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Fake Taylor Swift Targets Marco Rubio Impersonator, Using Humor to Bring Attention to Serious Issue NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ms. Foundation for Women today released a hilarious parody video exposing the utter ridiculousness of voting against the Violence Against Women Act. In the cheeky video, a Taylor Swift lookalike calls out all 22 male senators by name - a play on Swift's song "22." The singer and her friends interact with a Marco Rubio...
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan congressional conference committee agreed to include Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013. The inclusion and passage of this bill would lift a longstanding ban on abortion coverage for military women and their dependants who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. "The inclusion of the Shaheen amendment is critical in providing servicewomen...
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The results of the Contraceptive Choice Project reiterate the difference that access to contraception can make in women's lives. With more than 25 million women currently living in poverty, the ability to control when and whether they have children is not just a matter of reproductive freedom, but often the crucial factor in maintaining their family's economic stability. "The Affordable Care Act takes an important first step in...
NEW YORK, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aug. 1 marks an important milestone for the Affordable Care Act and, more importantly, for women across the U.S. New insurance plans will be required to cover eight critical women's preventive health services with no co-pay. Specifically, the no-co-pay benefits include: Screening for gestational diabetes Breastfeeding supplies and counseling Intimate partner violence screening and counseling Sexually transmitted infection...
NEW YORK, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "As the leading national foundation working to end child sexual abuse, the Ms. Foundation for Women applauds the NCAA's response to the cover-up of egregious crimes against children by top Penn State officials. "Further, the Ms. Foundation urges the NCAA to establish child sexual abuse oversight and enforcement policies for all collegiate athletic programs and accompanying youth-serving programs. "System-wide accountability...
Gloria Steinem, the iconic leader of the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2013 WTS Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 19, 2012 Gloria Steinem, the iconic leader of the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2013 annual conference of WTS International, the association for the professional advancement of women in...
From Leading National Foundation Working to End Child Sexual Abuse NEW YORK, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Ms. Foundation for Women: 1. Include credible child sexual abuse experts in your coverage. Although the child sexual abuse prevention movement is nascent, there are a number of local and national organizations using different approaches to prevent child abuse and work with survivors. The Ms. Foundation for Women, one...
NEW YORK, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The New York Times' examination of scientific research, which found that emergency contraception does not prevent implantation but rather delays ovulation, reaffirms what reproductive health and women's rights advocates have long understood. "The Ms. Foundation embraces this scientific validation that emergency contraception is exactly what the term says - another form of contraception. "The right wing can no longer mask...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "As we celebrate the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, women face an increasingly more hostile political and cultural environment that makes full implementation of the law even more urgent. "Opponents' vigorous attempts to repeal ACA could leave women without protections from discrimination in health care, perpetuating higher premiums, barriers to preventive care, and the practice of labeling pregnancy a...
Matching Donation Campaign Launched in Support of Planned Parenthood's Critical Care NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ms. Foundation for Women today expressed outrage at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision to discontinue funding that has provided nearly 170,000 clinical breast exams to low-income women at Planned Parenthood health centers. Media reports allege that the policy change was politically motivated and intended to specifically...
