Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times: Bush Vs. Women. Is the administration’s appalling record of actively trampling efforts to better the condition of women worldwide the result of
- (a) a low prioritization of women’s rights
- (b) a confusion about whether the issue is abortion or survival
- (c) a Talibanesque desire to push women worldwide back into the Stone Age?
Kristof makes an alarming case, based on the administration’s record, that the real story is closer to (c).
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