Congress should approve the International Violence Against Women Act not only because it is the "the right thing to do" but because "it's in our own interests," Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Amnesty International USA Executive Director Larry Cox, and Kerry Kennedy, chair of Amnesty International USA's Executive Directors Leadership Council, write in a Politico opinion piece. The bill will be introduced on Thursday by a bipartisan coalition, including Sens. Kerry, Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Reps...

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