As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Proposition 8 has been declared unconstitutional! While the ruling will be appealed, perhaps as far as the United States Supreme Court, this decision is still a huge achievement in the fight for marriage equality.
On June 16, Ted Olson gave his closing arguments for marriage equality before the Federal District Court in California. Within a few weeks, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is expected to make his final decision on the case Perry, Stier, Katami and Zarrillo v. Schwarzenegger, which challenges the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 legislation that bans same-sex marriage.
THE ISSUE In less than two weeks, there could well be no access to one of the safest methods of abortion available, medication abortion, now used in a majority of abortions in the U.S. – and widely used around the world. An anti-abortion organization, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, filed a lawsuit in November demanding that Read more …
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes on Anti-Abortion Bills WASHINGTON–Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the new right-wing majority in the House put an all-out attack on abortion rights at the very top of their agenda, making it clear that a national abortion ban remains their goal. They fast-tracked just seven bills to cement their extremist Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. – The midterm election results showed just how divided our political landscape remains. While progressive candidates won important Senate races, massive spending by extremist groups that used fearmongering, racist tropes, and attacks on gender differences helped flip the House. We can now expect two years Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. – The midterm election results showed just how divided our political landscape remains. While progressive candidates won important U.S. Senate races, massive spending by extremist groups that used fearmongering, racist tropes, and attacks on gender differences has left control of the House still undecided. But Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes NOW members across the country are mobilizing today to break turnout records and elect candidates who will strengthen and protect women’s rights—not work overtime to take them away. Our democracy is at a turning point, with candidates running in this election who openly embrace racism, insurrection, anti-Semitism, Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve been ready for this. We knew that with the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, abortion rights were hanging by a thread. Today, that thread—that lifeline—has been cut. The Supreme Court’s ruling endangers women and pregnant persons with low-incomes, women and pregnant persons of color, women and pregnant persons living Read more …
Last night, a draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion regarding abortion rights was leaked to the general public. The opinion relates to the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a Mississippi case that places a ban on abortions performed after the 15th week of pregnancy, which was argued before the Court on December Read more …
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, DC–The leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in the Mississippi abortion case confirms our worst fears are coming to pass. While Justice Alito’s language may change in the final opinion, the outcome is clear—the Supreme Court is ready to strike down Roe v Wade. There will Read more …