NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues: Archive

NOW's latest work on abortion rights and reproductive issues.

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2008

• Executive Action Proposals for Women (12/08)
• Read and Vote on NOW's Feminist Action Agenda (12/08)
• NOW Calls on Obama Administration, Congress to Undo Harmful HHS Rule (12/08)
• Bush Administration Scurries to Finalize Harmful Regulations (11/08)
• State Ballot Measures Give Feminists Reason to Cheer and Work Harder (11/08)
• NCIWR: HPV Vaccination Requirement Discriminates Against Immigrant Women (10/08)
• NNT: Election Could Reverse Eight Years of Damage to Reproductive Rights (09/08)
• Letter to Secretary Leavitt about proposed Provider Conscience Regulation (09/08)
• Whose Conscience Is It, Anyway? (09/08)
• HHS Needs a News Flash: Birth Control is NOT Abortion (08/08)
• A New Front in the War on Women's Rights (05/08)
• Abstinence-Only Education Just Says No to the Truth: Teen Girls Suffer the Consequences (05/08)
• Below the Belt: ABCs, 123s, and STDs (03/08)
• Restore Affordable Birth Control to Low-Income and College Women (03/08)
• Commemorating 35 Years of Roe v. Wade (01/08)
• NOW Marks the 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Reminds Continued Vigilance is Necessary (01/08)
• Men's Abortion Rights: What Will They Think of Next? (01/08)

2007

• NOW Foundation Times: Supreme Court Challenges Roe v. Wade, Freedom of Choice Act Would Restore Rights (12/07)
• NOW Foundation Times: Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception: The First Year (12/07)
• Restore Affordable Birth Control to Low-Income and College Women (11/07)
• Women's Health Clinic Under Attack Before Opening (09/07)
• Efforts to Repeal the Global Gag Rule Succeeding ... For Now (09/07)
• NOW Foundation Releases New Report on Emergency Contraception (08/07)
• Congress Preserves Family Planning Funding; Birth Control Opponents Revealed (7/07)
• Six Years of the Global Gag Rule have Weakened Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care (7/07)
• Access to Birth Control Act: Basic Healthcare and Every Woman's Right (6/07)
• Defend Alabama's Clinics: A Call to Action (5/07)
• Freedom of Choice Act would Guarantee Roe Protections in U.S. Statutes (4/07)
• A Somber Three-Year Anniversary of the 2005 March for Women's Lives (4/07)
• Freedom of Choice Act is Needed More Than Ever (4/07)
• Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Procedure Ban (4/07)
•   »Selections from Justice Ginsburg's Dissenting Opinion (4/07)
• Fighting Abortion Bans One State At A Time (4/07)
• You Sacked Keroack! (3/07)
• Let's Pick up the Pace on Prevention First (3/07)
• Advance Women's Reproductive Health NOW - Support the Prevention First Act (2/07)
• NOW Sends Letter to Desperate Housewives Execs About Birth Control Misinformation (2/07)
• Viewpoint: Not Just Semantics (1/07)
• Supreme Court Hears Cases That Could Ban Abortion Procedures (1/07)
• Voters Support Reproductive Rights and Minimum Wage (1/07)
• Roe v. Wade at 34: A Pillar of Reproductive Freedom (1/07)
• »Remember the women who have died from illegal abortions.
• The National Organization for Women Marks the 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1/07)
• Join NOW to Commemorate 34 Years of Reproductive Freedom (1/07)

