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From the look of my Twitter feed last night, I wasn’t the only one frustrated by President Obama’s lackluster debate performance, including his failure to mention women’s issues even once.
In a year when the “war on women” has reared its head with attacks on breast-cancer screenings, birth-control coverage, and family-planning funding, along with laws requiring vaginal ultrasounds and comments about “legitimate rape,” you would think us ladies might register just a little bit—especially when the president enjoys an 18-percentage-point lead over his competitor among women. And in a debate about domestic policy, where the subjects ranged from jobs to the economy to health-care to Medicaid, there was ample opportunity.
The above excerpt was originally published in The Daily Beast. Click here to view the full article.
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Director, Women\'s Health & Rights Program
