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RNC 2008

McCain and Palin Want Women's Votes But Do Women Want Them?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 8, 2008 - 7:00am

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Sarah Palin has been thrust into the spotlight. With unmarried women representing a crucial voting block this election season, it's easy to see Palin as a political pick. But will her policies actually help women or hurt them?

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An Open Letter to Gov. Palin on Women's Rights

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

September 4, 2008 - 1:59pm

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Gov. Palin, have you thought about what would happen if you succeeded in getting your position -- that fetuses have a right to life -- established as the law of the land?

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Bristol Palin Makes Religious Right "Forget" Its Stance on Teen Pregnancy

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 4, 2008 - 7:00am

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Religious right wing organizations have more empathy for Bristol Palin's pregnancy than they know what to do with. But empathy is nowhere to be found in their judgmental policy agendas for the rest of American teens.

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Religious Right's Old Guard to Make Strong Showing at the RNC

By Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow

August 11, 2008 - 7:00am

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Though John McCain struggles to excite the religious right, many of its leaders will make the trip to St. Paul to showcase the movement at the Republican National Convention.

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