Kristen Green of the Richmond Times-Dispatch interviewed NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson about women mobilizing for women’s rights after Virginia legislators passed a law requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion: “It engaged young women, older women, soccer moms … people that don’t usually get fired up about women’s issues.”
NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson quoted in an article from The Plain Dealer about proposed ‘Gender Equity’ legislation in Ohio: “The recent trend of women introducing bills to regulate the sexual health of men isn’t surprising. Women are fed up.”
Huffington Post’s John Celock interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about a Wisconsin bill, based on the idea that single parenting could lead to child abuse and how women’s groups plan to address state-level voting.
After attacking Sandra Fluke for three days, Rush Limbaugh finally issues an apology as sponsors started to leave. NOW President Terry O’Neill discusses Limbaugh’s attempt at an apology with MSNBC’s Ed Schultz.
NOW President Terry O’Neill appeared on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman & Juan González to discuss the ongoing War on Women’s health: Blunt amendment vote, Rush Limbaugh remarks about Sandra Fluke and the wave of ultrasound bills across the country.