Todd Akin Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment – NYTimes.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an effort to explain his stance on abortion, Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, provoked ire across the political spectrum on Sunday by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy. Todd Akin Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ … Read more
Magazine – Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change. By … Read more
Madeleine M. Kunin: Is There Really A War on Women or Are Men Just Being Stupid?
When House Republicans stall on reauthorizing and expanding the Violence Against Women Act, they are blinding themselves to the everyday experiences of women’s lives. There is hardly a woman who has not felt a brief pang of fear as she searches for her car in a parking lot after dark, rummaging in her purse for … Read more
Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue – By Melanne Verveer | Foreign Policy
On a trip to Afghanistan in the summer of 2009, not long after my appointment as the U.S. State Department’s ambassador at large for global women’s issues, I stopped for dinner with a group of Afghan women activists in Kabul. One woman opened our conversation with a plea: “Please don’t see us as victims, but … Read more
Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Waging a Global War FOR Women
I just returned from the “2012 International Parliamentarians Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action,” an international conference in Istanbul focused on the global effort to make life-saving family planning and reproductive health care available to all women around the world. The clear message at the conference was that we absolutely know … Read more
The Proper Way to Spit
The three-day weekend provided the perfect reason to get out of the house to explore the numerous outdoor attractions that are less than an hour and a half from our home. No ferries, no traffic, just driving time with great views and none of the frustrations experienced by our urban counterparts. Now that my kids … Read more
House GOP Leaders Offer Changes to Anti-violence Act
Home | America Tags: Violence | Woman | Act | House | Republicans House GOP Leaders Offer Changes to Anti-violence Act Tuesday, 15 May 2012 01:16 PM By Dan Weil Share: More . . . A A | Email Us | Print | Forward Article inShare The House Republican leadership is trying to make changes … Read more
A State-By-State Guide to 2012′s Anti-Choice Laws (So Far)
A State-By-State Guide to 2012’s Anti-Choice Laws (So Far) No matter what you call this golden era in American legislating — the War on Women, the Imaginary War on Caterpillars, Tamponaroo — 2012 is, for better or worse, an exciting/harrowing time to have female anatomy, or to be a guy who enjoys having sexual relations … Read more
Key Groups Support Student Loans, VAWA – Steven Shepard – NationalJournal.com
The Obama administration and congressional Democrats have spent much of this spring criticizing Hill Republicans for what they say is the GOP’s opposition to legislative initiatives including the Violence Against Women Act, student-loan subsidies, and the Paycheck Fairness Act. A new United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll shows that Democrats enjoy popular support for these … Read more
Student loans, Violence Against Women Act spur fights in Congress – latimes.com
Student loans, Violence Against Women Act spur fights in Congress – latimes By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau April 25, 2012, 4:36 p.m. WASHINGTON — For a brief moment, it looked as though Congress might be able to reach agreement on two popular pieces of legislation without a fight, but it didn’t take long for Washington’s … Read more
