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Pay Equity
Women’s participation in the labor market has expanded
considerably in the last few decades. Although women’s
pay relative to men’s has increased over time,
women still earn only 70 cents for every dollar earned
by men. The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from paying
lower wages to some employees than are paid to other
employees for “equal work” on jobs requiring “equal
skill, effort, and responsibility” and performed “under
similar working conditions” at the same location.
However, I believe that gender discrimination is still
a prevalent problem in the workplace and I will continue
to work to end pay inequities.
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Violence Against Women
I strongly support the objectives of the Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA). VAWA was first passed in 1994 and is
an integral part of the national effort to stop domestic
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. VAWA provides
numerous grants every year to a wide range of organizations
to combat these problems. Services funded include: advocacy,
shelter, law enforcement protection, and legal aid. I strongly support full funding for VAWA programs
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Reproductive Rights and Access to Reproductive Health Care
I am pro-choice and support the United States Supreme
Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which protects a woman's
right to reproductive health and freedom. I believe that
the abortions protected by that decision should be rare
and safe, but that it should be a decision made between
a woman, her family and her doctor, based on her own
health and circumstances.
Also, I strongly support domestic
and international family planning to reduce the number
of unwanted pregnancies and abortions worldwide and to
save lives. I believe that all women, abroad and in the United States, should be free to make their own reproductive health care decisions and should have access to legal, safe, and affordable contraception. In addition, I strongly support efforts to reduce
unwanted pregnancies, particularly teenage pregnancies.
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