We’ve all seen the picture. We know what’s wrong. It’s obvious. So obvious, in fact that it’s unbelievable that the Majority members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform didn’t see a problem with having a panel of five men to talk about birth control coverage! Even after the President announced implementation that [...]
Some Valentine’s Day present. This week, Senator Roy Blunt is introducing a radical amendment that would not only roll back birth control access but potentially women’s health and rights over 50 years. Act NOW – Congress is set to vote on this today! At the urging of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, opponents to [...]
The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), originally enacted in 1994 has been introduced in the US Senate. Three of the interns from the Feminist Majority Foundation, myself included, recently attended a Senate briefing on VAWA. At the briefing, representatives from various women’s rights organizations and women’s issues groups stressed the importance of [...]
According to a statement by Susan G. Komen Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker and its Board of Directors, they “will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants.” This is a reversal from the policy released earlier this week that would have stripped Planned [...]
Guest post by Megan Smith, Founder, Repeal Hyde Art Project In 2009 while working as a phone counselor at an abortion fund in Philadelphia, I was amazed, heartbroken, and consumed by the stories that I heard on the phone: amazed that people in modern America do not have access to safe, legal, [...]
As you may have heard, Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last Friday that not only will regulations under the Affordable Care Act require all insurance plans to cover contraception and other women’s preventive care without co-pay or deductible, but religiously affiliated schools, hospitals and organizations will have to comply as [...]
Yesterday was the annual Right to Life March in Washington, DC. This march is held every year to counter the 39th anniversary of the historical Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Thousands of “pro-life” or anti-choice, as they are called, enthusiasts with signs depicting aborted fetuses and banners hailing their belief in God and [...]
Monday the 23rd marked the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal for women in 1973 and a resounding triumph for the feminist cause. There are numerous events hosted in remembrance of this court case. The largest organized event is the annual March for Life where thousands of [...]
The 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion is fast approaching, so on January 23rd let’s sit back and let the joy of abortion access just wash over us. Wait, scratch that. What’s been going on in this country since the last Roe anniversary? 2011 saw an unprecedented number of abortion restrictions [...]
Cross-post by Sarah M from the SAFER Campus blog Today finds me crawling out of blog hibernation to point ya’ll to the latest installment of “College Boys Just Want to Have Fun…By Demeaning Women and Making Jokes About Rape.” Today’s episode takes place at the University of Vermont, where a puzzling and revolting survey was [...]
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