NOW Celebrates Defeat of Yet Another Disastrous Health Care Bill
Once again, we’re breathing a sigh of relief, and gearing up for the next challenge ahead.
issue: Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues
NOW president: Persist, Resist, Unite
The National Organization for Women is pushing back and ramping up its strategy.
NOW Applauds Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for Signing Groundbreaking Reproductive Rights Legislation
The National Organization for Women applauds Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon, who yesterday signed the nation’s most progressive reproductive health legislation into law.
Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats
Abortion is not controversial on the left. So what does it say that so many lefty men are willing to scrap it in an attempt to pander to some vague fantasy of a vast, disgruntled, anti-choice center? What kind of cringing, bewildered invertebrates roll over and capitulate to the losing side of a debate at a time when they’ve never had more leverage? What contortionist of logic came up with the proposal that alienating 75 percent of one’s constituents, and declaring half to not deserve control over their bodies, can strengthen a party’s numbers? This is not broadening our coalition; it’s flagrantly shrinking it.
Veteran activist from Florida chosen as NOW’s new leader
Toni Van Pelt, 69, who has been active for decades in NOW’s Florida affiliates, was elected Saturday night at the organization’s national conference in Orlando, Florida. Elected as vice president was her running mate, Gilda Yazzie, a Navajo Indian from Durango, Colorado.
