2012 elections
McDonnell's Forced Ultrasound Bill Awakens a Sleeping Giant -- Pro-Choice Virginians -- and They Are Going to the Polls
by Tarina Keene, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
April 16, 2012 - 9:48pm (Print)
With their new power in Richmond, anti-choice politicians thought 2012 was their premier opportunity to railroad these policies into law with little resistance. These lawmakers grossly underestimated the outrage their insidious attacks on women’s health would provoke in Virginia and across the nation. With this spring awakening will come retribution at the polls this fall and in fall 2013.
Worm Turns on Republican Anti-Women Agenda
Karen Finney, former DNC communications director, columnist for The Hill, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Republicans have earned the charge that they're waging war on women and why comparing women to caterpillars won't help their cause with women voters.
Like a Bad Rash, Randall Terry Re-Infects Wichita With New "Campaign" Office
by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas
March 22, 2012 - 2:18pm (Print)
Like a bad rash….he’s back and opening a “campaign office” in Wichita. It will no doubt leave Wichitans wishing for an effective ointment that will just make him disappear.
Follow Kari Ann Rinker on Twitter, @karivelvet
Obama and the Bishops: Is the White House Caving on Birth Control Coverage?
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 16, 2011 - 2:32pm (Print)
The Bishops are lobbying hard for the Obama Administration to effectively excuse any and all "religious" entities from covering contraceptives without a co-pay. Last week Archbishop Dolan paid a private visit to President Obama and word on the street is that the White House may cave. This would be a grave mistake.
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How Out-of-Touch Is Dick Black?
Among many, many appalling stances, Dick Black also refuses to stand up against Spousal Rape. Vote against his re-election tomorrow (Tuesday, November 08), and/or donate today to help defeat him. He makes VA an unsafe state for women to live in.
Rick Perry Changes His Tune on Social Issues at the Slightest Complaint from Religious Fundamentalists
August 25, 2011 - 12:51pm (Print)
The best way to find out what a Perry presidency would look like for women and social issues writ large? Look at what far-right, conservative, religious and evangelical power players want him to do; whatever it is, he'll do it.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Most Anti-Choice Misogynist of All?
June 24, 2011 - 11:19am (Print)
With the 2012 presidential election cycle kicking into gear, GOP hopefuls are already bickering about who deserves the mantle of “Most Anti-Choice.”
