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A coalition of battered women's advocacy groups recasts Feb. 14 as Vagina Day.
Segal said raising money to help Legal Aid is critical "to help battered women, people transferring from welfare to jobs in the economy, and the elderly.
Legal services programs nationally have been battered by economic pressures and escalating demand.
The poor woman was like a ping-pong ball being battered back and forth between these two heavyweights [Clinton and Kenneth Starr], and I feel nothing but compassion for her.
Judge Thornton's ruling has alarmed advocates for battered women, who plan to appeal it.