2006

• Lame Duck House Fails to Pass Abortion Anesthesia Bill (12/06)
• Latest Attack on Abortion Rights Based on Scare Tactics and Questionable Science (12/06)
• Take Action: Stop Misleading Abortion Bill (12/06)
• Take Action: Sack Keroack -- the anti-contraception doctor!
  • Write to Congress
  • Sign Our Petition
  • Read a letter from Senators about Keroack's appointment (pdf)
• Voters Show Strong Support for Reproductive Rights and Minimum Wage (11/06)
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Bush-Endorsed Abortion Procedures Ban; Women's Reproductive Rights Hang in the Balance (11/06)
• Reproductive Justice is Every Woman's Right (10/06)
• South Dakota Ban: Taking the Long View (10/06)
• Hyde Amendment: 30 Years of Injustice for Poor Women (10/06)
• Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Summer a Success! (10/06)
• Harsh Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion Stymied in Senate (10/06)
• You Can Stop the Teen Endangerment Act (10/06)
• We Want Over-the-Counter EC (08/06)
• U.S. Republican Taliban Endangers Girls and Young Women (07/06)
• President Bush Supports "Products and Services", As Long as You Don't Actually Mean Birth Control (06/06)
• Stop Fake Clinics from Providing Women with Deceptive Information (06/06)
• Tribe President Suspended for Supporting Women (06/06)
• South Dakotan Fights Back Against Onerous Abortion Ban (05/06)
• Florida NOW Takes Action for Pro-Choice License Plates (05/06)
• War Against Reproductive Rights Surges Through States (05/06)
• High Court Overturns Injunction that Curbed Clinic Violence (05/06)
• Young Feminists Tune In, Turn Out for Reproductive Freedom (05/06)
• Resolution passed by the NOW National Board at its December 2005 meeting (4/06)
• NOW Activists On the Front Line in the Fight to Save Women's Lives (3/06)
• South Dakota Governor Signs Away Women's Rights (3/06)
• Fact Sheet: Emergency Contraception (3/06)
• Decision by Wal-Mart to Stock Emergency Contraception "Long Overdue" (03/06)
• Supreme Court Ends Protection Against Abortion Clinic Violence (2/06)
• South Dakota Ban on Abortion Signals Pitched Court Battle Over Roe v. Wade (2/06)
• Supreme Court Reconsiders Ban on Abortion Procedures (2/06)
• Happy Contraceptive Awareness Week! Urge Congress to Support Prevention First Bill (2/06)
• NOW Activists, Allies Rally to Protect Roe v. Wade (1/06)
• Roe v. Wade Anniversary Comes at Critical Time for Future of Women's Health (1/06)
• NOW Rallies at Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade Anniversary, Vows to Protect Reproductive Rights (1/06)
• Roe v. Wade 33rd Anniversary Day of Action (1/06)

2005

• Women and Abortions: The Reasoning Behind the Decision (12/05)
• NOW Backs Plaintiffs in New Hampshire Abortion Notice Case (12/05)
• NOW Fights Clinic Violence in Cases Before Supreme Court (12/05)
• GAO Report on EC Decision Confirms Suspicions (11/05)
• Ideology Trumps Science in Ongoing FDA Stall of Plan B (11/05)
• Supreme Court Hears Key Abortion Cases, Scheidler v. NOW and Operation Rescue v. NOW on Nov. 30 (11/05)
• Emergency Contraception: U.S. Out of Step (10/05)
• Take Action: Submit Comments to the FDA on Plan B (10/05)
• Reproductive Rights Attacks Gather Force at State and Federal Level (10/05)
• House Trounces Emergency Contraception for Rape Survivors
• FDA Fails to Protect Women (09/05)
• Emergency Contraception Update and Alert (09/05)
• FDA Women's Director Resigns: NOW Salutes Susan Wood as a Woman of Integrity (08/05)
• NOW Protests FDA with National Day of Action on Emergency Contraception (08/05)
• FDA Fails Women Again, NOW Calls for National Day of Action (08/05)
• Testimony of NOW President Kim Gandy on Access to Contraception (7/05)
• NOW v. Scheidler Heads Back to the Supreme Court for Further Review (6/05)
• NOW Supports Legislation Protecting Women's Right to Legal, Safe Birth Control (6/05)
• Landmark Case Protected Women's Right to Birth Control (6/05)
• Moral Pharmacists: No Birth Control Here, Just Sexism (Spring 2005)
• House Passes Anti-Abortion Legislation Endangering Teen Health (4/05)
• Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Support the Prevention First Act (3/05)
• Kansas Attorney General Negotiates Secret Attack on Women's Rights (2/05)
• NOW Activists Hold Candlelight Vigil to Honor 32nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Reaffirm Commitment to Women's Reproductive Health (1/05)
• Reproductive Rights Special Report: 32nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Demands Re-Dedication (1/05)
• Action Alert: Tell the FDA That Women Need Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception (1/05)
• Take Action on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1/05)
• Rape Survivors' Health and Future Traded Away (1/05)

