28.Jul.2010 Mama Grizzlies are Fed Up
14.Mar.2010 The Search for Common Sense Continues in the Maryland House Judiciary Committee
From The Washington Post: Maryland’s roadblock to helping victims of abuse By Eileen King Silver Spring Sunday, March 14, 2010; C05 The Maryland House Judiciary Committee has a reputation for being not only a place where good bills go to die but also where witnesses can expect little sympathy for having suffered from violent or [...]
09.Mar.2010 Maryland H.B. 700 is Killed in Judiciary Committee: Remember Them in November
From The Washington Post: AS EXPECTED, the Maryland House Judiciary Committee wrongly killed a bill on Thursday that would have made it easier for victims of domestic violence to obtain protective orders. H.B. 700 would have brought Maryland into conformance with the practices of every other state in the country. As an election-year service to [...]
04.Mar.2010 Attention Maryland Legislature: Someone Needs to Get Laid
Hey, Luiz Simmons, John Edwards called….he wants his hair back! The dialog is continuing on the shameful treatment of Amy Castillo during testimony with the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, in particular by batterer-lover Delegate Luiz Simmons. Maybe it has been a while since Delegate Simmons has been laid, because he seems pretty preoccupied by it. [...]
01.Mar.2010 Attention Maryland: You Have Some Pigs Loose in the Legislature
A bill is in the Maryland Legislature now, HB 700 (Del Hecht, et al.), which seeks to alter the standard of proof for issuing a final protective order from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence. If a judge finds from the preponderance of the evidence that the alleged abuse has occurred, [...]
28.Feb.2010 Maryland Mother Fights to Change Law After Husband Killed Children
UPDATE (3/01/10): PLEASE SEE Attention Maryland: You Have Some Pigs Loose in the Legislature Amy Castillo’s husband killed their 3 children Updated: Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 12:26 PM EST Published : Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 7:15 PM EST By Sherri Ly ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When Amy Castillo’s husband, Mark, killed her three children nearly two [...]
16.Oct.2009 THIRTY U.S. Senators Voted Against Allowing Government Contractor Rape Victims from Taking Their Workplace Sexual Assault Cases to Court
From The Huffington Post: Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO) Huffington Post | Alex Leo First Posted: 10-15-09 09:06 AM | Updated: 10-15-09 10:30 AM In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to [...]
30.Sep.2008 Questions Submitted For The Presidential Debates
These are some of the many many questions submitted to the Womens’ Media Center for the Presidential Debates! To read about their campaign, and the resulting invitation from Bob Schieffer to accept WMC questions, click here. Note to our many readers in Washington D.C.: Are you getting a feel of what is happening in this country [...]
22.Sep.2008 Women Pose Questions They Would Ask at Presidential Debates
The Women’s Media Center invites you to submit your questions for the Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, hosted by Bob Schieffer. This third and final debate takes place October 15th and focuses on domestic issues. As the result of the WMC’s “Show Me The Women,” an e-initiative challenging the Commission on Presidential [...]
03.Sep.2008 Evan Bayh's Fatherhood Initiative Bill, Co-Sponsored by Barack Obama, Ensures Funding to Fathers by Taking From Social Security Funds
When Evan Bayh was elected to the US Senate in 1998, it was a sad day for mothers everywhere. His Fatherhood Initiatives have been successful in pulling money away from TANF government monies (from children, many living in poverty) and funneling it to fathers groups. Fathers groups that have specific funds set aside from these [...]
