Obama gets gender right in first 100 days

An encapsulation of Obama's policies towards gender and rebuttal of critics who felt that Hillary was going to be the more pro-woman president.

Obama gets gender right in first 100 days
By C. Nicole Mason, April 21, 2009

President Obama’s first 100 days represent a triumph for women.

Just six days into his presidency, Obama lifted the global gag rule, which prohibited groups that receive U.S. foreign aid from even discussing abortion. While not surprising, it did send a reassuring message about his intention of overturning harmful and shortsighted public policies instituted over the last eight years.

The first piece of legislation he signed into law as president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. That law gives women the ability to challenge unequal pay, which will have direct and meaningful impact on working women from coast to coast and across occupations.

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We kinda knew this was coming when word got out that his mother-in-law was also moving into the White House.


Like he was really gonna have a say in that matter.:smt042