women's rights
Virginia Republicans go berserk with far-right bills
February 24, 2012The Republicans have hit the ground running, with an extremist program of anti-labor, anti-immigrant and anti-choice bills.
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Republican “Mad Men” infuriate women yet again
February 17, 2012Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum's campaign, stunned MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell yesterday.
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Desperate measures? Bishops and Republicans continue fight against birth control
February 15, 2012One would have thought that the Obama administration last week put a solid end to the fight over women's access to birth control.
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Victory for women: Komen reinstates Planned Parenthood funding
February 3, 2012The reversal came after a firestorm of protests over the cutoff, including charges that it was a cave-in to Republican/right-wing pressure.
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Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women
December 2, 2011Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.
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