What year is it!? The growing drumbeat of attacks on full coverage for crucial contraceptive health care for women continues despite the fact that 99% of women in our nation have used birth control at some point in their lives. [1] First, an all male panel of ”expert” witnesses on birth control testified before Congress.[2] Then a major [...]
Sex, freedom, religion, women’s rights, motherhood, birth control, and politics. It’s a volatile mix. And right now there’s a growing drumbeat of attacks on universal access to full coverage for crucial contraceptive health care that cannot be ignored: The Panel: You’ve likely seen the picture that shocked our nation last week: An all male “expert” [...]
My jaw dropped. Could I really be seeing a picture of the “expert” witnesses on birth control testifying before Congress, and ….they were all men?! [1] What year are we in anyway? This is beyond out-of-touch. It’s downright offensive. With 1.86 children in the average U.S. family, it’s clear that the vast majority women and mothers [...]
It was beautiful to see Representative Gabrielle Giffords–the Congresswoman who’s been making a remarkable recovery after being shot in the head last year in Arizona–standing to receive an embrace from the President at his State of the Union address last night. While Representative Giffords has come such a long way from where she was a year [...]
You have a tremendous opportunity to help shape what the President addresses in the State of the Union and to offer your thoughts on what our country’s priorities should be in 2012. *Click here now to share what you’d like the President to cover in the State of the Union and what you think our [...]
There are less than 24 hours until the end of this year–and the first official 2012 Presidential election nominating process is happening this coming Tuesday. The time is now. We need to move quickly to launch MomsVote 2012 to bring forward the voices (and power!) of women and moms in the national political conversation. The [...]
WOW! The outpouring from MomsRising members to help launch MomsVote 2012 has been jaw-dropping. But we haven’t reached our goal of $30,000 yet. This launch is so important that a private donor–a mother of two and grandmother of three–just stepped forward with $10,000 in matching funds for MomsRising members who contribute to the launch of MomsVote [...]
At MomsRising we’re always looking out to make sure that mothers and families are treated fairly in our nation. In 2009, we saw a video that shocked us: two young children crying, alone in a car, reaching out for their mother who’d been taken away by deputies wearing ski masks after being stopped for a [...]
Parents can always use extra hands–and while we can’t give you extra hands, we can help you out. This holiday season we’re doing a limited run of MomsRising tote bags as a gift for our holiday donors:Any donation of $35 or more will be mailed a gift of a free tote bag of your choice to [...]
Snow, sparkles, winter light, and… voting? Wait a minute. What does voting have to do with the holidays?! This holiday season at MomsRising we’re announcing the launch of…. drum roll please…. …MomsVote 2012! And we need your support, your help, your good wishes, and all of your holiday cheer to help launch MomsVote 2012 [...]
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