Women

"Abortion is safe, abortion is necessary, abortion is health care."

Abortion rights activists crammed into City Hall Plaza protesting restrictions in other states.

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South Korean Women 'Escape The Corset' And Reject Their Country's Beauty Ideals

Amid intense social pressure to conform, a photographer in Seoul aims "to destroy the socially defined idea of a woman." Women in her photos wear short hair and no makeup.

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This astronaut spoke to us from space: 200 experiments, including on herself

Lt. Col. Anne McLain has traveled a long way to get to her current jobsite -- from Spokane to West Point to flying helicopter combat missions in the U.S. Army, then on into space.

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For sexual assault victims , it's a struggle to just get evidence collected

After a sexual assault, if a survivor chooses to get a rape kit, they first have to find the right clinic to actually get one. For the third time, U.S. Senator Patty Murray is sponsoring a bill that seeks to change that and improve the care survivors get at medical centers nationwide.

Seattle has its first pregnant city councilmember

Teresa Mosqueda, the 38-year-old member of the Seattle City Council, is pregnant with her first child, a girl, due in October.

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The bill aimed at closing Washington's gender wage gap

Working women in Washington make about 75 cents for every dollar a man makes, on average.