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Nancy Keenan: Abortion rights facing attacks on all fronts
Nancy Keenan, who is stepping down as the president of NARAL Pro-choice America, warned Monday night that access to abortion would continue to be imperiled by lawmakers. She said “anti-choice politicians” in Congress were “hell bent” on rolling back women’s reproductive rights. The situation was reflected in many state legislatures…
Ilyse Hogue announced as next president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
Political strategist Ilyse Hogue has been chosen to succeed Nancy Keenan as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the organization announced Monday. “I am absolutely thrilled to be given the honor of leading this great organization,” Hogue said in a statement. “This is a critical moment to engage a new generation…
5 Questions For: NARAL President Nancy Keenan on the ascendency of women’s issues in 2012
NARAL president Nancy Keenan, who rocked the house on Tuesday night with her speech at the Democratic convention, is a former Montana state legislator and a Superintendent of Public Instruction in the state. She worked her way through college at a local smelter before getting a Masters in education and…
Nancy Keenan decries Republican ‘war on women’
On the the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan declared that 2011 was the year of the “War on Women.” “In the more than 30 years I’ve spent defending a woman’s right to choose, I can’t recall a time when politicians have been more…
Democratic lawmakers reintroduce Access to Birth Control Act
Two Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would prevent pharmacies from denying birth control based on religious beliefs. Sen Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Tuesday introduced the Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act in the House and Senate, a week after the Institute of Medicine…
Exclusive: Progressive groups launch campaign to fight GOP’s ‘War on Women’
WASHINGTON – A trio of progressive and women’s groups will unveil a new front in their ongoing campaign Friday afternoon calling on House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to “stop the war on women,” Raw Story has first learned – a reference to the anti-abortion measures Republicans are advancing. The abortion-rights…
NARAL: Scott Brown’s opposition to defunding Planned Parenthood is just a ‘first step’
WASHINGTON – The abortion-rights group NARAL on Tuesday said Republican Sen. Scott Brown (MA) took “a positive first step” by coming out against his party’s efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of family planning funds. “This past weekend, hundreds of Massachusetts citizens rallied against cuts to the national family-planning program and…
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