Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2012. President Obama’s reelection is a historic victory for women’s health, driven by a substantial gender gap, Planned Parenthood said tonight. “This is a resounding victory for women. More than ever before, women’s health was a decisive issue in this election. Americans today voted to ensure[Read More…]
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NOW Cheers Obama-Biden Win Delivered by Women Voters, Calls for Unconditional End to War on Women
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2012 NOW applauds women voters for re-electing President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, defeating some of the most extreme anti-woman tea party candidates running for the Senate, and passing marriage equality measures in Maine and Maryland. In a truly[Read More…]
ACLU Leader Calls on President Obama to Uphold Constitutional Principles in Second Term
Anthony D. Romero Asks Obama to Fulfill His Promise to Dismantle National Security State, Ensure Safe and Legal Abortions and Reform Immigration Policies NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2012. Now that President Obama has won another term, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union said this morning that the time had[Read More…]
NORML: Colorado Has Legalized Marijuana
In a historic vote that will reverberate around the nation, the Denver NBC affiliated has projected that Colorado will pass Amendment 64 and will legalize marijuana. By a vote of 53% to 47% (with 38% of the vote tallied) news networks have begun to confirm that Colorado’s Amendment 64 has[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Announces Final Round of Endorsements for the 2012 Election Cycle
Pro-choice organization recognizes 86 additional pro-choice U.S. House members Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, this morning announced the final round of endorsements for the 2012 cycle from her organization’s political action committee. “We are proud to honor leaders who stand up for a[Read More…]
UAW Addresses Fallacies, Omissions in NBC News Report
DETROIT –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. NBC News left out critical information regarding Delphi employee pensions in a Nov. 4 report, failing to report that a 1999 contract, not favoritism, is what made pensions whole for some employees. All Delphi employees had their pensions terminated and put into Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation[Read More…]
NOW/PAC: If Romney is Elected, the War on Women Will Gain A Comander-In-Chief in the White House; Re-Elect Obama-Biden
Statement of NOW President and NOW/PAC Chair Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. Tomorrow’s election is pivotal. We’re down to the wire, and so much is hanging in the balance for women: economic security, the fate of Roe v. Wade, protection of Medicare and Social Security, and much more. We[Read More…]
People for the American Way’s African American Ministers In Action Equality Task Force Supports Marriage Equality Ballot Measures
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. This week the Equal Justice Task Force of People For the American Way’s African American Ministers In Action released a statement in support of the marriage equality ballot measures in Maryland, Maine, and Washington and opposing a discriminatory marriage amendment in Minnesota. “At this moment in[Read More…]
Mitt Romney Doubles Down on His Support of Anti-Choice Candidates Who Want to Criminalize Abortion for Rape Survivors
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, condemned presidential hopeful Gov. Mitt Romney for supporting yet another anti-choice Senate candidate, Rick Berg (R-ND). In 2007, Berg voted with a minority of the North Dakota state house to ban abortion entirely, including in cases of rape[Read More…]
Improving Teacher Attendance Will Increase Student Achievement, Save School District Resources
New National Data Offer Opportunity to Examine Cost of Teacher Absence Read the report. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. Today a new study from the Center for American Progress sheds light on the often overlooked problem of excessive teacher absence and makes a case for how our nation’s school districts can[Read More…]
