McCain:Women's Equal Rights Don't Matter
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| Wed, 09-10-2008 - 3:17pm |
McCain on equal pay: ‘I don’t think you’re doing anything to help the rights of women.’
By Matt | Think Progress | Link to article
PUBLISHED: May 08, 2008
Last month, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have made it easier for women and other workers to pursue pay discrimination claims. At the time, McCain explained his opposition to the bill by saying that instead of equal pay protection, women simply needed “education and training.“ Asked about his opposition to the bill at a townhall today, McCain told a 14-year old girl that he didn’t think protections for equal pay would do “anything to help the rights of women."
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Edited 9/10/2008 3:57 pm ET by niteowl08
Edited 9/10/2008 3:58 pm ET by niteowl08


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McCain Opposes Women's Rights Submitted by Saladin on Tue, 2008-07-22 09:28. For over 20 years Senator McCain has voted consistantly to oppose HMO coverage for female contraception and to this day he can not or will not give an explanation as to why.
This is just one of many women's issues he opposes.
Last week when asked about his positive stance on insurance coverage for Viagra and his negative stance on female contraception, he stumbled and passed on answering the question by saying that he didn't know enough about the issue.
I think that this issue is important because our wives, daughters, sisters and "friends" have rights that should be equal to men's especially when it comes to health insurance coverage and reproductive rights.
Here's a link to an excellent article by Katha Pollit of The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/anotherthing/337332/mccain_opposes_contraception_pass_it_on
This link also links to the video of McCain's non-answer.
My question to all of the ladies here is this, how can you support Senator John McCain for President of the United States knowing that he doesn not support women's rights?)))))
Edited 9/10/2008 3:56 pm ET by niteowl08