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Southern Baptists don't change their stance banning women pastors

The Southern Baptists Convention has wrapped with votes on banning churches with women pastors and opposing IVF reproductive practices plus revisiting reforms proposed to handle sex abuse claims.

Daisy Bates of Little Rock, Ark., visited Memphis, Tenn., in August 1959 with Lt. George W. Lee, a prominent Memphis civic leader and author. Bates acted as adviser to the nine black students who integrated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. She died in 1999.

While Unsung in '63, Women Weren't Just 'Background Singers'

That sweltering August day in 1963, when almost a quarter-million people thronged the National Mall, women were relegated to the background, even as they played major roles in the movement.

By the time Victoria Cooper enrolled in an alcohol treatment program in 2018, she was "drinking for survival," not pleasure, she says — multiple vodka shots in the morning, at lunchtime and beyond. In the treatment program, she saw other women in their 20s struggling with alcohol and other drugs. "It was the first time in a very long time that I had not felt alone," she says.

Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

#NotHim: In Brazil, Women Protest Far-Right Brazil Presidential Candidate

Brazilian women took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. With the vote little more than a week away, women are protesting against what they say are his misogynistic, homophobic and racist views.

David Cameron's Call For Muslim Women To Learn English Sparks Outrage

The British prime minister has a plan to help battle extremism by teaching Muslim women in Britain to speak English. If migrants don't learn English, David Cameron says they may face deportation. But his comments sparked outrage from Muslims and migrant advocates, who say the state is unfairly singling out Muslim women, while providing limited resources for newcomers to Britain to learn the local language.

4 American Women Reach U.S. Open Tennis Semifinals

All four players to reach the semifinals at the U.S. Open are Americans. The last time that happened was 1981, when the lineup was Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Barbara Potter and Tracy Austin.

'Sisters In Arms' Celebrates Women Kurdish Fighters In Anti-ISIS Fight

A new movie in France fictionalizes the Kurdish women's brigades and the role they played in helping to defeat ISIS.

Church Doctrine Complicates Situation For Pregnant Women In Zika-Affected Areas

Some governments responded to the Zika epidemic by asking women to delay getting pregnant. Missionary doctor David Vanderpool says the reality for women in Zika-affected areas is far more complex.

Amil Patel (left) and Bob Dunn run the front desk at this Walgreens pharmacy on the campus of the University of California, San Francisco. The store will be one of the first to take advantage of a new California law expanding pharmacists' scope of practice.

California Women Can Soon Go Right To The Pharmacist For Birth Control

Under a new law being implemented in California, women will be able to walk into a pharmacy, get a prescription for contraceptive pills, the ring, or the patch, and get it filled — all in one visit.

Opera star Placido Domingo, 78, rehearsing onstage in Orange, France in July.

Report: 11 More Women Accuse Plácido Domingo Of Sexual Misconduct

Since August, 20 women have made allegations against the highly influential opera star via reports published by The Associated Press. A spokesperson for Domingo disputed the report.

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