The National Council of Women’s Organizations announced plans today to convene the leadership of over 120 women’s organizations to discuss the priorities and direction of the women’s movement, in wake of last Tuesday’s national tragedy. Replacing the originally scheduled Women’s Equality Summit, this meeting of national women’s rights leaders, representing over 7 million women nationwide, […]
While attempting to distance himself from long-time friend and financial supporter, televangelist Pat Robertson, the anti-choice, Republican candidate for Virginia governor, Mark Earley, refused to condemn Robertson’s remarks in which Robertson supported Jerry Falwell’s remarks blaming the September 11th terrorist attacks on God’s wrath against feminists, abortion rights proponents, civil liberties groups, and gays and […]
A new study from the University of Washington, Seattle suggests that making emergency contraceptives (EC) available over-the-counter could save private insurance companies more than $100 and public insurers $50 per person. Results demonstrated that 4.9 percent of women who did not receive EC directly from a pharmacy became pregnant, while just 1.8 percent of women […]
The Taliban’s atrocities against the Afghan people have been further documented by BBC Correspondent Kate Clark. According to Clark, “The Arabs, along with Pakistani militants and Afghans from the Taliban’s heartland in the south are the crack troops in a war which has increasingly turned on civilians.” Separately, United Nations Afghanistan Envoy Francesc Vendrell confirmed […]
Ultra-conservative radio and TV icon “Dr.” Laura Schlessinger joined the ranks of right-wing figures offering reactionary statements after last week’s terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC. Schlessinger allegedly implied that the security breach leading to the attack on the Pentagon was a result of the presence of women in the military. Mary […]
The Feminist Majority joins our fellow citizens and people of good will all over the world in mourning the deaths of thousands of women, men and children on September 11 at the hands of terrorists. These terrorist acts are crimes against all of humanity. While law enforcement continues to collect evidence about Osama bin Laden’s […]
Ohio state legislators introduced a bill Thursday that would limit the use of Mifepristone, the early-option abortion pill, to cases where the life, physical health or mental health of the pregnant woman is in danger. These restrictions go far beyond those on surgical abortion and would be unconstitutional. Under the proposed law, a physician could […]
Tension is mounting in this country between local governments that are taking their cues from the “faith-based” feds, and a take-no-prisoners arts community that refuses to sacrifice its creativity on the altar of theocracy. The tension was front-page news in 1999 when Rudolph Giuliani, New York City’s congenitally crabby mayor, threatened to evict the Brooklyn […]
Before September 11th, the plight of hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan was deplorable. Suffering from the draconian measures of the Taliban regime, millions of Afghans fled, and hundreds of thousands were at the borders trying to flee. More than 3 million refugees are in Pakistan without sufficient food, […]
Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blame Tuesday’s tragedies on “God’s anger” at today’s “secular and anti-Christian” America, echoing the sentiments of the militant anti-abortion group Operation Save America (OSA). “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an […]
The California state legislature has approved over-the-counter distribution of emergency contraception, also known as the “morning-after” pill. Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after sex. Washington is the only other state that does not require a woman to get a prescription in order to purchase the pills. Family planning advocates expect […]
In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks on our nation, the Christian extremist group Operation Save America (OSA), a militant anti-abortion group formerly known as Operation Rescue National, released a statement September 11 claiming that the attacks were retribution from God. According to OSA, because of the United States’ “basic disregard of the Law […]
STATEMENT BY ELEANOR SMEAL, PRESIDENT FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION We join the U.S. and the world in mourning the deaths of thousands of women, men and children yesterday at the hands of terrorists. The feminist campaign to liberate Afghan women and girls from the terrorist Taliban militia must continue. For over four years, we have educated […]
We have suspended the normal Feminist News today because of the disastrous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the downed airplanes. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. Feminist offices such as Ms. Foundation, Ms. Magazine, NOW, NOW LDEF, and the Feminist Majority Foundation are located in close […]
Welcome back to campus! Your pro-choice feminist activism this year is crucial as women’s rights and abortion rights are increasingly under attack. We must organize and educate to protect our hard-won rights. This fall, we can significantly increase women’s reproductive healthcare services and women’s voting power. FMF’s Get Out Her Vote campaign will allow you […]
Clayton Lee Waagner, convicted felon, anti-abortion extremist, prison escapee and bank robber, has been identified as the driver of a car in which a pipe bomb was found Friday morning, September 7 in Memphis, Tennessee. Police also found four stolen handguns under the driver’s seat, at least four license plates from different states, and anti-abortion […]
The historically segregationist Greek system at the University of Alabama remains that way this morning. Melody Twilley, a junior, was not accepted into any of the 15 sororities at the University of Alabama. Despite her 3.87 GPA and first soprano chair in the campus choir, Twilley was not extended a bid. Many speculate that a […]
Dr. Irving Rust, a Bronx physician and the lead plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Rust v. Sullivan that centered on abortion rights, died this weekend in a New York Hospital after battling pancreatic cancer. Dr. Rust, former medical director of HUB-the Bronx Planned Parenthood Clinic and longtime member of its staff, was a […]
After shutting down its offices one week ago, the Taliban arrested Afghan employees of International Assistance Mission (IAM). The fundamentalist Islamic regime had accused IAM and SERVE, both Christian aid groups, of preaching Christianity, and is completing the trial of eight foreign aid workers from Shelter Now International accused of proselytizing Christianity. According to the […]
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could file a class-action sex discrimination suit against investment banking firm Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as soon as next week. The Commission has been investigating the treatment of women working at Morgan Stanley for two years, following a complaint from convertible bond sales representative Allison K. Scheiffelin, who argued […]
