Tagged abortion rights

A Jewish woman makes a stand at one of Alabama’s last abortion clinics

An anti-abortion sign is placed outside of the Reproductive Health Services building in Montgomery, Ala., where Diane Weil volunteers, May 20, 2019. (Seth Herald/AFP/Getty Images)
May 23, 2019 / Josefin Dolsten, JTA

(JTA) — Early on Friday mornings, Diane Weil leaves her house in Montgomery, Alabama, with an umbrella. The 64-year-old registered nurse doesn’t need it to shield her from the rain. Instead she uses it to block patients from protesters who come to the health clinic where she has been… Read more »

GOP wants more sit-downs with Jews — even if they bring up ‘forcible rape’
April 23, 2013 / Ron Kampeas, JTA
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chairwoman of the Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives, at the center of a Jewish leaders roundtable in Washington, April 12, 2013. (Courtesy House Republican Conference)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — He had them until abortion. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) was addressing the Reform movement’s Consultation on Conscience conference about his passion, human rights and success in creating mechanisms to combat human trafficking and shine a light on global anti-Semitism. The crowd gathered in a large… Read more »

Obama’s second term: More of the same, at least until Iran flares
November 7, 2012 / Ron Kampeas, JTA
President Obama at Camp David, Oct. 21, 2012. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The day after the election looks a lot like the day before for President Obama, particularly in areas that have attracted the attention of Jewish voters: Tussling with Republicans domestically on the economy and health care, and dancing gingerly with Israel around the issue of a… Read more »

Down to the wire, Romney resurrects moderate posture that attracted Jewish support
October 26, 2012 / Ron Kampeas, JTA
Mitt Romney speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition presidential candidates' forum, Dec. 7, 2011. (Republican Jewish Coalition)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Mitt Romney’s record as a moderate Republican governor would seem to have made him ideally suited to peel off Jewish votes from President Obama. The problem is that he spent much of the past half decade running from that past. Now, however, as the campaign draws… Read more »