2004

• Pharmacist Knows Best? Women Beg to Differ (12/04)
• Republican Legislators Reward Radical Right-Wing with Blow to Women's Health Care (11/04)
• The Hager Zone - The Email Campaign that Refuses to Die (11/04)
• Abortion Procedures Ban Ruled Unconstitutional (Fall 2004)
• Repeal Ban on Abortion Services to Military Women (9/04)
• Federal Abortion Ban Declared Unconstitutional in Nebraska; Conservatives' Latest Attempt to Politicize Women's Health Fails (9/04)
• Opinion: Heads Should Roll at FDA (6/04)
• Curves Controversy Raises Questions for Consumers Who Support Reproductive Rights (6/04)
• Pro-Choice Young Are Unknown as Voters (6/04)
• Politics Triumph in FDA Battle Over 'Morning-After Pill' (5/04)
• Erosion of Reproductive Rights in States Gains Speed (5/04)
• Bush Signs Law Granting Personhood to Fetuses (5/04)
• March for Women's Lives April 25, 2004
• Bush's Latest Masquerade Exposed as Attack on Women's Reproductive Health (4/04)
• NOW Fights Right-Wing Assault on Abortion Rights, Urges Supporters to March on April 25 (3/04)
• A Momentary Victory in South Dakota: Activists Speak Out, Legislature Rejects Radical Anti-Abortion Bill (3/04)
• Reproductive Rights Steadily Eroded in the States (3/04)
• Take Action: Urge Congress to Support Emergency Contraception for Rape Survivors (2/04)
• Ideas for Action: Emergency Contraception (2/04)
• One Woman CAN Make a Difference (2/04)

2003

• Women's Rights Advocates Denounce Decision to Uphold Ohio Ban on Abortion Procedure (12/03)
• Sign our Roe v. Wade petition!
• NOW President Kim Gandy Urges Approval of Emergency Contraception for Over-the-Counter Use (12/03)
• Morning After Pills May Become as Available as 911 (12/03)
• Radical Anti-Abortion Doctor Takes Predictable Stand on RU-486 (12/03)
• Bush Takes Away Women's Reproductive Rights--Feminists Promise to Vote Him Out of Office (11/03)
• Bush Plans to Sign Abortion Procedures Ban, So Plan to March on Washington! (10/03)
• Speak Out About the Abortion Procedures Ban (10/03)
• Feminists Condemn House Passage of Deceptive Abortion Ban, Urge Activists to March on Washington (10/03)
• Military Women Prevented from Having Abortions Overseas (7/03)
• All Can Unite Behind Emergency Contraception (7/03)
• Demand Emergency Contraception for Rape Victims (7/03)
• Women's Rights Groups Announce Massive March on Washington in Support of Reproductive Rights (6/03)
• Take Action! Abortion Ban Would Halt Most Safe Procedures (5/03)
• Feminists Applaud Capture of Anti-Abortion Terrorist Eric Rudolph (5/03)
• Kopp Guilty in Murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian (4/03)
• 'The Deadly Dozen' Echo in Anti-Choice Campaign (4/03)
• NOW Fights Back Against New Abortion Rights Threats (4/03)
• NOW Blasts Passage of Abortion Procedures Ban, Denounces Deceptive Use of "Partial Birth" Rhetoric (3/03)
• Your Calls Are Needed! Senate Poised to Pass Abortion Ban (3/03)
• Roe v. Wade 30th Anniversary: Will We Be the Last Generation of Women to Legally Control Our Reproductive Lives? (1/03)

