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.
issue: Legislation
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.
NOW Stands with Shelby Week, Urges Restoration of the Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 19th Amendment’s promise of suffrage for women unfortunately did not provide actual safe access to the ballot box for women of color, nor did it include nationwide suffrage for American Indian women. It took the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 to finally outlaw discriminatory voting practices that were hijacking our democracy from people Read more …
“These dangers,” she added, “are especially prevalent for people in vulnerable populations, such as women living in poverty and women of color, who may not have the resources necessary to travel out-of-state to access abortion care.”
NOW Condemns Missouri Health Department Clinic Decision
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is unequivocal in its assertion that women have the right to safe, legal, affordable and accessible abortion care, and we condemn, in the strongest terms Missouri’s attempt to deny its residents that right.
