Huffington Post, June 17, 2012 by Mitchell Bard When the Republican-controlled Michigan House of Representatives banned a Democratic representative from speaking because she used the word “vagina” in debating an anti-abortion bill (which has been called the “most extreme” in the nation), the story went national. Progressive sites like The Huffington Post and TPM jumped […]
June 14, 2012
Huffington Post, June 14, 2012 by Terry O’Neill Rumor in Washington, D.C., has it that House conservatives bent on dismantling the Violence Against Women Act believe they’ve succeeded by setting up a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose endgame. They figure, so it’s said, that they can either force passage of the House version of VAWA — a horrendous bill […]
June 12, 2012
RH Reality Check, June 12, 2012 by Natalie Camastra VAWA. PRENDA. Aderholt. What do all these words (and acronyms) have in common? They represent the three latest attacks on women’s health, safety, and reproductive justice. However, the War on Women has been raging continuously in the 112th Congress. So what else connects these three? They […]
June 6, 2012
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 6, 2012 by Nancy Patton Mills The GOP-controlled House of Representatives last month pushed through a bill that pretends to reauthorize the nation’s legislative commitment to ending violence against women but in actuality leaves the women most in need out in the cold. Meanwhile, Republican leaders continue to whine when Democrats […]
May 23, 2012
The Bellingham Herald, May 23, 2012 by LINDA MCCARTHY A recent letter to the editor challenged the notion that women’s health is under attack and I’d like to offer a different opinion. Across the nation, we are witnessing deep cuts to family planning, attempts to redefine “personhood,” restrictions prohibiting new technology (telemedicine) from providing abortion […]
May 17, 2012
Huffington Post, May 17, 2012 by David Leopold Every day the news is replete with stories showing the immigration system is badly broken. Amid the dysfunction — the approximately 12 million unauthorized aliens living in the shadows; the scores of American families torn apart by deportation; and the inability of American businesses to bring in […]
April 27, 2012
The Colorado Independent, April 27, 2012 by Scot Kersgaard Saturday at 9:30 am, a group of Colorado women and family members will gather at Civic Center Park’s Greek Amphitheater for a rally to protect women’s access to health care, and for the right of each woman to make her own health care decisions. State legislators, […]
April 22, 2012
The Hill, April 22, 2012 by Alexander Bolton Senate Democratic leaders plan to bring the debate over the so-called war on women to the Senate floor this week. Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said the Violence Against Women Act would come up for debate before lawmakers leave Friday for a weeklong recess. […]
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