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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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