On Wednesday September 28, hundreds of pro-choice supporters gathered for the “We’ve Had Enough” rally in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, PA to protest SB 732 or the Health Care Facilities Act, which is a Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider (TRAP) law. SB 732 would make abortion care inaccessible to millions [...]
By Trish Calvarese, 9/26/2011 In a national TV address Sunday, Saudi King Abdullah declared an end to the de facto ban on women’s suffrage. Beginning in 2015, women will be able to vote and run in local elections. This seemingly good news, heralded by the AP as “a major advancement for the rights of women,” overshadowed disturbing [...]
In Maine, Secretary of State Charlie Summers’ job it is to protect the voting rights of Maine residents, and yet he supports the legislation obviously suppressing that right. In June, upon Summers’ recommendation, Governor Paul LePage signed a bill into law repealing the state’s 38 year old law allowing same-day voter registration. This effectively strips [...]
A man will be executed in 3 days. 20 years ago, this man was convicted of shooting and killing a police officer. A black man with very little power and money was convicted of killing a white man in a position of power. A man unvalued by the state, convicted of murdering another man, is [...]
Organizing around an issue and being a part of a political process is all very exciting, until you see those systems fail you and your peers. Yesterday, the Virginia Board of Health met to decide on regulations that the Governor proposed for first trimester abortion clinics. These regulations put clinics that provide first trimester abortion [...]
Wednesday at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), about 200 students, faculty, community members, politicians and activists gathered for an electrifying speak out against the Virginia TRAP laws. The Speak Out Against Virginia’s TRAP Laws blog describes the TRAP laws as “a bill that classifies women’s health centers in the state as a category of hospitals, [...]
This post originally appeared on the Ms. Blog Our first #HERvotes blog carnival was so successful, we’re doing it again! On August 25-26, to mark the anniversaries of the passage of the 19th amendment and the March on Washington, Ms. joined with 21 women’s organizations to collectively publish 77 blog posts with a single harmonious [...]
A recent analysis of the 2010 Census information by the National Women’s Law Center shows that a record number of women are currently living in poverty – the highest it’s been since 1993. Over 17 million women were living below the poverty line last year, 7.5 million of which were living in extreme poverty. With [...]
By Jenya Cassidy, MomsRising When I was in high school and college, I worked in restaurants. I worked for minimum wage and I worked hard – cleaning, cooking, even counting money and making bank deposits. I remember my pay going from 3.35 an hour to 3.45 an hour when I made ‘head cashier’ – a [...]
By Kendra McCormick, National Council of Women’s Organizations The recession negatively impacts young people looking to enter the workforce for the first time, and as a recent college graduate, I can easily see how the recession is impacting my peers and me. I have experienced firsthand how difficult it is to find full-time, paid employment in [...]
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