The National Organization for Women thanks Senator Barbara Mikulski for introducing the Women’s Health Amendment, which would require all health plans to cover women’s preventive care including mammograms and cervical cancer screenings.
NOW President Terry O’Neill interviewed by New York Times San Francisco reporter Jesse McKinley about the Senate health care reform proposal to tax cosmetic surgery patients, and its impact on middle-aged women: “The proposal — called the Bo-Tax, in a p…
USA Today’s Liz Szabo reports on why women are saying “no thank you” to a recent independent panel recommendation suggesting most women don’t need routine mammograms until age 50: “A vast majority of American women plan to ignore controversial new recom…
The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee is proud to announce our endorsement of Lois Herr for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th District. Lois is taking on the all-important challenge of unseating Rep. Joe Pitts, co-author of the outrageous Stupak-Pitts Amendment. Lois rightly called this amendment “a direct attack on the freedom and privacy of American women.”
Gina Kolata reports of the New York Times that”most women should start regular breast cancer screening at age 50, not 40, according to new guidelines released Monday by an influential group that provides guidance to doctors, insurance companies and polic…
Tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE America Act.