Posts by Kathy Groob
Planned Parenthood Pink Bus Truth Tour Sweeps the Nation
Planned Parenthood is fighting back against attacks waged by conservatives and politicians questioning their federal funding with a very public pink bus truth tour. “The anti-women’s health extremists behind the push to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from federal funding have been spreading lies. The Planned Parenthood Truth Team — staff, patients, and supporters — are there…
Read MoreRemembering Helen Gurley Brown – Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full (Sex, Sex, Sex)
New York Times – Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s America with the news that unmarried women not only had sex but thoroughly enjoyed it — and who as the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine spent the next three decades telling those women precisely how to enjoy…
Read MoreOlympics 2012: Games Provide US Women Rare Chance to Shine
Bleacher Report – In the United States, sports headlines are dominated by male athletes. However, the 2012 Olympics have provided women with an opportunity to finally get the spotlight they deserve. With over two-thirds of the events completed, the females are the ones carrying Team USA. Women have won 48 of the 82 total medals…
Read MoreHigh School Freshman Tells the Truth on Women in Politics
Why America Needs More Young Democratic Women by Guest Blogger Emily Spangler, high school freshman It’s 2012, yet women’s health is being threatened by bad legislation, the percentage of women in Congress stands at an appallingly low number of 16.8 percent and women politicians are still judged on what they look like rather than what they have…
Read MoreSandra Fluke Campaigns in Colorado with President Obama
ABC News – DENVER — Trailing rival Mitt Romney in a new Colorado poll, President Obama today kicked off a two-day swing through the state by aggressively courting women voters with his signature health care law. The vigorous pitch, emphasizing the law’s popular benefits for women — from preventive care services without co-pays to mandated insurance coverage for contraceptive…
Read MoreRecord number of female veterans running for office this year
Fox 13 News, SALT LAKE CITY – A candidate for Utah’s First Congressional District was featured on Fox News Network Saturday morning. Donna McAleer is running as a Democrat against Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) in the general election. She is a West Point graduate and an Army veteran. She says her experience in the military…
Read MoreNuns on Fire!
David Goldman/AP – Princess Wilson, center, joins a demonstration in support of U.S. Catholic nuns outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ biannual meeting on June 13, 2012, in Atlanta. By Becky Bratu, NBC News American nuns are gathering in St. Louis, Mo., this week for their organization’s yearly national assembly, where they are expected to discuss…
Read MoreSandra Fluke Hits Campaign Trail with President Obama
POLITICO- The Georgetown law student famously insulted by Rush Limbaugh for backing insurance coverage of birth control will introduce President Obama at an event in Denver on Wednesday, a campaign official confirms to POLITICO. Sandra Fluke, whom Limbaugh called a “slut,” will introduce Obama at a campaign rally at Auraria Campus. The event is one of several…
Read MoreWhy are Women Struggling to Get and Stay Elected?
Interviewed by POLITICO’s Andrea Drusch – Andrea Mitchell,Host, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports There are a lot of challenges for women. It was really brought home recently by the online controversy over the new CEO at Yahoo. People were so surprised that, my god, she’s pregnant. In 2012, we are finding people worried about whether a…
Read MoreWomen Candidates For State Legislature Fight To Increase Representation
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — While women are on track to increase their representation in Congress, their prospects are less certain in state legislatures. A record 1,078 women have won their primaries for state legislative seats in the 2012 cycle so far, according to a new analysis by the 2012 Project,…
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