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Why I’m Excited for Hillary

Posted by National Organization for Women on 10/22/2015

By Maxine Todd, NOW PAC Intern As a young woman, I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to elect the first woman president. It is wonderful to see a candidate who I know has personally experienced the same problems and faces the same concerns t Read more...

Why the Attacks on Planned Parenthood Keep Failing

Posted by Terry O'Neill on 10/06/2015

Image Via: The Huffington Post When Republican leaders in Washington don’t feel like governing, they attack women’s health care and abortion rights. That’s what happened this week, as a focus on defunding Planned Parenthood jumped to the head of the li Read more...

Right on the Money: Making Women on the $20 Bill a Reality

Posted by Jan Erickson on 09/23/2015

By Hannah Brown, NOW Government Relations Intern Woman on the $20 Bill? – Mark your calendars, folks. In 2020, to note the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States, a woman (gasp!) could be featured on the ten dollar bill. Meanwhile, Read more...

A Hillary Clinton Story That Matters

Posted by Terry O'Neill on 09/18/2015

Here’s what I care about regarding emails and Hillary Clinton — it’s what’s in my inbox. Image Via: Commons I’ve been hearing from a lot of women who are proud of Hillary Clinton’s lifelong commitment to preventing violence against women. Lately, they Read more...

#ThanksObama

Posted by Maxine Todd on 09/17/2015

I want to start this off by saying #ThanksObama. Thank you for keeping coverage of birth control in the Affordable Care Act. Image Via: THEMETAPICTURE.COM The first day I got my period, I genuinely thought I was dying. I was 10 years old, driving with Read more...