Planned Parenthood Action Fund Vows to Help Re-Elect Patty Murray to U.S. Senate, First Endorsement of 2016 Cycle
Planned Parenthood Action Fund made its first endorsement of the 2016 cycle today, vowing to help re-elect women’s health champion Patty Murray to the U.S. Senate.
May 8, 2015
• National
Memo/Statement: Mike Huckabee and the race to the bottom on women’s health
May 5, 2015
• National
Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery; women who take birth control “entitled”
Like the rest of the GOP presidential contenders thus far, Ben Carson is too extreme for the American public when it comes to his positions on women’s health: comparing abortion to “slavery” and claiming the birth control benefit — which requires insurance coverage of birth control — is symptomatic of an “entitlement society.”
May 4, 2015
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Memo/Statement: Carly Fiorina represents more of the same on 2016 GOP docket
Carly Fiorina announced today that she is running for president, claiming the mantle of being a “change” candidate.
May 4, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Condemns House Vote, Misplaced Agenda Against Women
Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC Action Fund today condemned a resolution passed by extreme politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives that unfairly allows employers in the District of Columbia to discriminate against their employees on the basis of their personal reproductive health decisions.
May 1, 2015
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House Republicans Double Down on Extreme Attacks on Women’s Reproductive Rights
It seems like common sense that a woman shouldn’t be fired because she’s had an abortion, uses birth control, or in vitro fertilization to start a family, but some extreme members of Congress don’t see it that way.
April 30, 2015
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Race to the bottom on women’s health at Iowa Faith & Freedom Summit
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the likely GOP nominees for president are competing in a race to the bottom on women’s health and will say anything to appeal to an extreme faction of the Republican Party
April 28, 2015
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ICYMI: Polls Have Been Misleading You About What Americans Actually Believe About Abortion
These statements are just not accurate. In fact, the public overwhelmingly supports abortion rights and has for decades. However, a small minority on the far right is deeply opposed to abortion, and they exercise outsized influence in conservative politics. That's very different than the public being split or divided on the issue.
April 27, 2015
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Hillary Clinton draws clear contrast w/ 2016 GOP candidates on women’s health, economic security
During her keynote at the Women in the World conference Thursday, Hillary Clinton brought welcome attention to an issue that has too long been over simplified by political pundits and pollsters alike: that reproductive health is not separate from economic concerns — they are deeply linked in women’s lives.
April 24, 2015
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