Democrats Face Backlash Over House Abortion Limits

NOW President Terry O’Neill was interviewed by NPR’s Liz Halloran about the Stupak-Pitts Amendment: “Democrats have been showing a fresh determination to make Republicans’ near-unanimous opposition to a national health care overhaul — and its implicatio…

Abortion Activists Call for Backup

NOW President Terry O’Neill interviewed by Politico’s Johnathan Allen: “Abortion-rights advocates are calling in the cavalry to help fight off an anti-abortion provision House Democratic leaders swallowed in order to win passage of their health care refo…

NOW Urges the Obama Administration to Prosecute Roeder Under Domestic Terrorism

The Associated Press reports that Scott Roeder has confessed to shooting late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in May at a Wichita church. Roeder told AP he intends to use the so-called necessity defense at his trial — arguing he was protecting unborn children. “The absurdity of his defense is insulting and dangerous to women, but it also reveals his terrorist methodology using murder to accomplish his political goals,” says NOW President Terry O’Neill.