NOW President Terry O'Neill is interviewed by CNN International Reporter Richard Greene in response to the study's new finding: "Support for abortion rights has fallen sharply in the past year, with Americans now split roughly 50-50 between those who back legal access to abortion and those who oppose it, according to a new survey."
Read More...CNN.com's Lisa Respers France interviewed NOW President Terry O'Neill about many people are outraged over Hollywood's support of Roman Polanski: "While several high-profile actors and directors have rallied around Roman Polanski, not everyone in Hollywood believes he should be freed and forgiven."
Read More...NOW President Terry O'Neill was interviewed by New York Times reporter Tina Kelley about a disturbing trend on girl-on-girl bullying: "...news of a 'slut list' at a top-ranked New Jersey high school last week highlighted two disturbing points: the increasingly explicit and sexual nature of the taunts, magnified by the Internet. And, in another twist, the perception that allegations of promiscuity — however fictional — are a badge of honor, a way into the cool group, and not a cause for shame."
Read More...NOW President Terry O'Neill speaks out about the Polanski controversy in a Washington Times article by Jennifer Harper: "The rekindled legal case of film director Roman Polanski has set off a noisy culture war, pitting Hollywood values against traditional American decency, feminists, international officials and the proverbial long arm of law."
Read More...The New York Times published an editorial arguing that: "In a rational system of medical care, there would be virtually no restrictions on financing abortions."
Read More...Donna St. George writes in The Washington Post: "A first census snapshot of married women who stay home to raise their children shows that the popular obsession with high-achieving professional mothers sidelining careers for family life is largely beside the point."
Read More...The editors of The Washington Post published an editorial arguing that: "Sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl isn't 'a little mistake.'"
Read More..."The women's movement had been in full adrenaline overdrive for almost two decades and federally protected equality had been tantalizingly close when, in 1982, the ERA fell three states short of ratification," writes Kamala Lopez on the Huffington Post.
Read More..."Roman Polanski raped a child. Let's just start right there, because that's the detail that tends to get neglected when we start discussing whether it was fair for the bail-jumping director to be arrested at age 76, after 32 years in 'exile,'" writes Kate Harding for Salon's Broadsheet.
Read More..."Lack of health insurance kills 45,000 American adults a year, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. . . . Even with health insurance, many Americans are a medical crisis away from bankruptcy," writes Holly Sklar (distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service).
Read More...The Gannett News Service reports: "Women should be allowed to serve aboard submarines, and the Navy is “moving out aggressively” to make it happen, according to the service’s top civilian."
Read More...National Journal reports: "In a bid to wrangle concessions from the Blue Dog Coalition on healthcare reform, House leaders Thursday released CBO estimates for liberals' preferred version of the public option that show $85 billion more in savings than for the version the Blue Dogs prefer."
Read More...In a Washington Post op-ed, Harold Meyerson answers the question "So what does ACORN actually do, anyway?" and expands readers' perspective on the group that has become a favorite right-wing target.
Read More...Tracy Clark-Flory write for Salon's Broadsheet about the "extreme challenges facing girls' education worldwide" and why "it's a fight worth fighting."
Read More...NOW President Terry O'Neill is quoted in this Associated Press article by David Crary about the debate over health care reform and abortion coverage.
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