Kim Gandy Quotes (28 Quotes)

Women in the South who are feminists, who stand up for women's rights and who speak out on things that aren't fair, are some of the strongest and most amazing women I've ever met,

Gandy criticized the decision based on what is known about Roberts attitude towards women, but also on the basis of what is not known. How dare Bush nominate this candidate, ... for the top position on the Supreme Court when his administration has deliberately concealed hundreds of thousands of pages of his writings, during a time that he was one of the top lawyers representing the people of the United States If the Bush administration refuses to release these papers, we must ask ourselves what they are hiding.

Whether it's Vioxx or Bextra or silicone implants, the rule now is 'Buyer Beware,' ... The drug and device companies own the FDA and it is the companies' profit potential that rules the review and approval process - except when the profit motive is overridden by the White House morality police, as with the morning-after pill.

This is not just about South Dakota. Women's rights, women's health and women's lives are on the line.

not only upset the delicate balance on this Supreme Court, but also extend his right-wing ideology and disregard for individual rights to the third branch of government -- the judiciary.

She was so well-known in the civil rights community and so well-respected that it made a huge difference, ... She had lived through what compromises bring you, and she was very determined that women's lives were not to be compromised.

From the Bush administration's attacks on women's rights to preparing for a vacancy on the Supreme Court, NOW activists have our hands full protecting the advances we've made together over the past decades and moving forward on women's rights,

I'm shocked that there are some people who don't look more deeply at the words,

Many of us think of her as one of the mothers of the modern women's movement. She played a very pivotal, very critical role in launching the second wave of the modern women's movement.

It is an outrage and an insult to the women of this country that George W. Bush has nominated such as jurist to be chief justice of the United States.

I remember what it was like in the 1960's in rural Louisiana. Women did not have many options. My own best friend in high school had a baby at 16. I don't want us to go back to those days.

That book changed women's lives. It opened women's minds to the idea that there actually might be something more. And for the women who secretly harbored such unpopular thoughts, it told them that there were other women out there like them who thought there might be something more to life.

At this time, with the country's leadership in turmoil and confidence in the government steadily declining, now more than ever we need stability.

A lot of strong women there. But sometimes it is a tough place to make progress on our issues.

He's a very smart lawyer and he's giving legalistic answers that are probably accurate. He doesn't want to lie. But he's giving answers that under some legal analysis do tip his hand, and it's very bad news for women.

The most heartless one came a few years ago when they said Medicaid funds couldn't be used for abortion, so poor women got cut off.

We told him what he needed to hear. And I think our messages were received. The vice president shared some of his ideas, listened to ours and offered to have an ongoing dialogue.

It's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having.

I thought, you know, this doesn't look right, ... And I got involved in NOW. I saw them talking about this very law, which was called the Head and Master law, and the next seven years getting rid of it.

They have more to fear from women's votes than they have to fear from right-wing political and religious zealots, ... be put out of office by the women in their states.

Women don't even have equal treatment when it comes to filing a lawsuit for discrimination,

There is no job that women should be excluded from because of their gender. If you can do the job, you should have an opportunity to get the job. If you can't, you shouldn't be there, male or female.

She tapped into a longing for something more in American women. It resonated with our mothers and with us.

Every answer he gives he gives himself a little out. It's frustrating to me as a lawyer to not be able to say, 'Your Honor, instruct the witness to answer the question.' I've thought several times there is a follow-up question I would ask if I were up there.

Those who lose their rights and liberties in the future, because of Roberts' leadership on the Court, will remember the senators who voted to confirm.

It doesn't have to be difficult. It is made difficult. That's the next challenge how can you be responsible for your family and still be part of your government, your political process, your town It cannot be that women have to do it all.

Most studies submitted to the FDA have been conducted by the manufacturers of implants who obviously have a vested interested and whose findings are frequently biased and misleading. We must reform this heavy reliance on industry, which interferes with sound scientific decision-making by the FDA.

an outrage and an insult to the women of this country.