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ACTION ITEM: Bring Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to Texas TODAY!
**UPDATE: The vote on this bill has been postponed. The committee will pick it up again at a later date. So keep those calls coming! Because it’s no longer time-sensitive, please feel free to send an email or snail mail letter, … Continue reading
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Happy Griswold Day!
Today is the 47th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, one of my very favorite Supreme Court decisions, which struck down a law forbidding married couples to purchase contraceptives. Yep, you read that right. Less than 50 years ago, you could … Continue reading
The latest on the war on women
We had a great meeting last week! Dyana Limon-Mercado, statewide policy coordinator for Planned Parenthood, joined us and gave us the latest scoop on the war on women in Texas. Here’s what she had to say, including what you can … Continue reading
Happy International Women’s Day!
International Women’s Day is an awesome activist holiday. It was proposed in 1910 at the International Conference of Working Women by Clara Zetkin as a day for women to celebrate and to demand their rights. (More on its history here.) … Continue reading
Posted in Awe-inspiring, Calls to Action, Hope, Politics, Reproductive Justice
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A sad confluence of events: RIP Rosie Jiménez
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, which is great. I’m planning to feature some cool Hispanic/Latina Texas women here in the next few weeks. We also recently saw the 35th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, the federal policy which prevents Medicaid from … Continue reading
Off the Couch
Each of us has a moment, that split second of contemplation that can set off a personal chain of events that on another day, down the long road, we recognize as a consciousness-raising moment. The concept may seem overused or … Continue reading
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Happy Women’s Equality Day?
Today is the 91st anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. In 1971, Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY) designated this day “Women’s Equality Day.” Lovely as the gesture might … Continue reading
Good news, bad news… and really bad news
The good news: the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidelines for insurance coverage on women’s preventive health services. Those guidelines require new health insurance plans to cover a full range of such services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance, … Continue reading
Call to Action: Urge the President NOT to compromise on Social Security!
More scary things are happening with federal finances. Rep. Nancy Pelosi is meeting with President Obama tomorrow to discuss the debt limit and potential cuts to Social Security. Why is Social Security a feminist issue? Several reasons – watch me … Continue reading