Press Releases - National Organization for Women

NOW Condemns Sen. Jim DeMint’s Dangerous Comments on Gays and Sexually Active Single Women Unfit to Teach

Released on October 5, 2010

The National Organization for Women is outraged by the ignorant, homophobic comments Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) made on Friday at a conservative church rally, saying gay people and unwed sexually active women should not be teaching in public schools.

NOW President Delivers Gift and Message to Alan Simpson: Don’t Cut Social Security

Released on September 29, 2010

NOW President Terry O’Neill delivered on a promise when she presented Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson with 1,500 baby bottle tops this morning and promptly asked him to step down from the commission.

NOW Delivers 1,500 “Tits for an Ass” to Alan Simpson

Released on September 28, 2010

NOW members have spoken loud and clear: they want Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson out — and NOW President Terry O’Neill is ready to send him home with 1,500 baby bottle tops. On Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the next meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, O’Neill will hand deliver nearly 1,500 baby bottle tops from NOW members as part of its “Tits for an Ass” campaign calling for the removal of Alan Simpson.

NOW Condemns Senate Failure to Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Released on September 22, 2010

The National Organization for Women condemns the Senate’s failure yesterday to repeal the U.S. military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy. This policy, which bars lesbians and gay men from serving openly in the military, has resulted in the unjust discharge of more than 14,000 service members.

NOW Applauds Appointment of Elizabeth Warren as Special Advisor for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Released on September 16, 2010

After weeks of speculation, President Obama named Elizabeth Warren as a special adviser overseeing the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that she herself envisioned.