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EMILY’s List has a great interactive Timeline detailing the ongoing ‘War on Women’ by conservatives.
You can view the timeline by clicking here.
The timeline is prefaced by the following:
“The Republican War on Women is dominating the news this election cycle, but it’s also dominating the Congressional calendar. Over the last 19 months, Republican Members of Congress have relentlessly tried to restrict women’s rights, access to basic health care, and economic equity. During the 46 weeks Congress was in session, from January 2011 through July 2012, the Republicans spent 38 of them attacking women’s rights. Scroll through our timeline that highlights the major hits against women’s health and rights – both in Congress and from extremist GOP leaders like Rush Limbaugh. The GOP’s priorities are completely out of touch with the rest of the country, and we need to send more pro-choice Democratic women to Congress to end this war against women once and for all.”
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For those of you unfamiliar with EMILY’s List and their work, here is their mission statement from their website:
“The mission is simple, really: EMILY’s List is dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office. The method is a little more complicated, but not much. Basically, it works like this:
- EMILY’s List looks for viable political opportunities and recruits strong pro-choice Democratic women candidates to run.
- We tell our community of members about these women, and ask them to give directly to the campaigns of candidates for House, Senate, and governor.
- We provide extensive training for candidates and staff so they can make the most of limited resources and win the toughest races. We conduct in-depth, ongoing research into the minds and moods of women voters, a critical bloc for Democrats whose votes are key to electing more women.
- Finally, our WOMEN VOTE! project reaches out to women voters in the days and weeks before Election Day with persuasive messages that motivate them to go to the polls and cast their ballots for progressive Democrats — because if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s When Women Vote, Women Win!
We are continually making investments to help women develop political skills and cultivate resources so that we can bring more women into politics and elected office. Only then can we build a lasting progressive majority dedicated to social justice, civil rights, diversity, economic reform, and compassion — and construct a society that values the contributions of all of its citizens.
Working together, we can make a difference — and change the face of American politics.”
Be sure to contribute to EMILY’s List to support their great work and Support their Candidates.
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