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Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pulled rank on the FDA, overruling the agency’s carefully considered decision to eliminate the discriminatory age restriction on a safe and effective form of emergency contraception.
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It’s outrageous for anyone to suggest that sexual harassment allegations represent political smears to be dismissed rather than the bravery and dignity of women simply trying to go to work.
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If conservatives in Congress continue to refuse to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, another approach to try to restore fiscal balance to the federal government needs to be pursued. NOW and allies are supporting a new idea on how to increase revenues and perhaps begin to close the yawning gap between the very rich and everyone else. Nov. 3 launches a week of action in support of this idea, with the theme “Make Wall Street Pay!”
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Today we are hosting a Love Your Body Day blog carnival, featuring voices from across the Internet.
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As an Australian, I am mostly unfamiliar with the celebration of Halloween. I had imagined a day full of children, pumpkins, the color orange and candy. However after going out this weekend searching for a costume of my own, I discovered I was wrong. Apparently Halloween is a holiday solely celebrated by 90 pound women dressed for sex.
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