Courage Against Conflicting Odds: Barbara Boxer
Being a woman in office is particularly hard regarding the fact that 80 percent of the House of Representatives are male, and female congresswomen make up a small 19.4 percent. The low percentage of females in elected positions makes it easier for the respect that they are given to be degrading. Barbara Boxer had no fear when entering the campaign for House of Representatives and in 1982, despite her opponent being a male figure, she won the election only by 52 percent of the vote. As she ran for reelection the next four times, she was undeniably assigned California’s representative with never dropping below 67 percent of the vote. When she had the opportunity to run for the U.S Senate, she conquered the campaign against all men during her first term and again for …show more content…
Following Roe vs. Wade and the legalization of abortions, there have been many opinions and oppositions trying to refute the bill and to obtain ways to ban abortion through the states. Boxer stated that "If my opponent's views prevailed, women and doctors would be criminals, they would go to jail. Women would die, like they did before Roe v. Wade” (On the Issues, “Barbara Boxer on Abortion”) when discussing the restrictions held on abortions laws. Boxer felt so strongly that the Roe vs. Wade bill needed revisions and protection that she authored a bill known as the Freedom of Choice Act in 2004. Her bill contained the same proposition set forth from Roe vs. Wade but elaborated in trying to save the bill from interpretation by the states. One of the bills findings state “Even though the Roe v. Wade decision has stood for more than 34 years, there are increasing threats to reproductive health and freedom emerging from all branches and levels of government. In 2006, South Dakota became the first State in more than 15 years to
Being a woman in office is particularly hard regarding the fact that 80 percent of the House of Representatives are male, and female congresswomen make up a small 19.4 percent. The low percentage of females in elected positions makes it easier for the respect that they are given to be degrading. Barbara Boxer had no fear when entering the campaign for House of Representatives and in 1982, despite her opponent being a male figure, she won the election only by 52 percent of the vote. As she ran for reelection the next four times, she was undeniably assigned California’s representative with never dropping below 67 percent of the vote. When she had the opportunity to run for the U.S Senate, she conquered the campaign against all men during her first term and again for …show more content…
Following Roe vs. Wade and the legalization of abortions, there have been many opinions and oppositions trying to refute the bill and to obtain ways to ban abortion through the states. Boxer stated that "If my opponent's views prevailed, women and doctors would be criminals, they would go to jail. Women would die, like they did before Roe v. Wade” (On the Issues, “Barbara Boxer on Abortion”) when discussing the restrictions held on abortions laws. Boxer felt so strongly that the Roe vs. Wade bill needed revisions and protection that she authored a bill known as the Freedom of Choice Act in 2004. Her bill contained the same proposition set forth from Roe vs. Wade but elaborated in trying to save the bill from interpretation by the states. One of the bills findings state “Even though the Roe v. Wade decision has stood for more than 34 years, there are increasing threats to reproductive health and freedom emerging from all branches and levels of government. In 2006, South Dakota became the first State in more than 15 years to