NOW Applauds Arkansas Decision to Protect Abortion Rights
Judge Kristine Baker ruled today to temporarily block three anti-abortion laws that would have left Arkansas residents with only one clinic providing abortion care.
issue: Family/Family Law
Good Riddance Acosta — People Protecting Pedophiles Have No Place in Government
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s far past time Alexander Acosta resigned. Since December, the National Organization for Women has been calling on him to leave his post as Secretary of Labor. Acosta allowed Jeffrey Epstein, a serial child molester, to use his wealth, power and influence to escape serious penalties for his crimes. The charges brought against Read more …
Alabama woman is charged in fetus’ death after she was shot. But she may not be prosecuted.
Women’s rights advocates say the case fits a pattern of Alabama’s holding women criminally liable for their pregnancy outcomes.
CBP’s ‘Misogynistic and Racist Behavior’ Might Be Why Border Patrol Had ‘Lowest Percentage of Women’ of Any Federal Law Enforcement Agency, Right Group Says
Border Patrol was found to have the “lowest percentage of women on their force out of any federal law enforcement agency” in 2017.
Rhode Island Makes It Clear — Abortion Care Is Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rhode Island legislature’s passage of a bill to codify Roe v. Wade, and Gov. Gina Raimondo’s swift signing of the measure, puts Rhode Island in the vanguard of states that are confronting the real threat to reproductive rights and the health and safety of women and girls. We commend lawmakers for Read more …
