North Carolina lawmakers are considering two bills (HB 465/SB 604) that would undermine the right to safe, legal abortion in North Carolina. The legislation would prevent some health care facilities from providing abortions, block some trained physicians from providing abortions, and require women to wait 72 hours after first visiting a health care provider to obtain an abortion despite increase travel costs, additional childcare challenges, and more time needed off work that could put the procedure out of reach for some women. To stop these dangerous bills that would undermine the right to safe, legal abortion, lawmakers need to hear a groundswell of opposition from people across the state. Will you help?

My state, Tennessee, is a wonderful place to live. It's very peaceful and there are not many people around who might bother you. I'm very shocked by the Texas-like attempts to de-facto ban abortion by over-regulating abortion clinics, forcing them to shut them down. These regulations must be stopped.

I suggest that Sojourner Truth's face be used on the Twenty Dollar Bill, since much of the labor building this country was on the backs of Slaves, whom Sojourner Truth sought to deliver from their condition of involuntary servitude.

Despite comprising over half of New York State's population, no woman has ever had a seat in statewide budget negotiations. The "three men in a room" insider culture of Albany has come to define politics in the Empire State for many disillusioned voters. Now that the leader of a five-member legislative conference has broken the mold and been allowed into that room, we must shatter the glass ceiling and allow leaders from all legislative conferences, including the accomplished female leader of the 24-member Democratic State Senate conference, to ensure every New Yorker's voice is represented when it counts.

Government of India’s decision to ban director Leslie Udwin’s documentary ‘India’s Daughter’, which depicts the story of the brutal gang rape in Delhi in 2012, is a shameful act of suppression. The restraining order issued by the Government reinforces the stigma surrounding honest conversations about sexuality, patriarchy and a deeply pervasive culture of gender-based violence. We the undersigned – students, faculty, administrators, alumni and staff of the Indian Community at Harvard University – are infuriated, and condemn this action strongly and unequivocally. The voice of the rapist echoes the statements made by some of our political and religious leadership in the past and is a reflection of attitudes that normalize rape-culture. The denigrating comments of defence lawyers M.L Sharma and A.P Singh reveal that these abhorrent ideas transcend social and economic backgrounds. As fellow Indians, this leads us to question the patriarchal views we all inadvertently promote through our actions, words and silence - however subtle they may be. We bear collective responsibility for denying women the right to grow as individuals in a free society and occupy public space as equals - when we stop women from going out without male company, excuse men of the household from performing domestic chores, refuse to acknowledge marital rape, suppress women's professional aspirations, discriminate in their journey towards economic independence, and trivialize the voyeuristic gaze. As a society, we identify women not as individuals but overwhelmingly as daughters, mothers and wives of men in their lives. We perpetuate intellectual and social apartheid by promoting the idea that men have the prerogative to decide what women should and shouldn't do, can and can not do. The delay in judicial proceedings, inertia in working through the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee, and reducing the number of Nirbhaya Centres are all continuing systemic failures in the face of a nationwide outcry. The scabs are coming off from a deep-seeded wound and the actions of agitated citizens are a manifestation of the outrage boiling over since the heinous crime. The way forward is to lead a committed, concerted effort to address the problem at its root and to not mask it with insecure chauvinism. The political perception of recent developments as an international embarrassment, rather than a motivation to acknowledge and confront the gravity of the situation, strikes a massive blow to the citizenry's faith in governance as an agency of public welfare. We want the Government of India with immediate effect, to open up an honest introspective conversation, and work through its policies to tackle gender violence. The country stands in solidarity with Nirbhaya and your silence, Prime Minister, is deafening.

Women helped build this nation. We are citizens. We gave birth to every citizen. We pay taxes. We fight for our nation, yet we are not included in our own Constitution! Paying women less than men who do the same work with the same expertise is wrong. All are supposed to be equal in our great nation! Let's make it happen.

It's shameful that in 2015, women make 78 cents for every dollar a man earns. And that wage disparity is even higher among minority groups. Latinas make $0.54 and black women make $0.64 for every dollar a white man makes. Over a 40-year career, the average woman loses out on $431,000 -- and that number is nearly doubled for women of color. These wage gaps represent more than short-term losses. It represents a lifetime of being devalued in the workplace. It's past the time for all that to change! Equal pay for women is the right thing for our economy, for California, and for our nation. Senate Bill 358 will address this wage inequality by strengthening protections against pay discrimination for women and stopping retaliation against workers who make inquiries about pay. If we can pass SB 358 in California, we can serve as a model for the nation and urge other states and the U.S. Congress to pass similar legislation. JOIN US and help drive the movement for equal pay forward by signing our petition today!

All public servants should avoid all verbal harassment of women during the normal work hours. The law is in place and it is not being implemented by any government employers. It is time to protect all women regarding this issue, now and in the future. This applies to all women of any age and race in the United States of America.

We begin this petition to honor the La Conner Town Counsel's respectful request to show support for renewing the lease of the lot which holds the town's baseball field.

Anti-choice politicians are hell-bent on making it impossible for women to get an abortion. • The U.S. House voted to eliminate insurance coverage for abortion for millions of women, and tax small businesses that offer abortion coverage in their health plan. • The Senate plans to vote to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, targeting women in desperate situations. Banning abortion and raising taxes on small business share one thing in common: they are about as far as Republican leaders can get from the priorities of the American people. We’re flooding Congress with messages to remind them what the majority of Americans really care about.

It is outrageous that on the same day Congressional Republicans abandoned their radical abortion ban proposal for being too extreme, Virginia Republicans are pursuing an even more dangerous version. Virginians need leaders who focus on policies to support families' economic security, not interfere in private decisions that should be between a woman, her family, her faith, and her doctor. Virginia voters have repeatedly rejected these sort of extreme attacks on women's health. This abortion ban was too radical for Washington and Virginia women can't stand for it here.

DHH will be holding a hearing to gather comments on January 29, 2015 in order to try and pass these restrictions. We need your signature in order to show that people oppose these additional restraints on the few remaining abortion clinics in the state of Louisiana, which are already struggling to stay open due to prior bills passed by the legislature.