Obama Campaign Courts Women Upset over Republican Assault on Reproductive Rights

The New York Times: Obama Plans Big Effort to Build Support Among Women, by Jackie Calmes:

President Obama’s re-election campaign is beginning an intensified effort this week to build support among women, using the debate over the new health care law to amplify an appeal that already appears to be benefiting from partisan clashes over birth control and abortion. . . .

The New York Times: Centrist Women Tell of Disenchantment With Republicans, by Susan Saulny:

As baby showers go, the party Mary Russell attended to celebrate her niece’s first child was sweet, with about a dozen women offering congratulations over ice cream and cake.

But somewhere between the baby name game and the gifts, what had been light conversation took a sharp turn toward the personal and political — specifically, the battle over access to birth control and other women’s health issues that have sprung to life on the Republican campaign trail in recent weeks. . . .