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Equal Pay Is Obama's Women Card

Dem plays to economic issues, away from polarizing abortion

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama isn't talking about Roe v. Wade much before female audiences these days, Politico reports, focusing rather on a case seen to have undermined women's rights to equal pay. In highlighting Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tires rather than abortion, the Democrat is tapping into economic... Read full story »

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Equal Pay Is Obama's Women Card

Dem plays to economic issues, away from polarizing abortion

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