These attacks come in the state legislatures, the U.S. Congress, the courts and at women's health clinics. This rarely utilized procedure is employed only when the life or health of the mother is at risk or the fetus is severely deformed. The bill was stalled by a presidential veto. The real issue for women is the right to bodily integrity, and without this basic right women can have no true freedom. Insurance, Pensions, and Social Security .
Sex discrimination contributes significantly to the economic plight of older women.
The disproportionate poverty of older women is created by a lifetime of low wages intensified by sex discrimination in pensions, retirement insurance, and social security. The excuse for this discrimination is that insurance company tables show that more women than men live longer than average or have higher health costs. But this ruling applied only to employer-paid insurance policies and not to those purchased by individuals with private insurance companies. Women are only half as likely as men to receive a pension, and those who do receive only half as much. Social Security discriminates against women .