Press Releases

Today’s Signing of the Take It Down Act Shows Bipartisan Support for Fighting Deepfakes and Online Sexual Abuse—NOW Let’s Do More

Released on May 19, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes Today, President Donald Trump signed into law the Take It Down Act—the first bipartisan legislation that zeroes in on one of the most pernicious threats to women’s health and safety—the theft of our bodily autonomy through deepfake images used to harass and exploit women and girls. This Read more …

The Trump Administration Thinks Women Are Only Good for Having Babies

Released on April 24, 2025

The Latest Policy Proposals Hold Women Back    Statement by National NOW President Christian F.  Nunes   WASHINGTON—The Trump administration continues to want control over women, their bodies and their actions. The proposals coming out of the White House to ‘persuade Americans to get married and have more children” are paternalist to the core.  They include Read more …

Trump Administration is Harming Women with Almost 100 Policy Mandates

Released on April 23, 2025

  Threatens Healthcare, Economic Security and Fails to Protect Women from Violence   WASHINGTON—Since Inauguration Day, women have been hurt by the Trump administration. Much of the progress that women have made in the past 100 years has now been dismantled.   During the 2024 campaign, President Trump said, “I am going to protect the women of Read more …

NOW Celebrates Black Maternal Health Week

Released on April 16, 2025

This is Black Maternal Health Week, a week that celebrates the leadership and expertise of Black community-based organizations as the foundation for advancing equity and ensuring transformative, sustainable improvements in Black Maternal Health. BMHW is founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a group that advocates, drives research, builds power, and shifts culture Read more …