Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, is available for interviews in Washington DC at 703-522-2214. The Feminist Majority Foundation runs the National Clinic Access Project, the nation’s largest and oldest clinic defense project and researches anti-abortion extremists and anti-abortion violence. Katherine Spillar, National Coordinator of the Feminist Majority Foundation, is also available for […]
President Bush’s most recent attack on women’s rights was done quietly. The Administration closed the White House Women’s Initiatives and Outreach office without a word. Since January 19, the office has been closed, and Bush Administration representatives have given no formal statement about the closing or how or if the Bush Administration intends to communicate […]
The cable network HBO will premier its documentary “Soldiers in the Army of God” this Sunday, April 1 at 10:00 pm. The documentary follows anti-abortion extremists in the violent “Army of God,” a network of terrorists that has bombed reproductive health clinics and murdered abortion providers. While the film does not provide a complete picture […]
With the installation of an anti-abortion president, women’s rights and reproductive rights groups are gearing up for what could be the most important fight for women’s rights in several decades. In a vigilant effort Save Roe v. Wade, feminists are leading a push to build will among the pro-choice Senators to block the appointment of […]
A sold-out crowd in Madison Square Garden of 18,000 gathered to witness V-DAY 2001: Take Back the Garden, the smashing success of an especially courageous, innovative and funny performance of the Vagina Monologues. Eve Ensler, the creator of the Vagina Monologues and V-DAY, calls the event “a vision of human life where girls and women […]
The abortion debate on the bankruptcy bill centers on language introduced by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) that would specifically bar perpetrators of abortion clinic-related violence from avoiding paying legal judgments by declaring bankruptcy. Just this past March, Schumer reached a compromise with Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that does not mention abortion outright, […]
On February 14th, a coalition of more than 60 medical and reproductive rights groups filed a petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declaring emergency contraception (also known as the “morning-after pill”) safe, and urging over-the-counter availability of the drug. Emergency contraception pills (ECPs) have been available in the U.S. with a doctor’s […]
The nomination of John Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General generated historic opposition. The Feminist Majority joined an unprecedented effort by women’s rights, abortion rights, civil rights, gun control, environmental and labor organizations to oppose the nomination of Ashcroft for Attorney General. The STOP Ashcroft NOW coalition proved to be an effective force in raising the […]
Women depend on Social Security the most, yet their average benefit is two-thirds of men’s average benefit. Women have to rely on Social Security income more heavily than men because men’s jobs more frequently include pension benefits. Since women are less likely than men to have a pension, the idea of privatization is all the […]
Before President George W. Bush was even sworn into office, the newly appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson indicated that the FDA might review mifepristone’s approval. When asked by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) in his confirmation hearing whether he would “take any action to undo the FDA approval” of RU-486, Thompson […]
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President Bush’s $1.6 trillion tax cut plan endangers vitally-needed social programs including education, health care, and possibly Social Security and Medicare. At the same time, the tax cut provides little relief to average women workers and disproportionately benefits the wealthy. “The economic well-being of women in the United States is severely threatened by President Bush’s […]
“I’m a 16-year old poet and I sold some books at my last show for the Back to School Campaign. I would appreciate it if you would use the money to purchase books” wrote a young women who enclosed $44 for a girls’ school in Afghanistan. Some of the donations are small, some are larger, […]
A potential anti-abortion assassin escapes from prison and becomes the subject of a nationwide investigation. Two vehicles emblazoned with anti-abortion posters are stopped for a traffic violation; local law enforcement officials discover an arsenal of weapons and cache of ammunition. These two incidents occurred within just one week in early 2001. Anti-abortion violence and harassment […]
A child actor, radical Leftist feminist, founder of the global women’s movement, poet, writer, lesbian, and mother, Robin Morgan gives us a story we have and haven’t heard before in her memoir Saturday’s Child. At times tender, at times tongue-in-cheek, Morgan’s exploration of her own childhood-in-the-spotlight and adulthood-on-the-frontlines-and-at-the-podium tells not the history of the feminist […]
The National Center for Women and Policing’s (NCWP) sixth annual conference, committed to changing the face of law enforcement, is being held April 4-8 in Palm Springs, CA. The conference curriculum will emphasize the imperative for women law enforcement officers to use their vision and influence to increase the number of women in policing at […]
Richard North Patterson explores the relationship among politics, abortion, and influence in his new novel Protect and Defend. A political novel at its best, Protect and Defend portrays Washington as the powerhouse of the wealthy and the breeding ground for ambition. Patterson shows no mercy to the political figures he creates. Both the Senate Majority […]
Thousands of unregistered Afghan refugees living near Peshawar, Pakistan, could be deported back to Taliban-controlled Afghanista, where gender apartheid and ethnic and cultural genocide are devastating a population already strained by a severe drought. Pakistan’s decision would directly affect more than 80,000 refugees living in Jalozai, a makeshift camp in the North West Frontier Province […]
One million people are at risk for famine in Afghanistan and millions more are in the most desperate poverty imaginable, according to the United Nations. The Taliban’s barbaric rule, the most severe drought in decades, sub-zero winter temperatures, military incursions which have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and a lack of humanitarian aid have […]
President George W. Bush declared war on women’s reproductive rights globally on his first business day in office with his reinstitution of the “Mexico City Policy.” Also known as the “Global Gag Rule,” the policy denies U.S. funding to programs in developing nations that provide counseling, information, or referrals about abortion, even if the funds […]
