The Battle Over Women Voters

NOW President Terry O’Neill was a guest panelist on NPR/WAMU’s The Diane Rehm Show discussing the War on Women and the Democrat/Republican battle over women voters: “It’s absolutely astonishing that the conservative forces and the Republican leadership somehow think that they can win by attacking birth control.”

Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act

NOW President Terry O’Neill was a guest panelist on NPR/WAMU’s The Diane Rehm Show discussing the importance of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.

Women step up protests after Va. ultrasound law passes

Kristen Green of the Richmond Times-Dispatch interviewed NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson about women mobilizing for women’s rights after Virginia legislators passed a law requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion: “It engaged young women, older women, soccer moms … people that don’t usually get fired up about women’s issues.”

Ohio Sen. Nina Turner joins women across country striking back, introducing bills to regulate sex lives of men

NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson quoted in an article from The Plain Dealer about proposed ‘Gender Equity’ legislation in Ohio: “The recent trend of women introducing bills to regulate the sexual health of men isn’t surprising. Women are fed up.”

Terry O’Neill, NOW President, Says Women Need To Vote In State Races

Huffington Post’s John Celock interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about a Wisconsin bill, based on the idea that single parenting could lead to child abuse and how women’s groups plan to address state-level voting.