The Romney-Ryan Budget: Reward the Rich, Punish the Rest
With the election less than five days away, I’ve reached the final part in my series on the Romney-Ryan budget plan and its effects on women.
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Women’s Issues Addressed in Debate, Decision Clearer than Ever
NOW thanks Candy Crowley for moderating a substantive debate that finally got around to tackling women’s rights issues. Both candidates’ answers were telling.
The Real Mitt Romney
With four weeks left until the election, Romney unquestionably needs to win over undecided voters by camouflaging his anti-choice stance. But he’s on record championing some of the most extreme — and more importantly, extremely unpopular — tactics aimed at blocking women’s access to basic reproductive health care, including abortion and birth control.
The Romney-Ryan Budget: Who Are the Real Moochers in Their Medicaid Scheme?
The topic for this fourth part of my series on the Romney-Ryan budget is Medicaid; but first, I can’t emphasize enough: We now have overwhelming evidence demonstrating just how out-of-touch Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is with the hard-working and struggling people of this country.
The Romney-Ryan Budget: Turning Medicare Into a Boon for the Insurance Industry and a Bust for Seniors
At a July 11 press conference announcing NOW’s endorsement of President Barack Obama, a reporter asked about Mitt Romney’s message on the economy, and I suggested that the GOP candidate “bring it” — that feminists are ready to have a substantive conversation about Romney’s economic ideas and the impact they would have on women if he were elected.
Even GOP Guvs Admit that Romney’s Welfare Ads Are False
Leslie Savan writes for The Nation: “[T]he Obama administration recently announced that states could apply for waivers from the 1996 welfare reform law in order to find alternative ways to help welfare recipients find work. Nothing is gutted, the work re…
‘Family Care’ Benefit Could Fix Retiree Pay Gap
“Women want reforms like those in our report and will reject politicians who call for austerity, a code word for cutting safety net programs like Social Security, which women rely on disproportionately…America can’t afford not to provide fair and adequate benefits because so many women are financially vulnerable.
NOW Stands Up to Anti-Abortion Forces in Charlotte
In late July, reproductive rights activists stood strong against anti-abortion terrorist group Operation Save America, which had set out to harass the women’s clinics of Charlotte, N.C., for a solid week.
Romney Plays Gender-Race Card, Cites Welfare Law
Mimi Abramovitz writes for Women’s eNews: “In making false statements about Obama’s welfare policies, there’s a good chance that Romney was using welfare–the program that helps single mothers, many of them women of color, to get by–as a race card to wi…
The Romney-Ryan Budget: Taking Aim at Women’s Health Care
The leaders of the Republican Party claim to be on a mission to reduce this nation’s “crushing burden of debt.” The centerpiece of this effort is Rep. Paul Ryan’s 99-page 2013 budget proposal. Because GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has embraced it wholeheartedly, I call it the Romney-Ryan budget plan.