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We are all great at gestures of support; I would just like us to start backing up those words with our actions.
FSU Flambeau
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we're betting you've never seen it done like this. Tallahassee is painting the town pink.
Tallahassee Democrat
Too often the red flags still are missed or ignored in troubled domestic relationships, allowing bad situations to fester.
Tallahassee Democrat
The point here is NOT to suggest women should be single-issue voters or align politically by gender, it is to urge women to fight for their rights.
Sarasota Observer
The Shelter for Abused Women and Children of Collier County is part of a team.
Naples Daily News
Can reasonable people really believe there should be no choice, under any circumstance, even in what happened to this child?
Tampa Bay Times
Her achievement owes much to the generations to which her mother and grandmother belong; the "shoulder pad" feminists of the seventies and eighties.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The only surprise about a spate of recent news coverage of a female high school quarterback is that it's still news in 2012.
Orlando Sentinel
It makes me feel good knowing that men and women alike can recognize there’s something wrong with the way our society treats women.
FSU Flambeau
Maybe the best reaction is, "What took so long?"
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
As Mitt Romney worked to clean up the mess left by Todd Akin, GOP activists made sure that his ludicrous comments would continue to hound Republicans.
Tallahassee Democrat
After 80 years of operating as the ultimate good old boys secret society, Augusta National Golf Club finally admitted two women this week.
Tampa Bay Times
INSANELY wrong. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a light-skin’ded, high-yaller, redboned, or pecan-tanned person in ‘Black’ America…
Daytona Times/Florida Courier
"Legitimate rape" was cold water in the face of victims' advocate Gina Costa, executive director of the Victim Service Center of Central Florida.
Orlando Sentinel
If life in the womb is potentially human and has committed no capital offense, what sort of people look away while others arrange its termination?
Tampa Tribune
The swift condemnation of Akin by party leaders is a sign that Republicans may be willing to embark on a long overdue apology tour to women.
Palm Beach Post
You also have to wonder if the guy ever passed a basic biology class.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Op Ed

Amendment 6, which bolsters the rights of parents to be involved in medical decisions affecting their minor children, should be supported by all...

Tallahassee Democrat

Earlier this month,...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Women by and large have...

Gainesville Sun

The Daily News story, headlined "Victim refused to press charges," was disheartening for staff, volunteers and those served by The...

Naples Daily News

The GOP is swinging so far to the right on women’s issues that they appear to be waging a war on women.

News Press of Fort Myers

The GOP missed a grand opportunity last week.

News Press of Fort Myers

Letter To The Editor

The child of rape or incest is every...

Tampa Bay Times

Women in the construction...

Tampa Tribune

I find the current public conversation...

Tampa Bay Times


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