Reproductive Rights and Justice
NOW affirms that reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice. NOW fully supports access to safe and legal abortion, to effective birth control and emergency contraception, to reproductive health services and education for all women. We oppose attempts to restrict these rights through legislation, regulation or Constitutional amendment.
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Why the Attacks on Planned Parenthood Keep Failing
Image Via: The Huffington Post When Republican leaders in Washington don’t feel like governing, they attack women’s health care and abortion rights. That’s what happened this week, as a focus on defunding Planned Parenthood jumped to the head of the li Read more...#ThanksObama
I want to start this off by saying #ThanksObama. Thank you for keeping coverage of birth control in the Affordable Care Act. Image Via: THEMETAPICTURE.COM The first day I got my period, I genuinely thought I was dying. I was 10 years old, driving with Read more...I Stand With Planned Parenthood Because It Helps So Many Stand for Themselves
By Marandah Field-Elliot, Government Relations Intern NOW activists rally with President Terry O’Neill in front of Congressional buildings earlier this summer to show they #StandWithPP. I have always been a paranoid person. A lock-the-doors-twice, neve Read more...News
Why It Matters That Jane Roe Says She Was Paid By The Religious Right
… Van Pelt, the president of NOW, believes McCorvey’s revelation will only further energize advocates fighting the current onslaught of attacks on abortion care. “The truth of Norma McCorvey will ignite new activists into action,” she told HuffPost. Read more...High Court Tackles Trump-Set Barriers to Free Contraception
• The National Organization for Women said in a statement Wednesday that religious views do not excuse bigotry against half the population. Covered contraception is more than a theory: Tens of millions of women cannot afford birth control unsubsidized, according to the group’s research. “What’s more, unintended pregnancy is deadly,” the women’s group said. “It is closely correlated with infant mortality, maternal mortality and increased risk of domestic violence homicide.” Read more...Tell Texas Governor: Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Advance Your Anti-Abortion Agenda
Texas is pushing extremism over health and women’s rights by trying to ban nearly all abortions, but reproductive rights activists are pushing back. Read more...Louisiana abortion case heard by Supreme Court
“This law isn’t about legal access to abortion,” Hawkins said. “This law is about whether or not abortion clinics should be held to the same safety standards as other surgical facilities throughout the state of Louisiana.” Read more...Resources
ISSUE ADVISORY: Risks of Pregnancy Should Not be Minimized
As the abortion debate rages on, abortion rights opponents are quick to point out supposed risks associated with abortion; but rarely do they mention the sobering reality of what following through with a pregnancy can mean to a woman.
Keeping Track of Possible Supreme Court Abortion Cases
President Trump made it perfectly clear that one of his priorities in nominating justices was their likeliness to overturn Roe v. Wade.
ISSUE ADVISORY: CASES CHALLENGING ROE V. WADE APPROACH SUPREME COURT – PART TWO
One of the cases on this list more likely to reach the Supreme Court is Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc.
ISSUE ADVISORY: Two Years into Trump’s Presidency, Cases Challenging Roe v. Wade Approach Supreme Court – Part One
Trump’s Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch showed their true colors and antagonism towards abortion rights in the Supreme Court’s February 7th decision of granting a stay on the Louisiana law in June Medical Services v. Gee.