Women’s Rights Issues Gather Support Among Candidates (Tennessee)

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The Memphis Flyer
Women’s Rights Issues Gather Support Among Candidates
Cohen, Malone, Ball among those taking stands this week; congressman picks up endorsements.
Posted By Jackson Baker on Wed, Jul 23, 2014

With two weeks to go in an August 7 election that includes a general election for county offices and a primary for state and federal positions, the role of women in society and the rights accorded to them are subjects that have begun looming large.

Highlighting a subject — women’s rights — that has historically been a major political focus of his, 9th District congressman Steve Cohen held a press conference at his Poplar Avenue headquarters on Monday in the company of several women who are both prominent activists in women’s issues and Cohen supporters.

“As women succeed, America succeeds,” said Cohen, who was praised by Ashley Coffield, CEO of Memphis Planned Parenthood, one of the attendees, as having an “impeccable record on reproductive health and rights issues” as “the only member of the Tennessee congressional \delegation to have a 100 percent scorecard” on issues essential to Planned Parenthood.

A day later, Deidre Malone, the Democratic nominee for Shelby County Mayor, was co-sponsor with Planned Parenthood and others, of a Kickoff Rally to oppose Constitutional Amendment 1 on the November statewide ballot, which would radically curtail the access to abortion rights in Tennessee.... MORE at http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2014/07/23/womens-rights-issues-gather-support-among-candidates