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Sarasota News Leader November 16, 2012 Steinem received a fervent ovation when she summed up her overall views on personhood with a pithy statement targeting two issues: "Neither the corporation nor the fertilized egg is a person," she declared. NO LETTING UP Fuentes also was publicly vocal in her con- cerns about women's issues during the 2012 election. Soon after returning from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where she was invit- ed to speak about the women's rights move- ment and the problems that remain, she took off to the Half Shell Oyster House on Main Street in Sarasota to participate in a "Count- down to Election 2012" panel discussion for Page 67 college students about the election, voting rights and issues of equality. The event was or- ganized and moderated by Bonnie Greenball Silvestri, senior fellow for arts, culture and civic engagement at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Fuentes explained to the audience both the victories and the shortcomings of the past four years in terms of women's rights, clear- ing up misconceptions. In an interview following the panel's discus- sions, Fuentes went into deeper detail about those issues. She prefaced her remarks with the point that, although she considers herself to be a lifelong liberal Democrat, a supporter Many at the "I Am Choice" rally were volunteers and interns helping to raise funds for local and national campaigns.