Released on June 7, 2007
In a 247-176 bipartisan vote, the House today passed a bill that would allow federal funding of stem cell research utilizing donated human embryos. “Women are the majority of family caregivers, and the heartbreak of having a loved one with a debilitating illness and the related burden of their care could both be lifted with this bill,” said NOW President Kim Gandy.
Released on June 6, 2007
“At the very core of our liberty as modern women is the ability to control our fertility and plan our families, but there is an all-out attack on birth control in this country,” said NOW President Kim Gandy. “We congratulate Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) for introducing the Access to Birth Control Act.”
Released on May 14, 2007
“I have one message for XM Radio bigwigs who rely heavily on pay-to-listen customers, and for shock jocks everywhere: ‘Profiting from hate will cost you the business of thinking consumers,'” says NOW President Kim Gandy.
Released on May 4, 2007
“The passage of this bill is significant to the National Organization for Women because we have fought for the last 15 years for an inclusive law that would protect all of those who were excluded from previous hate crime laws,” said NOW President Kim Gandy.
Released on April 24, 2007
Today the National Organization for Women and our allies are calling attention to the persistent wage gap between women and men by observing Equal Pay Day. This year we pause on April 24 — symbolizing the day that women workers finally “get out of the red” and their 2006-2007 earnings finally equal men’s earnings from last year alone.
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