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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

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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