US House Passes an Inclusive Violence Against Women Act
It took more than a year, and the House let last year's bill expire, but Thursday a majority of US Representatives finally agreed to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and to expand it to include protection of gays and lesbians, immigrant and tribal American women. They voted 286-138 in favor of passing ...
Strike – Dance – Rise! With OneBillionRising.org
Today all over the world, feminists - women and men, will gather together in solidarity against violence towards women. In Philadelphia, One Billion Rising will happen at Love Park, at 2:14PM. The event is the creative juggernaut of Eve Ensler, the feminist activist and playwright best known for The Vagina ...
Senate Passes Violence Against Women Act – Will the House?
The US Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act Tuesday by an overwhelming majority, 78-22. Yes, there are 22 Republican Senators that think violence against women is OK. Here they are, for the record, courtesy of Think Progress: Now the US House will take it up, hopefully anyway. They allowed the Act, passed ...
40th Anniversary for Roe v. Wade
Another year, another Roe event, another post about the importance of the right to abortion, and how the right to practice contraception rests upon 1973's Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade to uphold a woman's right to seek abortion. I'm sorry, but I've said it all before: That abortion is essential healthcare ...