NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2016. As Hillary for America announced today that President Obama will campaign with Hillary Clinton in North Carolina next week, the dearth of former Republican presidents and nominees supporting Donald Trump has come into even clearer view. Donald Trump has spent years spouting hateful rhetoric and dangerous[Read More…]
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Senator Merkley Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Supreme Court Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on today’s ruling by the U. S. Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt which challenged a Texas law severely limiting women’s access to reproductive health services: “For more than four decades, politicians have consistently tried[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, struck down a Texas law restricting access to abortion: “Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed that access to a safe and legal abortion is a woman’s constitutional right,[Read More…]
New Prince Ea Music Video Makes the Case to President Obama Why Weed Should Be Legal
This epic 10-minute video is both a history lesson and an advocacy tool. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 By: Tony Newman Prince Ea — hip hop artist, activist and founder of Make SMART Cool — has just released a remake of his brilliant music video urging President Obama to end our[Read More…]
Trump Does Trump, GOP Begs Him To Stop
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Donald Trump has spent years spouting hateful rhetoric and dangerous policies that will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are increasingly concerned Trump can’t clean up his act sufficiently to have a shot at winning this election. Rightly[Read More…]
NARAL Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: “Today is a great day for women, for our commitment to our Constitution, and for the values of freedom and dignity that all[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Clinic Shutdown Law in Historic Victory for Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. In a historic ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas law designed to shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics with medically unnecessary restrictions. The decision reaffirms a woman’s constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion. Today’s landmark ruling in Whole Woman’s[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on U.S. Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health Decision
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. In an important victory for women and their families across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas’ anti-choice laws targeting abortion providers are unconstitutional. The Court ruled 5-3 that the provisions of Texas’ anti-choice law[Read More…]
ACLU: Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades. The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion restrictions: the mandate that abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals and the requirement that[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Today, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down some of the country’s most restrictive anti-abortion measures, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a victory for women across America.[Read More…]
