Nancy Keenan
Nancy Keenan
Nancy Keenanis the former president of the United States-based abortion rights organization NARAL Pro-Choice America. She served as president from 2004-2013. The Montana Democratic Party announced Keenan would take over as its executive director, effective April 20, 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 February 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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We understand very clearly what's at stake. The president made a conscious decision to cater to the base and left Middle America out in the cold.
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Even anti-choice Justices Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist respect precedent, but that hasn't stopped them from explicitly saying they want to overturn Roe v. Wade .
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We see that this is about more than just South Dakota. It's about the country. The bottom line in all of it is elections matter.
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A woman's right to choose is at a tipping point. The Supreme Court is narrowly divided, and by selecting John Roberts to succeed the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Bush has raised the stakes.
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The Supreme Court's decision to hear this case is a stark reminder of how President Bush and his anti-choice congressional allies have politicized the judicial process.
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The Supreme Court disagreed with him. So you have the justices saying, 'No, this is too much, this affects women's lives far too much.' Then he was out of the mainstream, and he continues to be out of the mainstream.
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People want solutions. They're tired of the fight. ... There are ways to reduce the unintended pregnancies in this country. When you do that, you reduce the need for abortion.
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She really was one of those cross-generational leaders. She was there to discuss the issue of keeping government out of our personal decisions.
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They are coming clean on how meaningless his evasive 2003 testimony was. It's now even clearer than before that the far-right activists who've been turning handsprings in celebration of Roberts's nomination are getting exactly what they wanted: a proven activist opponent of personal freedoms like a woman's right to choose.
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I hope President Bush will spare the country the divisiveness of a controversial nomination for such an important office. But if that's the route he chooses, pro-choice Americans are ready for the fight.
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He still must answer this vital question directly.
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This will be a defining moment -- President Bush has to pick between what mainstream America wants and what the radical right demands. He can make good on his promises to unite the country by reaching out across party lines to find a consensus nominee who'll respect privacy rights, value women's freedom and defend constitutional traditions.
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This represents a monumental step backward for personal privacy for women.
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Women in New Jersey and across the country should be very proud of Rep. Rothman for leading this bipartisan effort to provide commonsense, compassionate care to rape survivors in the emergency room. When it comes to solving serious problems like unintended pregnancy, Americans want answers from their elected officials, not silence. I stand proudly with Congressman Rothman in calling on Speaker Hastert to allow a vote on his legislation without further delays.