NOW Testifies before FDA Committee
NOW advocates for safe and effective treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). The FDA Advisory Committee backs approval of women’s sexual dysfunction drug.
Category: Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues
Lindsay Graham’s Anti-Woman, Anti-Life Agenda
By forcing clinics to close and denying urgent abortion care to women, the court ruling and Senator Graham’s grandstanding amount to an unprecedented promotion of an anti-woman, anti-life agenda. Shame on Senator Graham for adding an abortion-ban primary to the election calendar.
NOW Demands Answers and Action in McKinney, Texas
We can only look with revulsion on the images from McKinney, Texas, of a white police officer pushing a 14-year old Black girl in a bathing suit face-down on the ground and placing a knee on her back. Today, we are shocked, angered, and deeply worried for the well being of this young woman. Tomorrow, we need answers, and action.
ISSUE ADVISORY- Privacy and Contraceptive Access: 50 Years after Griswold v. Connecticut
In 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut ruled that the Constitution protected the right to privacy for married couples using contraceptives. This decision was a watershed event that set a precedent for later Supreme Court decisions.
Criminalizing Miscarriage: Purvi Patel Case Reveals Growing Pattern of Prosecutions
Miscarried, but Found Guilty of Crimes: Purvi Patel, a 33-year-old Indian immigrant in South Bend, Ind., is serving a 30-year sentence for neglect of a child and a six-year sentence for felony feticide, concurrently.
