http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/category_rss/Womensissues How comical is that the Wisconsin representative to the so-called “Palin Truth Squad” is Margaret Farrow ? The “Squad” presumably will criticize anyone who brings up Sarah Palin’s ethics scandal , truth bending , right-wing extremism and revisionist history. Or those who point out that Palin refuses to talk to reporters and won’t answer questions. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk/commentary#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:08:28 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBk/ The phantom southside Milwaukee candidate for state assembly, José Guzmán, is at last revealing himself contending with his recruitment by the political operative, Tom Reynolds, the notorious former state senator known for his anti-Catholic views and often bizarre political behavior . After weeks of silence, Guzmán is meeting criticism of his campaign by finally speaking to the press, and accusing one of his opponents, incumbent Democratic State Rep. Pedro Colón (Eighth Assembly District, Milwaukee), of being "anti-catholic" for his vote for the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims bill, signed into law by Gov. Doyle in March. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv/commentary#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:48:18 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBv/ Today is the 88th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. Eighty-eight years after women getting the equality to vote, John McCain still does not think that women deserve equal pay. McCain, like George W. Bush, has the wrong policies for America’s women and for struggling families. Even just a brief look at his record reveals that on the issues that matter most to women, John McCain is totally out of touch. John McCain actually fought equal pay legislation by opposing the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have made it easier for women and other workers to pursue pay discrimination claims . At a town hall meeting, a brave 14-year old girl confronted McCain about his opposition to equal pay and he responded by actually saying that the equal pay legislation wouldn’t do anything to help the rights of women. Other issues that are very important to women are practical everyday issues that affect their families. Things like struggling to pay the rising costs of food, gas and healthcare. John McCain’s economic plan ignores the real needs of the average women and her family and instead focuses on massive tax cuts to corporations like Big Oil and Big Insurance companies. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBt http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBt/commentary#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:36:43 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBt Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBt/ Update: Readers can contact the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (MJS) on this matter at: Letters to the Editor http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=766191 Milwaukee, Wisconsin—Donna Ganong is a 70-year-old widow running a corner tavern on Milwaukee's near-south side. In early July, Mrs. Ganong tried to help a crying, hungry dog in an alley, and the Milwaukee police fined her $350 for her trouble. Located at the corner of 1400 West Orchard Street and South 14th Street, Ganong’s Corner, has seen its share of life, though the neighborhood bar is not much of a blip on the Milwaukee radar screen. Apparently the people don't matter all that much to the Milwaukee police either. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp/commentary#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:19:17 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGp/ My name is Julianne Bukey. I’m a senior at Scripps College, and I’m working for the summer at NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin. You may have seen this video of me asking John McCain a question about insurance coverage for birth control at a McCain Town Hall meeting in Racine, Wisconsin on Thursday, July 31, 2008. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/CHGx http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/CHGx/commentary#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:06:11 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/CHGx NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/7615399716529c05a6_votmv2a9p.gif NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGx/ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that all the usual business suspects are going to pump cash into an effort to fight the paid sick day referendum. The story further reveals that if they don’t get the result that they want on the referendum, that they will spend even more money by challenging the will of the people in the courts. So what is a person supposed to take from this news? That business interests are willing to invest their money in an expensive ad campaign and possibly a protracted lawsuit but not in their own employees and the public health? Are they really going to launch such an effort to keep some of the poorest workers in the city from having a benefit that most people take for granted? The business interests involved in the fight against paid sick days list all of the same talking points that they have always used when asked to invest more into their employees and the common good. This story is no exception, once again they claim that requiring paid sick days will put people out of business and chase others businesses from the city. How many times have we had to endure this tired old argument? It is straight out of central casting but they have simply replaced the last issue with paid sick days. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMs http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMs/commentary#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:48:17 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMs Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMs/ Today John McCain held a women-only town hall in Hudson and made the following comment: "We haven't done enough. We have not done enough. And I'm committed to making sure that there's equal pay for equal work. That there is equal opportunity in every aspect of our society. And that is my record and you can count on it." Did McCain get lost in the moment or did he intentionally misrepresent himself to Wisconsin women? Regardless of his reason for the statement, it is clearly not an accurate one. He has clearly not been a supporter of equal pay for women despite what he said today in Hudson. Consider just some of the following points from the McCain record. