Several States Passing Strict Abortion Restrictions
Several states are enacting harsh new restrictions on a woman’s right to choose. Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) joins RFL to discuss us how bad it’s getting.
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NOW Demands Access to Abortion Care For Women in Missouri
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The draconian abortion ban signed into law by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson would criminalize abortions performed during or after the eighth week of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. As we’ve seen in other states where anti-abortion junk science has prevailed over constitutional protections and reproductive rights, Missouri’s ban will Read more …
Advocate says Indiana abortion law heightens importance of getting more women elected to state legislatures
“When we have more women in office, more women making these decisions, we won’t see these kinds of horrific laws.”
Abortion Right Advocates Say Nationwide Protests Were Only The Beginning
“Lawmakers need to listen to all of those grass-roots activists out in the streets yesterday, because they will most certainly be voting come November,” Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Organization for Women, told Newsweek. “The fact is, the majority of voters support access to safe, legal and affordable abortion care.”
America is waging a war against women with its anti-abortion bills and it’s not pro-life or religious, it’s political
Lawmakers should not be punishing women for exercising their basic reproductive freedoms, and those who do must be voted out of office,” National Organization for Women President Toni Van Pelt