Diana DeGette

We already shared the highlights from our week in Charlotte at the Democratic National Convention, including our Town Hall. But another highlight for us was how many of our women spoke at the Convention. It was truly remarkable to watch the women we’ve spent all year championing take the stage and inspire a whole new audience. We also loved the speeches from some of our candidates in past cycles. EMILY’s List women really are rock stars.

Tammy Duckworth

As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said last night, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition in America! With Speaker Pelosi at the helm, the House passed historic health care legislation last night, and many of the women we helped elect played a critical role in ensuring better coverage for American women and families.

We've long known that EMILY's List elected women are the firewall against restrictions on women's reproductive rights. Right, now, amidst debate about the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House's health care bill, EMILY's List women in the House and Senate are taking action to prevent the measure from becoming law.

EMILY's List alum Cong. Diana DeGette (CO-01) has been front and center in the debate about the Stupak/Pitts Amendment in the House's health care bill. Diana, who co-chairs the House's pro-choice caucus with another EMILY's List alum, Cong.

I’d read about the mob right-wing protests happening nationwide at health care town hall meetings, and I’d seen reports about the level of anger among demonstrators. Yesterday in Arizona, disruptions from protestors forced Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick to cancel a series of town hall meetings on health care. In Florida, right-wing protestors banged on the windows of an event until Rep.

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If you didn’t notice from the pink uniform accents on display during the NFL football games a few weeks back - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer among women after skin cancer, and kills more women each year than any other cancer except lung cancer. All cancer types combined are responsible for almost a quarter of deaths among women, eclipsed only by heart disease. It’s a pretty big deal, and we would all be well served to know what puts us at risk and what we can do about it.