Full Participation for Our ‘Sisters-in-Arms’

Donna McAleer and Erin Solaro write for the Washington Post that while “U.S. women are fighting on all fronts of the war on terrorism and are regularly engaged in combat operations, there are still barriers to their work and promotion.”

My Abortion Anguish

Dana Weinstein writes in the Baltimore Sun: “This past July, I was happily pregnant and eagerly expecting the arrival of our second child. . . . Never in my worst nightmare did I imagine I would need to have an abortion – and certainly not late term.”

National Abortion Debate At Heart Of Mass. Senate Debate

NOW President Terry O’Neill interviewed by Boston’s NPR reporter Monica Brady-Myerov about the Stupak-Pitts Amendment and why it’s a central issue in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate race: “The most passionate part of Wednesday night’s Senate debat…

Soccer Hair-Pulling Fuels Debate Over Sport Sexism

Associated Press reporter David Crary interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill on why there is a double standard for women’s sports, and why people are more hostile towards aggressive-playing women compared to aggressive male players: “The vicious hair-pu…

Indian Health And Abortion Rights: A Dose Of Hope Laced With Poison Pills

“Though it has lurked on the sidelines in the national health care debate, Indian Health Services is one instructive example of a government-run health system that, for all its faults, serves as a fraying lifeline for impoverished communities devastated by just about everything from diabetes to teen suicide,” writes Michelle Chen for the Air America website.