How young Democratic-leaning women could put Harris over the top
At the University of Pittsburgh, as freshmen students took their first steps on campus and swarms of lanternflies buzzed through the air, the sounds of Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan drifted from a...
View ArticleNo noise, just policy: Health care and reproductive rights
This four-part series examines the candidates' positions and policy proposals in an effort to cut through the noise and highlight where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on critical issues facing...
View ArticleThe Good and the Not So Bad: Phone banking in MI
This is a continuation of my logs of phone banking. I created a previous diary of my first phone banking experience for the Harris/Walz campaign which also was gauging the Senate race for MI here. I...
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Final Report on Single Issue Abortion Voters Identified at their Doors....
[This diary was specifically requested a few days ago, seeking the final numbers in this regard.]For 3 years, Hope Springs from Field PAC’s [website] volunteers have been asking voters whether they had...
View ArticleOne since-2000 president, at least, arranged for partner's abortion. And...
One president, at least, did. We know from 2 biographies of G W Bush that a romance of his led to a pregnancy in his youth. He dealt with it by arranging an abortion in Houston (secured by friends as...
View ArticleHarris's Three-Pronged Strategy for the Final Push
A New York Times news story this morning lays out the strategy MVP Harris is using to close the deal: Harris Aides Quietly Grow More Bullish on Defeating Trump:Keep hammering that Trump is a...
View ArticleWoman died after being told it’d be a ‘crime’ to intervene in her miscarriage
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat...
View ArticleWhat are Republicans in Washington DC saying among themselves?
As a result of the Republican Party’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade, women across America have been turning out in huge numbers to vote them out. I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to speculate that the...
View ArticleHow The Polls Will Get 2024 Wrong
I get questions from readers of a national political site I have been writing for since 2004 about why I think the polls this cycle are underperforming when it comes to Kamala Harris.It has become...
View ArticleElection Day vibe check: What's your reason for voting?
Some political pundits say the 2024 election will be a referendum on women’s rights after former President Donald Trump’s conservative-appointed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Others argue that...
View ArticlePrepared for Trump’s comeback, California’s attorney general is ready to fight
By Molly Castle Work, for KFF Health NewsIf President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Senate try to roll back reproductive health rights or pursue a widely prophesied national abortion ban,...
View ArticleInside the growing '4B’ movement empowering women after Trump's win
A feminist crusade has emerged online in a bold response to Donald Trump’s election and the rollback of reproductive rights in the U.S—and it's taking inspiration from South Korea's radical "4B”...
View ArticleWomen are stockpiling birth control as second Trump term looms
Donald Trump’s second term is looming large over women who have had their rights steadily stripped away since he first took office in 2016, and they are preparing accordingly. Reproductive health care...
View ArticleTake a Knee for Women's Rights
I’ve been a big fan of women’s college volleyball for years. Intricate strategy, great athleticism, and I love the team spirit that women so often bring to the table.Last weekend was our first home...
View ArticlePregnant Woman Has Filed Class Action Lawsuit Against KY's Ban On Abortion....
A Kentucky woman who is seven weeks pregnant is teaming up with the ACLU to file a class action lawsuit against the state of Kentucky’s abortion ban. You might be thinking “So what? KY is a deep red...
View ArticleWhy Some Voters Across the Country Backed Progressive Ballot Initiatives—and...
The following feature first appeared in The Progressive magazine.From abortion rights to minimum wage hikes to legal marijuana, voters’ support for ballot issues didn’t correlate with their support for...
View ArticleTexas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances
The bill is modeled after a Louisiana law that doctors say has created chaos for other gynecological issues best treated by these drugs.By Eleanor Klibanoff, for The Texas TribuneSign up for The Brief,...
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Biden, Publish the ERA NOW, or RESIGN, so VP Harris can do it, to protect...
BidenPublishTheERA.org with Quick Actions you can do!12/3/24 7pm ET ZOOM TOWN HALL REGISTER HERE! Everyone, WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE ERA JUST NEEDS ONE CALL OR SIGNATURE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO...
View ArticleTrump doesn’t need Congress to make abortion effectively unavailable
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump tried mightily to reassure abortion rights supporters, vowing he would not sign into law a nationwide abortion ban even if Congress sent him one. But once he returns...
View ArticleMaternal mortality review panels are in the news. Here’s what they do
Efforts to reduce the nation's persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother's death.The panels—called maternal mortality review...
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