“There’s been an ongoing complaint among women leaders that women’s voices simply are not there. When Congress is only 17 percent female, when women are 3 percent of the CEOs and only 15 percent of [top corporate executives], you don’t have critical mass. What happens is that women aren’t there. We’re not noticed…Frankly, there’s no excuse for [news staffs] not to be half women and half men.”
NOW President Terry O’Neill was featured on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation”, discussing the House’s rejection of a bill seeking to punish doctors who knowingly perform sex-selective abortions.
“What followed on the heels of the (Virginia bill) was the effort in the Senate to restrict birth control, and that’s when the men started getting involved.”
“[It has been] like pushing a very large rock up a very steep hill to get people to pay attention to this war on women, so the fact that 30 percent of women … have recognized it is a huge victory, frankly.”
“We’re going to keep reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness act, and the future looks bright for this bill, but it’s rough right now with the partisan obstruction we’re seeing occur…we’re going to move forward, but [the bill’s Senate failure] is indefensible.”
Tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE America Act.