WASHINGTON, D.C. — NOW applauds the Biden Administration for keeping an important promise to women by releasing its final Title X rule and undoing the Trump-era rule that prevented clinics that receive federal funding from advising patients about abortion options. The previous rule forced Planned Parenthood to give up Title X funding rather than comply with the restrictions, and further limited the reproductive health care Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump must be impeached now, and for the sake of history. He must stand in judgment before the Congress he defiled, desecrated and made into a target for insurrectionists who answered his call to be “wild” and stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. And he must also be judged by Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a challenge to Donald Trump’s plan to stop the Census Bureau from counting undocumented immigrants in population totals used by each state for congressional reapportionment. The Constitution clearly commands that the census count “all persons,” when drawing congressional districts—but Donald Trump wants to enshrine his xenophobia and racism by making the Census whiter and more privileged. This formula would take Congressional seats and funding away from states, Read more …
When we elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to take office, it was because we knew one of their first priorities will be to undo the terrible damage done by the Trump Administration to women’s health, gender equality, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice, reproductive freedom and so much more. In the first 100 days, we hope racial justice and criminal reform is a priority for the new administration, and that stronger legislation we’ve Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Savanna’s Act, a bill named after Savanna Greywind of the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota, who was murdered while pregnant in 2017. The legislation aims to increase training, coordination, and data collection between tribal, local, and federal law enforcement on cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women. Currently, no federal agency consistently collects information on crimes Read more …
“The new Trump/DeVos rule is unfair, discriminatory, and places all students in danger. It not only makes it harder for survivors to achieve proper justice, it favors the side of the accused, further silencing and traumatizing the victim. It is rooted in the deep misogynist myths that victims are liars and that victims in some way play a role in their own abuse. I hope that the courts ill stop this ill-conceived and punishing rule.”
July 20, 2020 A new rule (regulation) adopted by the Trump Administration to limit Title IX’s authority to protect students from sexual harassment and assault on campus became final on August 14. Education institutions that receive federal funds are required to comply with provisions that greatly limit how schools should respond – or not respond Read more …
August 21, 2020 Call your Representative and Senators – urge that they vote to Stop Trump, Fund USPS. It is now abundantly clear that Donald Trump is sabotaging the General Election – he has as much admitted this because he says mail-in ballots are open to fraud. There is no evidence that is the case, Read more …
WASHINGTON – One of the cruelest initiatives yet proposed by the Trump Administration threatens to send victims of violence applying for asylum in the U.S. back home to face even more violence or perhaps death. The National Organization for Women (NOW) and our allies in the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention communities have worked for over 20 years to Read more …
“Unintended pregnancy can be deadly – it’s closely correlated with infant mortality, maternal mortality and increased risk of domestic violence homicide”.