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMj http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMj/commentary#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:35:49 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMj Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMj/ Tomorrow U.S. Senator John McCain will be coming to Wisconsin and holding a women-only town hall . John McCain’s record of rubber stamping Bush policies in the U.S. Senate has been a disaster for not only women but for entire country. John McCain actually skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have restored workers ability to pursue pay discrimination claims in court. When a 14-year-old girl asked him about this at a town hall meeting, he told her that protections for equal pay wouldn’t do “anything to help the rights of women.” On the same topic McCain has commented that women simply need “education and training” instead of equal pay protection. John McCain also is a full supporter of unfair trade deals that has led to the loss of countless jobs. Obviously many of those jobs were held by women, they would probably not judge kindly McCain’s record on the economy. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMg http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMg/commentary#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:11:09 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMg/ Update: Daniel Bice has the audio of a Tom Reynolds phone call to state Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee, 20), “a veteran Milwaukee Democrat, (who) has a direct and personal interest in what Reynolds was doing, so she signed up - using a fake name - with Clean Sweep Wisconsin.” This is the  link is to the audio of the Reynolds phone call , and the URL is: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=770314 Transcription of the Reynolds call, in part, follows: “… In Milwaukee here, we are working on a full slate of 12 candidates; eight on the north side, and four on the south side. And we are at eight or nine candidates right now. ... We have a candidate against Sinicki and a candidate against Staskunas. And we're still working on Zepnick and Colón….” An anti-Catholic-Reynolds ally in Colón’s district? That likely will not play especially well there; though it’s a fair bet that Reynolds’ brand of politics and hate will not play well anywhere in the Milwaukee area. See the Milwaukee-area Democratic State Reps chart at the end of this post. *** What does a rightwing candidate recruited by a notorious anti-Catholic, Tom Reynolds, say if his/her name is on the ballot challenging Milwaukee-area Assembly Democrats in the September primary? As little as possible. And he/she hides from the public, staying in the shadows, an odd posture for candidates for public office, though consistent with the past odd behavior of former state senator Reynolds who reportedly had asked of prospective staff whether they were virgins. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2/commentary#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:59 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2 User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj2/ U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-What's Wrong With You Sick, Frothing Morons?) is finally dead. Happy birthday, U.S. of A. Helms was a hate-slathered cretin, whose campaigns and governing showed American democracy at its worst. "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races," thundered just one of many Helms' attacks over the decades. Conservatives are saddened by the news. "Ol' 27 percent"  George W. Bush was soiling his White House crying towel, calling Helms "kind," "decent" and "humble." And while he had some admirers in Wisconsin, most notably Supreme Court Justice-Elect Mike Gableman's ad-writing team , Helms was a racist thug and the world mourns, simply because it took him so, so long to exit the world he befouled for over eight decades. For my dough, I'm hoping Wonkette Editor Ken Layne has penned in "Jesse Helms: American Garbage," what will be a waterfall of appropriate tributes . Feel free to add even better ones to the comment portion of this blog. Helms deserves it for all he did to people of color, gays, the poor and this nation's sense of decency.      http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF/commentary#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:31:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjF/ Last week it was reported that a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) staffer condescendingly referred to the Epic Systems founder and well-respected progressive business leader as “that computer lady.” As a result the Institute for One Wisconsin launched an education effort this week questioning WMC’s attitude toward women and their history of opposing legislation that would have been helpful to both women and their families. The online campaign includes a WMC Watch News Alert available at WMCWatch.org and a letter to the editor writing tool. Individuals can write a letter to the editor of their local papers expressing their outrage at both the dismissive WMC comments and their legislative positions that have been bad for Wisconsin women. