[Patricia Ireland, President of the National Organization for Women, also on the ground at Kennedy Space Center, sighed when I asked her about the convergence of the two events.] It has the potential to diminish the excitement ... And, at the same time, it reminds us that progress must go on. That it is bigger than any one connection to the past. |
Hard cases make bad laws ... We have decided not to work with these disreputable right-wing organizations and individuals advancing [Jones'] cause. |
John Ashcroft ... stands for some of the most regressive policies on the ultraconservative agenda. He would ban contraceptive pills, deny contraceptive action to a woman who had been raped and would not allow an abortion in a case of incest. |
Now we are talking about real sexual predators, and we are now talking about people in power using that power to take advantage of women. |
One of the things [NOW members] look for when they're looking for [work] is jobs where they're going to get better skills on computers, ... That's a higher value, especially for the young women, than the immediate pay they're going to be getting. We hear it with great regularity. |
This is not just sexual harassment, if it's true. It's sexual assault, ... Late Edition. |
We do not intend to encourage higher courts to consider and possibly create legal precedent that would injure everyday women in the workplace, based on the allegations and evidence of a politically charged case, |
When they say men should take responsibility, they really mean men should take control ... that men should be heads and masters of their families, and women should take a back seat. That is a very bad message as far as I am concerned. |