Kim Gandy
Kim Gandy
Kim Gandyis an American feminist who from 2001 to 2009 was the president of the National Organization for Women. She has been president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence since 2012. In 2009, Gandy was a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From January 2010 to October 2012 she was vice president and general counsel at the Feminist Majority Foundation in...
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Every answer he gives he gives himself a little out. It's frustrating to me as a lawyer to not be able to say, 'Your Honor, instruct the witness to answer the question.' I've thought several times there is a follow-up question I would ask if I were up there.
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Those who lose their rights and liberties in the future, because of Roberts' leadership on the Court, will remember the senators who voted to confirm.
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A lot of strong women there. But sometimes it is a tough place to make progress on our issues.
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This is not just about South Dakota. Women's rights, women's health and women's lives are on the line.
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an outrage and an insult to the women of this country.
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We know what's at stake and we won't go back.
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We know from Wood's experience that it's not a very welcome atmosphere for women's rights advocacy at the agency.
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Abusers are engineers and architects and janitors and police officers and any other walk of life. There's not a job or profession that is exempt.
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We're talking about really vital services to people who are already in a terrible situation and really in need of emergency services -- and there aren't alternatives.
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I remember what it was like in the 1960's in rural Louisiana. Women did not have many options. My own best friend in high school had a baby at 16. I don't want us to go back to those days.
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Women don't even have equal treatment when it comes to filing a lawsuit for discrimination,
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It's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having.
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not only upset the delicate balance on this Supreme Court, but also extend his right-wing ideology and disregard for individual rights to the third branch of government -- the judiciary.
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At this time, with the country's leadership in turmoil and confidence in the government steadily declining, now more than ever we need stability.