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Politics

GOP Places Big Wager on Anti-Abortion Vote in 2014

By: Sharon Johnson (WeNews senior correspondent) | August 3, 2013

The GOP’s steady drumbeat of laws restricting abortion signals the party’s strategy to make an election issue out of a social issue that–unlike same-sex marriage –still finds Americans still deeply divided.

Racism

‘States’ Rights’ Is Also Code for Keeping Women Down

By: Doris Weatherford | March 22, 2013

The term has served as a legal code for racism. Today, historian Doris Weatherford writes that state lawmakers have also long imposed legal restrictions on U.S. women. Now it’s the framework for the shrinkage of access to reproductive health care and medical privacy.

Abortion

Transvaginal Vote Haunts Virginia 2013 Elections

By: Samantha Kimmey | February 27, 2013

Virginia’s Women’s Strike Force stands out for battling back an abortion restriction last year and taking its movement into this year’s elections. But states such as Wisconsin show how the anti-abortion era remains ascendant.

Abortion

Storms Swirl Around Outcome of Women’s Vote Today

By: Samantha Kimmey | November 5, 2012

Democrats and reproductive rights activists have allied behind the cry of a GOP “war on women” that includes unfriendly new voter laws. Now female voters will say how much they agree with that.

Art

Backlash: New York Artists Fight the War on Women

By: Sadiya Ansari | August 9, 2012

The so-called war on women waged by Republicans has stirred the creativity of over 180 artists, many based in New York City, who are participating in an exhibit hosted by SOHO20 gallery. The exhibit closes Aug. 11.

Politics

‘War on Women’ Begins Anew in Congress

By: Dr. Junda Woo | February 3, 2011

Last week Nancy Pelosi told bloggers in a conference call that she sees “war on women” shaping up in Congress. Read what Junda Woo has to say about the bill to ban abortion coverage.

Politics

Bangladesh Praised for Reducing Acid Attacks

By: Karsten Strauss | January 28, 2011

Bangladesh is singled out from neighboring India and Cambodia for taking stronger measures to stop acid attacks on women in a report released Thursday. The attacks to disfigure and isolate victims are called acts of gender terrorism.

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