Women's Groups Urge Passage Of International Violence Against Women Act

As Congress prepares to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act (HR 4594), women’s rights groups are stepping up lobbying efforts and targeting the votes of certain senators, The Hill reports. The measure — an international version of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act — aims to combat violence against women and girls through U.S…

Advocates Lobbying For Passage Of International Violence Against Women Act

“Supporters of the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) are ramping up their lobbying efforts as Congress prepares to bring the measure to a vote,” The Hill reports. More than a dozen organizations and advocacy groups have written a letter requesting the support of Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio…

Women's Groups Urge Passage Of International Violence Against Women Act

As Congress prepares to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act (HR 4594), women’s rights groups are stepping up lobbying efforts and targeting the votes of certain senators, The Hill reports. The measure — an international version of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act — aims to combat violence against women and girls through U.S…

Blogs Comment On Health Reform, Appropriations Bill, Military Abortion Ban

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Shocker: Nelson Rejects Abortion Compromise,” Amy Sullivan, Time’s “Swampland”: Sullivan says that in her efforts to blog about a potential abortion compromise in the Senate, she “couldn’t get past one basic fact: there was no possible abortion compromise that could ever win Ben Nelson’s vote…

House Approves Omnibus Spending Bill; Senate Expected To Vote This Weekend

The House on Thursday approved an omnibus spending package that combines six of the seven remaining appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010 and removes restrictions related to abortion funding and needle-exchange programs in Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports…

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