NOW’s Message to Paul Ryan—Don’t Mess With Texas Justice!
NOW calls on Speaker Paul Ryan to disband the so-called Select Investigative Panel designed to undermine Planned Parenthood, or redirect it to focus on anti-abortion violence.
Category: Ending Violence Against Women
An open letter to UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan
Dear President Sullivan, We recently learned about deeply disturbing actions by one of your Deans against a sexual assault survivor and member of the UVA community. We are writing to request that you put a stop to what we regard as a re-victimization of this young woman. A lawsuit has been filed naming as plaintiff Read more …
NOW renews call for federal investigation into Sandra Bland’s death
Anyone who doubts that the U.S. criminal justice system is in crisis need look no further than Waller County, Texas, where a grand jury has declined to issue any indictments in connection with the death of Sandra Bland.
Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill on Daniel Holtzclaw’s Conviction
Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of rape in Oklahoma, but rape culture is still being let off the hook.
Domestic Terror Against Healthcare Providers
By Aurea Bolaños Perea, President’s Assistant Intern On Saturday, November 28th, 2015 at around 12pm local time, Colorado Spring’s Planned Parenthood clinic was victim of an act of domestic terrorism (let’s call it by what it is), by Robert Lewis Dear who killed three people and wounded nine others. The first thing I thought Read more …
