OT RE: "Texas has been reasonably pleased with Bush." John
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A Quick Look at the State of Women in Texas Under Bush
CRIME
Texas ranked 10th in the rate of women murdered by men in 1996. [Violence Policy Center, "When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1996 Homicide Data," www.vpc.org]
Forty-two Texas concealed handgun licensees were arrested for family violence from 1996-1997. [Violence Policy Center, "License to Kill: Arrests Involving Texas Concealed Handgun License Holders," www.vpc.org]
Almost 825,000 Texas women were physically abused in 1998. [Texas Council on Family Violence, 1999]
Texas ranked second in the percent of calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline in 1997. [Violence Against Women Office, www.usdoj.gov/vawo, 1999]
Almost 8,000 rapes were reported in Texas in 1998. [Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Information Bureau, 1999]
More than 3.5 million Texans do not have access to sexual assault education and prevention programs. [Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, "Facts About Sexual Assault," www.taasa.org]
One third of Texas women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. [Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, "Facts About Sexual Assault," www.taasa.org]
ECONOMY AND JOBS
Texas ranked 42nd in the nation for women who were economically independent. [Institute for Women's Policy Research, www.iwpr.org, "The Status of Women in the States, 1998"]
Texas ranked 43rd in the nation for women living in poverty. [Institute for Women's Policy Research, www.iwpr.org, "The Status of Women in the States, 1998"]
HEALTH
Texas ranked 50th in the nation for women without health insurance. [Institute for Women's Policy Research, www.iwpr.org, "The Status of Women in the States, 1998"]
Almost two million women in Texas did not have health insurance in 1999. [University Wire, 4/1/99; Houston Chronicle, 3/22/99]
Texas tied for 48 in the nation for teen pregnancy rates with a rate of 49 per 1,000 women in 1996. [Annie E. Casey Foundation, www.aecf.org, 1999 Kids Count]
More than two million Texas women were in need of contraceptive services and supplies in 1998. [Alan Guttmacher Institute, www.agi-usa.org]
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Texas ranked 35 in the nation for overall political participation of women in 1998. [Institute for Women's Policy Research, www.iwpr.org, "The Status of Women in the States, 1998"] |
