Three years to the day since the murder of abortion provider and women’s health activist Dr. George Tiller, irrational anti-abortion attacks continue. Today it is extremists in Congress seizing on sex-selection abortions overseas to bash U.S. women and their doctors.
The Senate’s defeat of the so-called “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act” today saved countless U.S. women from being denied contraception coverage in their employee health plans.
After an overwhelming nationwide reaction to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s decision to cut grant funds from Planned Parenthood, the board of directors announced today a new revision to its funding policy.
As we celebrate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that recognized a woman’s constitutional right to legal abortion, we can’t forget how many times women’s lives have been put at risk in the past year.
On Monday, Jan. 23, the National Organization for Women (NOW) will hold its annual vigil in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, commemorating the 39th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision affirming women’s constitutional right to abortion.