President Obama Endorses Marriage Equality on the Ballot
Yesterday, President Obama’s campaign released three statements announcing his endorsement of state ballot initiatives to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland, Washington, and Maine. In April the President also spoke out against the measure in Minnesota, which would change the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage, even though Minnesota already has a law against same-sex marriage....
Excerpts from Gloria Steinem’s Speech as Ms. Turns 40
An inspiring keynote (view video) at the National Press Club in celebration of Ms. turning 40,focused not only on how far the feminist movement has come, but also where the feminist movement needs to go in the future. Brief excerpts of her remarks are as follows. On current challenges facing the feminist movement: “I was...
New Study: Romney/Ryan Medicare Reform Would Raise Costs for Seniors
A new study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nearly six in ten seniors would likely pay higher premiums for their Medicare benefits under a “premium-support” system. In a premium-support system, seniors would receive a voucher from the government to buy an insurance plan on the market. They would theoretically be able to...
Cuccinelli Gets His Way — VA Board of Health Reverses Decision
Today the Virginia Board of Health met and voted 13-2 to reverse their June decision to grandfather in existing clinics, exempting them from new, hospital-like restrictions for the state’s abortion clinics, commonly called TRAP laws or Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers. Instead, the board has allowed existing clinics to come into compliance with regulations within...
NEWSFLASH: A Woman Will Finally Moderate A Presidential Debate Again
After a 20-year absence, a woman will finally take the moderator’s seat in a U.S. presidential debate. CNN’s Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent and anchor of “State of the Union With Candy Crowley,” is the first woman since 1992 to take on the role. Martha Raddatz, senior foreign affairs correspondent for ABC News, will moderate the vice presidential debate....
Romney Announces Ryan as VP Pick
On Saturday Mitt Romney announced Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his vice-presidential running mate. Ryan is widely known as the architect of a budget passed by the House in Spring 2012 that dismantles Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. The Daily Beast reports that the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said Ryan’s budget “calls for...
London 2012: “The Women’s Games”
Women are making history at the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the first time in history, women athletes are representing every single competing country. Saudi Arabia was the last hold-out, but they finally entered two female athletes earlier this summer. Although women first competed in the modern Olympic Games in 1900, this is the first...
Two Marches on Washington For International AIDS 2012 Conference
Women’s health and rights advocates marched on the streets of downtown Washington yesterday to raise awareness on AIDS, health care, gender and sexuality. At least a dozen nationwide groups participated in the march which began at the Washington Convention Center, where the International AIDS 2012 Conference is being held, and went down different streets toward...
DC Abortion Restriction Hearing Held
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing yesterday on a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks in Washington, DC. Outrageously, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) request to testify at the hearing was denied by the bill’s sponsor, Republican Trent Franks (AZ-2), who chairs the subcommittee. The Republicans called three physicians...
Miss Universe Pageant to Allow Transgender Women
The Miss Universe Pageant changed its rules this week to allow transgender women to compete. The new rules have not yet been released but pageant officials say they are rewriting the language of the rules to allow transgender contestants. Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told reporters from the Associated...
Women’s Right Advocates Victorious in Defeating Mississippi Personhood Amendment
In an exciting and important victory for women’s rights advocates, Mississippi voters defeated the Personhood Amendment. While the state went Republican and voted for many candidates who supported Initiative 26, a state constitutional personhood amendment that would have given full rights to fertilized eggs, women’s rights supporters successfully defeated this dangerous initiative 58% to 42%...
Anti-Choice Protesters Block Wichita Abortion Doctor
Following a lawsuit filed by Foliage Development Inc., Dr. Mila Means has agreed not to perform abortions in the office space that she leases from the company and stated that she will seek another space for her medical practice. Foliage Development claimed that by offering abortions, Dr. Means would create safety issues and a public...
