NOW Activists Stand With Dr. Carhart

Today and tomorrow the Nebraska and Kansas chapters of NOW, along with NOW members around the country, stand with Dr. LeRoy Carhart, an abortion provider and ardent defender of women’s fundamental right to the full range of reproductive health services.

Our Votes, Voices and Equality

As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day, we are compelled to honor the bravery of women who came before us; resolve to finish the job for full constitutional equality within our lifetimes; and recognize the unbreakable link between the status of women worldwide.

PETA Removes Misogynist, Sizeist Billboard

Recently PETA put up a billboard in Jacksonville, Fla., that said “Save the Whales. Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian.” Next to the lettering was a drawing of a plus-size, bikini-clad woman — meant to represent, apparently, the epitome of the overweight, unsightly woman who should be hiding indoors. The billboard was quickly replaced.