Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C.– National Now President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement in response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that would restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The U.S. Supreme Court said earlier this year that the drug should remain available under current Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve been ready for this. We knew that with the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, abortion rights were hanging by a thread. Today, that thread—that lifeline—has been cut. The Supreme Court’s ruling endangers women and pregnant persons with low-incomes, women and pregnant persons of color, women and pregnant persons living Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I am so proud that for the first time in 232 years, a Black woman will finally sit in one of the most powerful judicial seats in the world. Today the Senate voted 53 YES – 47 NO to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Read more …
It’s Time to Say Justice Brown Jackson WASHINGTON, DC—We are now just days away from having the first Black woman Supreme Court justice. It is now up to the U.S. Senate to make history. It is now up to the U.S. Senate to finally put partisanship aside, allow not only Brown Jackson’s impressive experience, Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden is said to have narrowed his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court to three highly qualified Black women, fulfilling his campaign promise and correcting the shameful history of a Court where 94% of all Supreme Court Justices have been white men, 4% women, and less than 3% people of color. Read more …