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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From the Bush administration's attacks on women's rights to preparing for a vacancy on the Supreme Court, NOW activists have our hands full protecting the advances we've made together over the past decades and moving forward on women's rights,
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We told him what he needed to hear. And I think our messages were received. The vice president shared some of his ideas, listened to ours and offered to have an ongoing dialogue.
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He's a very smart lawyer and he's giving legalistic answers that are probably accurate. He doesn't want to lie. But he's giving answers that under some legal analysis do tip his hand, and it's very bad news for women.
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He got the message loud and clear, didn't he?
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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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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.
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The message we delivered was that he needs to distinguish himself from Gov. Bush,
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an outrage and an insult to the women of this country.
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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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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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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.