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Ladies, we are under attack. A record number of bills have been introduced regarding women's health. All-male panels in Washington are discussing contraception. And women are suddenly a hot-button topic in the presidential debates. This is about more than reproductive rights. This is about a woman's right to manage her own life, her own health, her own destiny. We must stay informed. We must stay vocal. We should run for office.

  • Wisconsin repeals equal pay.

    Hello Ladies says: "Wisconsin repealed its Equal Pay Rights, making it harder for victims of workplace discrimination to collect damages."
  • A Planned Parenthood clinic was fire bombed

    Hello Ladies says: "The attacks on women's health escalated from rhetoric and legislation to a home made bomb planted on the window sill of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute Wisconsin. Thankfully, no one was injured. The clinic was closed when the small bomb detonated."
  • Rep. Gwen Moore got personal and powerful.

    Our Heroine of the Week is Representative Gwen Moore of Wisconsin. Moore spoke yesterday on the House floor in support of the Violence Against Women Ac...

    Hello Ladies says: "Representative Gwen Moore of Wisconsin shared her own stories of violence and sexual assault in order to underscore the importance of the Violence Against Women Act."
  • A repro rights debate in Georgia brought on fistfights and police tape.

    Hello Ladies says: "During debate over a fetal pain bill in Georgia, one legislator compared women to calves and pigs, female legislators walked off the floor, and a fistfight broke out among lobbyists."
  • You can knit a uterus for Congress.

    Hello Ladies says: "One group shared instructions on how to knit a uterus for legislators who want to govern them."
  • Idaho witnessed live ultrasounds.

    Hello Ladies says: "Protestors conducted live ultrasounds at The Idaho Capitol during an abortion debate. Idaho ultimately dropped its ultrasound bill."
  • Secretary Clinton says America needs to set an example.

    Hello Ladies says: "The Secretary of State asks, "Why is it that extremists want to control women?" and says, "We have to stand up for women's rights...because America needs to set the example for the entire world.""
  • Women will march on April 28.

    Planning is underway for an April 28 march to all the state capitols.

    Hello Ladies says: "Planning is underway for an April 28 march to all the state capitols. Women are speaking up and speaking out."
  • Even Doonesbury is weighing in.

    Hello Ladies says: "Several newspapers are moving or pulling a Doonesbury comic strip about mandatory ultrasound legislation. "
  • Rush Limbaugh goes too far.

    Radio host Rush Limbaugh went too far calling a Georgetown University student a slut for testifying about the need for contraception coverage.

    Hello Ladies says: "Radio host Rush Limbaugh went too far calling a Georgetown University student a slut for testifying about the need for contraception coverage. He apologized after sponsors started pulling ads from his show, but the apology rang hollow."
  • Virginia lawmaker jokes about controversial legislation.

    Hello Ladies says: "Virginia Del. Dave Albo can't bring himself to say the word vagina, but he can joke about them, and apparently thinks he's fit to write laws about them too."
  • Georgia Representative introduces bill that would outlaw vasectomies.

    Hello Ladies says: "After a week of men talking about men who are trying to write laws about women, Georgia Representative Yasmin Neal introduced House Bill HB 1116, which would seek to criminalize vasectomies. Her point: if lawmakers are going to regulate women's health they should regulate men's health too."
  • Senator Blunt thinks your boss should decide your healthcare plan.

    Hello Ladies says: "Senator Roy Blunt has proposed legislation that would allow an employer to exclude any health service from the coverage they provide based on any religious beliefs or moral convictions."
  • Congressman Issa is talking to men about women's contraception.

    Hello Ladies says: "House Oversight Committee Chairman Congressman Darrell Issa held a hearing titled, “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?” The hearing, mainly about contraception, featured a male-dominated male panel and blocked relevant female testimony."
  • The witness Rep. Issa blocked from testifying tapes her testimony and shares it on YouTube.

    Hello Ladies says: "Sandra Fluke would have been a female voice on behalf of millions of women who want safe and affordable coverage for preventive health care. "
  • Democrats call their own hearing on contraception.

    Hello Ladies says: "House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has organized a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee event for Thursday to allow Sandra Fluke, the law student who was blocked from testifying at last week’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, a chance to speak. "
  • Cable news calls on men to discuss the men trying to control women.

    Hello Ladies says: "According to research form Think Progress, over the course of five days, 62 percent of the total guests who commented on contraception on the cable news networks were men."
  • We could always just put an aspirin between our knees.

    Hello Ladies says: "Rick Santorum supporter Foster Friess told "gals" if they want free contraception, they should put an aspirin between their knees. The message: keep your legs closed and your mouth shut."
  • Senator Gillibrand is calling for more women's voices.

    Hello Ladies says: "Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke from the Senate floor on the importance of adding women's voices to the decision making process. Women bring a different perspective, a different approach, a different outcome."
  • Protecting victims of domestic violence is apparently a partisan issue.

    Hello Ladies says: "When the Senate Judiciary Committee reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act which improves criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, no Republican committee members supported it."
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