2002

• U.N. Population Conference Rejects Bush Administration's Anti-Abortion Stance (12/02)
• Defend the Right to Safe and Legal Abortion (12/02)
• Two State Court Rulings Increase Legal, Financial Threats to Abortion Providers (12/02)
• Abortion Rights, Before and After Roe v. Wade (11/02)
• The Vulnerability of Our Reproductive Freedoms: 30 Years Later (11/02)
• Emergency Contraception Scarce in New York City (10/02)
• Action Alert: Oppose the "Anti-Women's Health Care Access Act" (9/02)
• Fact Sheet: So-Called Abortion Non-Discrimination Act is Really an "Anti-Women's Health Care Access Act" (9/02)
• Blocking Conservative Judges Key to Protecting Roe v. Wade (Summer 2002)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Abortion Provider Released (Summer 2002)
• Court Overturns Conviction of Florida Abortion Doctor (7/02)
• Senate Votes to Lift Abortion Ban on Military Bases (6/02)
• NOW Claims Another Court Victory Against Abortion Opponent Joe Scheidler (5/02)
• Ninth Circuit Rules Against Anti-Abortion Terrorists (5/02)
• Florida Abortion Provider Behind Bars (Spring 2002)
• Activists Filibuster Senators on March 8; Feminists Organize to Protect and Advance Roe v. Wade (Spring 2002)
• Bush Administration Attacks Reproductive Rights in Federal Court (2/02)
• NOW President Kim Gandy Sees Clear Agenda in Bush Decision to Classify Fetus as an "Unborn Child" (1/02)
• NOW President Kim Gandy Calls for a Filibuster Strategy to Save Roe (1/02)
• "Choose Life" License Plates Challenged in Federal Court (1/02)

2001

• FDA Approval of Mifepristone Immediately Targeted (Winter 2001)
• Action to Protect and Advance Roe (2001)
• Flying Under the Radar: Louisiana's New "Stealth Abortion Law" (12/01)
• Anti-Choice License Plates: More Stealth Legislation in the States to Limit Women's Rights (9/01)
• "Fetal Rights" Initiatives Concern Abortion Rights Supporters (9/01)
• NOW President-elect Kim Gandy Blasts Bush Plan to Cover Fetuses, Ignore Moms (7/01)
• NOW's Emergency Action for Women's Lives (4/01)
• Will RU-486 (Mifepristone) Survive the Bush Administration? (2/01)

2000

• NOW Members Call for FDA Approval of Mifepristone (RU-486) for Abortion, Cancer and Other Treatments (Summer 2000)
• Mifepristone Approval: Breakthrough Brings New Battleground (9/00)
• Teen Endangerment Act Set for Senate Vote (2/00)
• Make Mifepristone Available to U.S. Women (2000)
• NOW President Patricia Ireland Calls on High Court to Keep Abortion Legal (1/00)

1999

• Doctor Murdered as Anti-Abortion Violence and Terrorism Continue (Winter 1999)
• NOW President Patricia Ireland Urges President Clinton to Continue U.S. Support of International Family Planning (11/99)
• Victory in Maine on Abortion Procedures Ban (11/99)
• Abortion Rights Supporters Challenge Opponents' Dangerous, Deadly Tactics (Spring 1999)
• Reproductive Rights Battle Continues Unabated (Fall 1999)
• National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers (3/99)
• Reproductive Rights Gains and Losses in Last Congress (Winter 1999)
• Doctor Murdered as Anti-Abortion Violence and Terrorism Continue (Winter 1999)
• NOW President Patricia Ireland Challenges Anti-Abortion Leaders to Stop Clinic Violence and Murder (1/99)

1998

• NOW Mobilizes Opposition to Teen Endangerment Act; Urges President Clinton to Speak Out About Dangerous Bill (6/98)
• Wisconsin Law Threatens Women's Rights Under Roe v. Wade; NOW Calls on 7th Circuit to Enforce Supreme Court's Decision (5/98)
• Background Information: Abortion Banned in Wisconsin (5/98)
• NOW Mobilizes in Wake of Deadly Clinic Bombing (1/98)
• On 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, NOW Asks "Who Still Has a Choice?" (1/98)
• The 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: The Struggle Continues (1/98)

1997

• NOW Leaders Denounce Daschle Abortion Bill, Which Does Not Protect Women's Lives or Health (5/97)
• National NOW Conference Resolution: 1-888-NOT-2-LATE (1997)
• Supreme Court Rules on Abortion and Retaliation (3/97)
• Reframing Abortion Rights Briefing on "Breaking the Abortion Deadlock, From Choice to Consent"
• Workplace, Abortion Issues Before Supreme Court (1/97)
• New Congress Poses Threat to Reproductive Rights (1/97)

1996

• Statement Concerning Mifepristone (RU-486), presented to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs, FDA, July 1996 (NOW Foundation)
• Salvi Guilty But Clinics Still Under Fire (5/96)
• Reproductive Rights (1996)
• 1996 Fight the Right March (1996)
• Project Stand Up for Women (1996)

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