City Trying To Make Sense of Brutal Gang Rape

Associated Press reporter Terry Collins interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about violence against women and the tragic gang rape of a 15-year-old Richmond, CA teen: “Some saw the crime as an outgrowth of Richmond’s street violence and poverty. But ex…

Gang Rape Survivors: It’s Not Your Fault

San Francisco Chronicle writer Kevin Fagan interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill in this moving article about violence against women. Fagan tells the story of three women who were brutally gang raped and lived to tell about it, and the lessons they lea…

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.

Group Asks Raiders To Suspend Coach

The Washington Post’s sports blog called “The League” blogs about NOW President Terry O’Neill’s statement on Oakland Raiders’ Head Coach Tom Cable: “The National Organization for Women has called for the suspension of Oakland Raiders Coach Tom Cable ove…