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GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal

August 23, 2012 By Susan Webb

Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.

Sandra Fluke campaigning hard for Obama

August 23, 2012 By John Wojcik

Sandra Fluke, who has become a national figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights, is campaigning hard now for the re-election of President Obama.

Akin just said out loud what fellow Republicans think

August 23, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky

U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin stirred up a storm when he said, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Wildfires – and Republican climate change cluelessness – continue

August 22, 2012 By Blake Skylar

As the blazes continue to consume forests and destroy homes, the climate change that spawned them is continuously being denied or ignored by Republicans.

Akin, Ryan, rape and Republican hypocrisy

August 21, 2012 By PW Editorial

Fierce opposition to women's reproductive rights, including the right to decide whether or not to bear a child, has been the agenda of the Republican Party for quite some time now.