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjp http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjp/commentary#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:41:38 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjp Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjp/ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) have shown themselves to be little more than a partisan organization in recent years. Rather than simply representing business interests in the state, they have become hugely partisan and practically the funding arm for right wing candidates. Understandably, this increasingly partisan direction has concerned numerous businesses that did not sign up for such controversy. Partisanship has become one of the obvious faces of WMC, but in a recent story in the Isthmus, we may have seen a sign of something more troubling. The Isthmus profiled Epic Systems, a Madison based software company that has not only grown to be one of the most important companies in Dane County but a powerhouse in both the state and country. While describing the many ways that Epic Systems has been leading their entire industry, the story also takes a look at the leadership behind Epic Systems and their great successes. No look at the company would be complete without mentioning the founder and CEO, Judy Faulkner. The story goes on to give a professional and rather personal profile of the force behind this giant success story. As part of that discussion, the story points out that Judy Faulkner is very forward thinking and progressive when it comes to public policy and other important issues. This certainly does not fit with the increasingly right wing partisan WMC agenda. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjG http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjG/commentary#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:15:30 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjG Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 3 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjG/ Today Paid Sick Days Milwaukee, a coalition of labor, educational and community organizations, delivered over 42,000 signatures to the Milwaukee Common Council. The effort was lead by 9 to 5 , National Association of Working Women. They are asking the council to pass a requirement that all businesses in Milwaukee provide employees with paid sick day benefits . The council can either vote on it themselves or they could put the measure on the November ballot. The proposed ordinance would require all private businesses in Milwaukee to give their workers one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Full-time employees for a large business would earn 72 hours a year. Smaller businesses (with 10 or fewer employees) would only be required to provide 40 hours a year in paid sick days. The days could be taken for illness, medical care for the worker, for their children, parents or any other person related to the worker. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjC http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjC/commentary#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:44:39 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjC Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjC/ Despite his awful record in the U.S. Senate, John McCain is trying to convince women that he is an advocate for the issues that matter to them most. This of course is patently absurd with even the slightest look at his actual votes. When John McCain had a chance to show his support in April, he skipped out on the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It would have restored workers’ ability to pursue pay discrimination claims in the courts and provided greater protection for women receiving unfair wages. McCain has since explained that he was opposed to the act, saying that women simply needed “education and training.” In addition, John McCain is so extreme on women’s health and family planning issues, that he earned a ZERO PERCENT rating from Planned Parenthood. Not only does John McCain have a problem on the issues, but he apparently has a problem with the company that he keeps. McCain planned to attend a fundraiser today hosted by Texas oilman Clayton Williams. This is the same man that made one of most disgusting comments against women in American political history. When he was running for governor in 1990, Williams compared rape to bad weather saying, “As long as it’s inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.” It wasn’t until reporters inquired about McCain’s pick to host the fundraiser that he decided to cancel the event at Williams’ home. John McCain is trying to appeal to women, hoping that they will not look at his record or his actions. Although he has tried to present himself as a “moderate” or “maverick,” when it comes to issues that are important to women, John McCain has proven himself to be wildly extreme and terribly out of touch. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGQ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGQ/commentary#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:16:40 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGQ Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGQ/ The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied pharmacist Neil Noesen's petition for review of the 3rd District Court of Appeals decision upholding the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board's (PEB) reprimand. Noesen, the state-licensed pharmacist who refused to fill or transfer a woman's birth control prescription in Menomonie in 2002, was disciplined by the PEB in 2005 for his behavior. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/CHGH http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/CHGH/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:50:19 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/CHGH User from Milwaukee, WI User from Milwaukee, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGH/ Upon sitting out the vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , Senator John McCain (R-AZ) remarked that what women really need is “education and training.” Puzzling, because in 2007 Sen. McCain avoided the vote on the America COMPETES Act and voted against the College Cost Reduction Act . The America COMPETES Act promotes education in engineering, technology, and science—fields not typically pursued by women—and was supported by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The AAUW also supported the College Cost Reduction Act —which aimed to increase Pell grant awards to restore the grant’s purchasing power and reduce subsidized student loan interest—given the fact that “because women are more likely to borrow money for college than men are and will earn less on average after graduation, female graduates are more likely to struggle with their loan debt.” