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Thursday, May 23, 2019
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Klobuchar makes
stop in Ann Arbor
Amy Klobuchar
discusses domestic
violcence act
during A2 panel
U.S. Representative Debbie
Dingell, D-Mich., and Senator
Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., held
a press conference focusing on
protecting victims of domestic
violence and stalking from gun
violence
at
the
Washtenaw
County SafeHouse Center in Ann
Arbor Saturday morning.
The
discussion
centered
around the reauthorization of
the Violence Against Women
Act, which Congress passed
last month. VAWA, originally
passed in 1994, was previously
reauthorized in 2000, 2005 and
2013. The reauthorization must
now pass in the Senate.
In
the
current
version
of
VAWA,
only
individuals
convicted of abusing a spouse —
not a partner — are prohibited
from buying or owning a gun.
The reauthorized bill includes
a provision to terminate this
issue, commonly referred to as
the “boyfriend loophole,” by also
preventing those who have been
convicted of abusing a “non-
marital” from buying or owning
a gun. Additionally, the bill
would prevent those convicted of
stalking from possessing a gun.
In her introductory remarks,
Dingell
said
partnerships
between
local
and
national
government as well as law
enforcement are vital to continue
the discussion on sexual assault.
“It’s an important time to
have a discussion on this issue,”
Dingell said. “We can’t do this
without resources, and we all
know how important it is.”
Klobuchar said including gun
violence in VAWA emphasizes
the seriousness of the issue.
Cecile Richards
rallies with local
leaders Tuesday
Tuesday evening, the University
of Michigan Diag was packed with
hundreds of people protesting the
slew of restrictive state abortion
laws
being
passed
since
the
beginning of 2019 and particularly
over the past few weeks. The rally,
organized primarily by Planned
Parenthood Advocates of Michigan,
was one of over 200 #StopTheBans
rallies held across the country
Tuesday.
The
Ann
Arbor
rally
was
projected to be one of, if not the,
largest rally held in Michigan. In an
email to The Daily, Angela Vasquez-
Giroux, director of communications
for Planned Parenthood Advocates
of
Michigan,
said
Planned
Parenthood appreciates the support
they receive from Ann Arbor and
the University’s student body.
“The Ann Arbor community has
always been welcoming of Planned
Parenthood and, more importantly,
our
core
value
of
providing
compassionate,
judgement-free
care to anyone who needs it,”
Vasquez-Giroux wrote. “We are
proud to have their support and to
stand with them today.”
Cecile Richards, former president
of both the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America and the
Planned Parenthood Action Fund,
said there were over 20 rallies held
in Michigan alone. Richards was
in Ann Arbor to speak at the Ann
Arbor Public Library as part of her
book tour for her recently released
memoir, “Make Trouble: Standing
Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the
Courage to Lead.” Richards was the
rally’s first speaker.
“I don’t know about you, but
I will go to jail before I let this
government tell me what I can
and cannot do with my own body,”
Richards said. “That’s a promise to
you.”
Richards helped found and is
currently on the leadership board of
the women’s political action group
Supermajority, which promises a
“women’s new deal” addressing
issues like the wage gap, maternal
mortality and lack of women in
government. The group hopes to
reach 2 million votes in support of
Supermajority’s platform in the
2020 elections.
“This is a fire that is going to
burn a pathway all the way to the
White House next year, because we
are never going to cede our rights
to politicians — not in Washington
and not in Lansing, OK?” Richards
said.
Lori
Carpentier,
president
and CEO of Planned Parenthood
Advocates of Michigan, followed
Richards with a speech about the
importance of maintaining the
Democratic political momentum
of the 2018 midterm elections.
Carpentier said that momentum
came from anger toward the 2016
presidential election.
Activists protest
new abortion bans
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