Updates

Jamil Smith quotes NOW President Terry O’Neill in this piece on the Violence Against Women Act for MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry.

NOW President Terry O’Neill was quoted in a Huffington Post article about the 2012 Democratic National Convention and how it was characterized by an unyielding focus on issues affecting women: “People who think that simply standing up for women’s rights means only and always standing up for abortion are the same people who see the word ‘woman’ and think vagina.”

The Washington Post’s She The People blogger, Mary Curtis, spoke with NOW President Terry O’Neill at a reception during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte about the GOP platform and how devastating the Paul Ryan budget would be for women.

NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson was quoted in a USA Today article about the feminist Russian band Pussy Riot and feminism in the U.S.: “Young women today grow up expecting equality and expressing their power both online and through edgy actions. Pussy Riot’s rebellious acts fit the profile of modern feminism. They are changing society.”

Pema Levy of Talking Points Memo interviewed NOW President Terry O’Neill regarding Rep. Todd Akin and how he is not the only Republican politician to suggest women rarely get pregnant from rape.