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.
“We are going to be fully engaged on talking about the economy and how Mitt Romney is a job killer and in particular is a job killer for women.
“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 President Terry O’Neill was quoted in a POLITICO article about Paul Ryan stance on women’s issues: “I think he is very, very harshly anti-woman. And I think it’s important for women voters to really look at the disproportionate effect on women of the thing he takes the most credit for. He’s very proud of the Ryan budget. It slams women by privatizing Medicare. Ryan opposes equal pay for equal work. That is very specifically anti-woman.”