Emily Crockett Posts

State legislators in Mississippi and Virginia have introduced bills on emergency contraception and sodomy, respectively, that would challenge existing protections of teenagers’ reproductive health rights.

The Council of the District of Columbia on Tuesday unanimously passed both a substantial minimum wage increase and a bill guaranteeing paid sick days for tipped restaurant workers.

An Alabama man convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl will serve no jail time, despite being convicted on one count of first-degree rape and two counts of second-degree rape. First-degree rape, a class A felony, carries a ten- to 99-year sentence, according to the Alabama code, while a second-degree rape carries a two- to ten-year sentence.