Word: uminski
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legislature is very anti-choice," Uminski says, "so to lose one pro-choice seat was really a little much for us to bear...
...Uminski's best-known opponent, Cambridge City Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, says he is pro-choice. But Uminski supporters say they have questions about how deep Toomey's commitment runs, citing his refusal to support a city council order endorsing the most recent Washington march by pro-choice supporters...
...Uminski says her experience canvassing this year has taught her that abortion affects voter turnout, as well. Uminski once worked as a campus coordinator for Mass Choice, an abortion-rights advocacy group. Many college women, she says, became more politically active as they grew involved in the abortion debate. "It is symbolic," she explains. "People aren't used to having their rights taken away from them...
...Uminski agrees that women come to campagins with financial disadvantages. "Women make 60 cents to every dollar a man makes," she says. Therefore, she says, they have less disposable income to donate to political candidates...
...year when widespread desire for change nearly lead to a three-way Presidential race. Different is often desirable. Uminski says she expected her youth and her gender to be liabilities--but has found them to be among her greatest assets...