Reproductive Rights and Justice
NOW is working toward accessible reproductive health care for all women and LGBTQIA+ people. NOW fully supports safe and legal abortion, affordable and effective birth control and other contraception, medication abortion, telemedicine for reproductive care, and reproductive health education for all. We fiercely oppose attempts to restrict reproductive freedom through underhanded legislation and regulations.
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This Bisexual Health Awareness Month, Women Deserve More from their Healthcare Providers
I came out as bisexual my senior year of high school. No one had ever talked to me about what it meant to bisexual, queer, or LGBTQIA+ in general – at least not in a way that was memorable. In my health classes, there was little to no mention of LGBTQI Read more...Kavanaugh: A Threat to Women and Our Constitutional Right to Privacy
The danger that Judge Brett Kavanaugh poses to reproductive health and freedom in the United States cannot be overstated. It cannot be over-publicized, over-discussed, over-analyzed, or over-protested. His nomination to the Supreme Court of the United Read more...TRAPPED: A New Must See Documentary about Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers
By Sarah Nealon, President’s Office Intern On June 15th, the Center for Reproductive Rights hosted a viewing of the Documentary Trapped, directed by Dawn Porter, in the Senate Congressional Briefing Rooms. I, along with other NOW interns, was able to a Read more...News
NOW Fights Against Coordinated Attack on Roe – Oklahoma’s Governor Values Control More Than Women’s Lives
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, DC—By signing the new six-week abortion ban, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has proven, yet again, that misogyny and cruelty are his core values. Stitt and the right-wing extremists wh Read more … Read more...Supreme Court Ready to Strike Down Roe – But Women Will Not Be Silenced!
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, DC–The leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in the Mississippi abortion case confirms our worst fears are coming to pass. While Justice Alito’s language may change in the final opinion, th Read more … Read more...Oklahoma’s Appalling New Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC—Extremist legislators in Oklahoma proved how little they value women when they passed a total ban on abortions today. This sneak attack was added to the agenda in the dead of night because they knew this was the only way to pass anti-abo Read more … Read more...NOW Condemns Puerto Rico Senate’s Move to Limit Abortion Without Public Testimony
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the dark of night – and without a public hearing, a Senate commission in the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly advanced a bill modeled on the 22-week abortion bans sweeping the U.S. This is a frightening development from unscru Read more … Read more...Resources
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.
NOW Demands Deletion of ‘Life from Conception’ in HHS Plan
NOW President Toni Van Pelt recently sent a blunt letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric Hargan concerning the use of the term “life from conception” in an extensive draft plan that is to guide HHS policies for the next four years. Van Pelt expressed alarm that officials in the department are advancing a conservative religious viewpoint about when ‘life begins’ that will undermine sound health care policies and practices for millions of women and their families.