstrom, U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict, deployed a senior staff member on Aug. 25 to help find out what happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo in July, when more than 179 women were reportedly attacked and gang raped. The attacks took place in the U.N. peacekeeper-occupied North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/campaign-trail/100820/pelosi-celebrate-today-vote-in-every-election" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;286&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; alt=&quot;Nancy Pelosi&quot; src=&quot;/sites/default/files/upload/57/story-Nancy-Pelosi-Heels.jpg&qu..." target="_blank">Pelosi: Celebrate Today, Vote in Every Election</a><br />');
document.write('WASHINGTON--There is nothing more wholesome than the participation of women in the political process. When women gain in numbers in elected representation, when more women engage in the political process, women gain in influence--and that means greater advancement for America\'s women and families. read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/environment/100824/year-five-women-storm-re-energized-bp-spill" title="&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; alt=&quot;Women of the Storm founder Anne Milling speaks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Janu..." target="_blank">Year Five: Women of Storm Re-energized by BP Spill</a><br />');
document.write('(WOMENSENEWS)--The women gather every Monday morning in a house in uptown New Orleans, each bringing her own cup of coffee. They started meeting in January 2006 to help their blighted city after Hurricane Katrina. read more');
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