Released on January 22, 2025
Just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President, on January 22 we also saw the 52nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Roe v. Wade, the constitutional protection of a woman’s right to abortion care. Trump took the oath of office before a Supreme Court he packed with Read more …
Released on January 21, 2025
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON — It took Donald Trump just two hours after being sworn in to begin signing nearly 100 executive orders fulfilling his vision of a new American revolution—away from democracy and closer to oligarchy, exclusion and danger. NOW is committed to standing up to attacks on women’s health, Read more …
Released on January 20, 2025
The idea to establish the third Monday of January as a national holiday recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an early response to his horrific murder on April 4, 1968, outside a motel in Memphis, but it took years of campaigning and grassroots activism to overcome opposition and make it Read more …
Released on January 20, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON —Today, we are inaugurating a new president, after much heated politics. NOW members remain committed to the issues that matter to our health, our economic security and our safety. We can’t go back—we won’t go back! No matter what policies are put forward that threaten our Read more …
Released on January 20, 2025
Statement of NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–NOW members mourn the passing of Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and one of the most prominent, eloquent and passionate advocates for abortion rights. At last summer’s Democratic National Convention, Cecile Richards told delegates, “when women are free to make their own decisions about their Read more …