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHGr http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHGr/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:28:59 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHGr Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/29f658c77b84123210_r9wmvyqo2.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGr/ Watch John McCain tell a 14-year-old girl that she doesn't deserve equal pay. McCain seems to think that women don't need equal pay protection, they need "more education and training." Check out the video below to hear Sen. McCain's outrageous remarks about his opposition to equal pay for women. In April, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have restored workers' ability to pursue pay discrimination claims in the courts, and provide protection for women receiving unfair wages. McCain explained his opposition to the bill by saying that instead of equal pay protection, women simply needed "education and training." A 14-year old girl knew better and questioned McCain about his absence and position on the bill to provide protection for equal pay. McCain responded, "I don't believe that this would do anything to help the rights of women." http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHGv http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHGv/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:19:07 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHGv Robert http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/98373c53a0534c14fd_ppbmvypq9.jpg Robert 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGv/ It is no secret that men in the United States out-earn women. Forty-five years after the initial Equal Pay Act of 1963 women are still being paid significantly less than men who work in the same capacity. The most recent attempt, in the United States Senate, to provide protection to women workers was the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: this legislation was not passed at the April vote. Throughout the years women have fought for and obtained significant rights including the right to vote and reproductive rights. After all of this time, why is the right to equal pay not a given right for women workers in the United States? One contributing factor to this on-going in-equality is the political under representation of women. Today in Washington, there are 74 women serving in the 435 seat House of Representative, and 16 women serving in the 100 seat Senate. Although women are not being voted for they are certainly voting. A 2004 Census Bureau Report showed that women out number men in voter eligibility, registration and actual ballots cast. The report states that 67.6% of females of voting age were registered to vote, compared with 64% of voting age males. From those registered to vote 60.1% of females did vote whereas only 56.3% of males casted ballots on election-day. As voters, it is our responsibility to elect officials who are representative to the population-which would include both men and women representative. Additionally, we must elect representatives who will promote fair and progressive legislation, starting with eliminating pay disparities between genders. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/monicabennett/C27K http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/monicabennett/C27K/commentary#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:46:44 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/monicabennett/C27K Monica Monica 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C27K/ One Wisconsin Now is marking the 45th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act’s passage by calling on Senator John McCain to promote policies in the U.S. Senate that close the pay gap between women and men once and for all. In April, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have restored workers’ ability to pursue pay discrimination claims in the courts and provided greater protection for women receiving unfair wages. McCain explained his opposition to the bill by saying that instead of equal pay protection, women simply needed “ education and training. ” He even told a 14-year-old girl that he didn’t think protections for equal pay would do” anything to help the rights of women.” The women and families of Wisconsin and the nation can’t afford McCain’s kind of costly inaction. In 2006, Wisconsin women’s wages were about 22 percent lower than men’s. That means a women working full-time in the state would earn around $28,000 per year, on average, compared with over $36,500 for a man. Earlier this year, Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) and Representative Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) authored the Equal Pay Enforcement Act. It passed in the state Senate but continues to languish in the Wisconsin Assembly. It’s time for Senator McCain to set the tone for our nation and its state legislatures by making equitable wages for women a priority. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C27F http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C27F/commentary#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:49:20 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C27F Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C27F/ On June 7, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut. This landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision paved the way for recognition that birth control is basic health care for women. The 1965 ruling marked the first time that the Supreme Court recognized that women's reproductive decisions are protected by the Constitution and paved the way for the almost universal acceptance of contraception that now exists in this country. However, many women still face barriers in accessing affordable health care, including access to birth control and family planning services. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/C27q http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/C27q/commentary#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:34:18 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ppawi/C27q User from Milwaukee, WI User from Milwaukee, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C27q/