Women and Children First — Thrown Overboard by the Government Shutdown
But in the real-life disaster that in the Republican Tea Party’s government shutdown, “women and children first” is the order in which victims of the shutdown are selected.
Author: National Organization for Women
Paid Family Leave a Critical Need
As my husband began the long and tiresome road to recovery, it became clear to me how fortunate I was to have the option and the means to stay home and help my husband convalesce. I knew that millions of women throughout the United States do not have that option, forcing them to choose between earning a paycheck or quitting their jobs to stay home and care for a sick child, spouse, partner or parent.
Hey GOP – We’re Not Fooled!
Even as conservatives tone down their anti-woman rhetoric to the public, their harmful policy positions stay in place.
“Some Other Pretext”: Sexual Harassment & Melissa Nelson
But it would have been easier to find Knight guilty of sexual harassment than it was to find him guilty of sex discrimination and, since I want so badly for Nelson to have won, I wish that’s the route her attorneys had taken.
Toledo’s Last Abortion Clinic
The war on women is alive and well in Toledo, Ohio. For years there have only been two abortion clinics in the city: the Center for Choice and Capital Care Network. But long-held state legislation requiring transfer agreements with local hospitals recently forced the number down to one. The Center for Choice closed in June.