I wish we weren`t fighting all the time to protect women`s rights, to protect women`s health.

Not everyone can march, but everyone can talk. And everyone can reach out, and everyone can vote.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.

I think we've got to understand the complexity of the world that we are facing and no place is more so than in the Middle East.

Running for office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out and raise it. New York is probably the leading site for contributions for fundraising for candidates on both sides of the aisle, and it's also our economic center. And there are a lot of people here who should ask some tough questions before handing over campaign contributions to people who were really playing chicken with our whole economy.

For 30 years, I've produced results for people.

Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.