Selecting Presidents This Presidents' Day
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on February 18, 2008 - 9:45am
Thanks for sending the endorsements for your favorite candidates. We'll keep covering how the race unfolds and will impact sexual and reproductive health, but we won't be publishing more endorsement posts. Published under: Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Maternal Health | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | International Organizations | Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Election 2008 |
Dobson Takes His Marbles and Goes Home
Wendy Norris, New Journalist Fellow on February 5, 2008 - 5:20pm
This afternoon, Focus on the Family Action issued a strongly-worded press statement that Rev. James Dobson "cannot, and will not, vote for Sen. John McCain." The cultural outreach arm of Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs-based evangelical religious center and publishing powerhouse, relayed Dobson's statement, which it stressed, was a personal opinion and not made on behalf of the tax-exempt nonprofit ministry.
Much to the surprise of the conservative religious movement, Dobson also withheld an endorsement from fellow preacher Mike Huckabee's presidential bid at the Values Voter Summit last October, as reported by Colorado Confidential. Mitt Romney's candidacy has not been well-received by religious leaders on the political left or right due to deep, long-standing theological differences between mainline Christians and the Church of Latter Day Saints, in which Romney is a prominent member. While Dobson was not expected to throw his hat in the Romney camp, it has created a bit of a political pickle for him as Colorado's GOP establishment - long-time allies of Focus on the Family - are publicly supporting the former Massachusetts governor. Published under: Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Maternal Health | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | International Organizations | Hillary Clinton | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | super tuesday |
Candidates Breathe New Life Into Feminism
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on February 5, 2008 - 4:56pm
I have received some interesting emails today. And they are all about feminism and the presidential candidates. I have to say that no matter how cynical you (okay, I) may be about this race, the fact that we've got progressives clamoring over one another to explain why Clinton or Obama is the most "feminist' choice is pretty impressive. What's truly fascinating to me about this dialogue, however, is not who is the more feminist candidate but what the potential may be for a new, dynamic definition of feminism to emerge. A definition that expands beyond the boundaries of liberal women's living rooms. A definition that pushes past the borders of income level, age set, ethnicity or race. A definition that barrels over the man-bashing, hairy-legged, angry cartoon character. And maybe even a definition that erases party line. Is feminism about the fact that a white woman has made it farther in a U.S. presidential race than any other female in this country's history? Is feminism about the fact that an African-American man is running on a presidential platform of lifting up every voice and making change for all women? Is feminism about the fact that women of this country have the ability to make or break this election on both sides? Is feminism about the fact that the majority of Americans support reproductive justice in this country? Is feminism about the fact that actively chasing and garnering women's support means more to the Democratic candidates than ever before? Is feminism about the fact that the discussion over what is more feminist - a vote against war or the creation of a healthcare plan that covers all Americans - is being had from coast to coast? We have the opportunity now, no matter who comes out ahead after today's "super-ness" is over, to continue the conversation about the intersection of feminism, civil rights, reproductive justice, economics, and the politics of war. Whether it's on the Democratic or Republican side, the momentum gained in the presidential race thus far should not be lost. Let's force an agenda on our presidential candidates that represents the ideals we believe in. A new feminism is being birthed. Let's raise it well. Published under: Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Maternal Health | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | International Organizations | Hillary Clinton | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | super tuesday |
Colorado You're A Superstar!
Wendy Norris, New Journalist Fellow on February 5, 2008 - 12:00pm
Colorado's still in it! Wendy Norris tells us a short tale of the candidates in Colorado. Published under: International Organizations | Hillary Clinton | Mike Huckabee | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | super tuesday |
We the People Have Something to Say
Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on February 5, 2008 - 9:13am
Today is the biggest day in what has been one of the longest and most hard fought presidential primary elections in the history of this country. Winners and losers will be declared but the real winners this election cycle are the citizens of this great nation. Published under: Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | primary | democracy | vote | voting | super tuesday |
The Party's Over
Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on January 23, 2008 - 9:50am
Republican pro-choice groups seize the moment to refocus their Party's agenda away from social conservatism and toward what they believe are the core principles of Republican government. Published under: Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Rudy Giuliani | John Edwards | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Dennis Kucinich | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | anti-choice activists | Republicans | Republican Party |
Long "Roe" to Hoe
Frances Kisslin... on January 18, 2008 - 9:56am
Should the 2008 election result in a Democratic President and Congress, advocates need to insist on much more we have asked for before -- bottom-line commitments must be made not only by presidential candidates but by Congressional ones. Published under: Leading Voices | Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Maternal Health | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Rudy Giuliani | John Edwards | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Election 2008 |
Roe Gave Birth to Politics of Personal Destruction
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on January 16, 2008 - 9:52am
Thirty-five years after Roe, our political landscape is more divided than ever. The tactics born in one 1974 post-Roe Senate campaign in Kansas still shape the politics of personal destruction now engulfing our politics on race and gender. Published under: Contraception | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Sexuality Education | Maternal Health | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Rudy Giuliani | John Edwards | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Fred Thompson | Election 2008 | 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade | Bob Dole | Dr. Bill Roy |
The Republican Candidates' Abortion Problem
Carole Joffe, University of California on January 16, 2008 - 9:48am
Bush's legacy on sexual and reproductive policies is so egregious that there is a real opening to expose the extent to which the Republican party is out of step with mainstream values of the American electorate. Published under: Leading Voices | Access to Abortion | Women’s Rights | Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Rudy Giuliani | John Edwards | Mike Huckabee | Mike Gravel | John McCain | Dennis Kucinich | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Fred Thompson | Election 2008 | penalties for abortion | abortion criminalization |
Democrats Talk Tough on Iraq, Economy
Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on January 16, 2008 - 1:02am
The Democratic debate in Las Vegas tonight evinced remarkable consensus and civility among the three Democratic candidates, and fighting words towards the current Administration and the American political status quo. Published under: Election 2008 | Hillary Clinton | Rudy Giuliani | John Edwards | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Dennis Kucinich | Ron Paul | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Fred Thompson | Iraq | economy |
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