Posts Tagged National Organization for Women

Florida university students to protest Congress’ attempt to eliminate birth control mandate

By Virginia Chamlee | 02.14.12 | 11:44 am | More from The Florida Independent

Updated at 1:15 p.m. EST to reflect clarifying information about the target of today’s protest. More…
A host of student organizations from the University of Central Florida are planning a protest of Congress’ efforts to eliminate the Obama administration’s birth control mandate today.

NOW asks Obama to resist demands from bishops on birth control

By Ashley Lopez | 12.06.11 | 5:52 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The National Organization for Women (NOW) More…, the largest organization of feminist activists in the U.S., has joined reproductive rights advocates in asking President Obama not to cave in to pressure from the Catholic leaders asking that he strike a recent decision that increases access to birth control for women.

What women want … from the ‘super committee’

By | 11.15.11 | 5:23 pm

The subject of a recent episode More… of the NBC comedy series “The Office” was about a doomsday device created by devious employee Dwight K. Schrute (played by Rainn Wilson). If his fellow co-workers committed five errors in a single workday, the device was wired to send an email to their

Women would be disproportionately affected by tax plans proposed by Cain, Perry, experts say

By | 11.07.11 | 12:47 pm

As campaign-finance filings come out from 2012 Republican presidential candidates, the records show women are not big-money donors for this year’s crop of hopefuls. Recent campaign-finance records evaluated by the Center for Responsive Politics More… reveal the median percentage of campaign cash over $200 from female donors to the GOP candidates

Abortion-rights groups to demonstrate solidarity with targeted abortion doctor during ‘Summer of Choice’

By | 07.06.11 | 1:07 pm

Many abortion-rights groups believe Dr. George Tiller’s 1993 shooting and eventual murder in 2009 was in part provoked by a 1991 summer event held in protest of Tiller’s late-term abortion practice. As The Florida Independent recently reported, that event is having a 20-year revival: Summer of Mercy 2.0 will More…

MI: National Organization for Women announces endorsements

By Ed Brayton | 09.28.10 | 10:31 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

The Michigan chapter of the National Organization for Women PAC announced their endorsements for nearly all the state races in the November election. Unsurprisingly, they are endorsing Democrat Virg Bernero for governor over Republican Rick Snyder.
In fact, every candidate on the list except one is a Democrat — not More…