How Many More Rights will the Supreme Court Take from Us?

Released on June 30, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON, D.C.–For the second day in a row, the Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to decades of protected rights and precedent.     Today’s 6-3 ruling by the Court’s conservative supermajority stated a website designer could refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings was pure bigotry, cloaked in Read more …

Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based College Admissions, but NOW Members will Stay in the Fight

Released on June 29, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Supreme Court overturned another 50 years of precedent today when it struck down the consideration of race in college admissions.  But nothing can stop the determination of NOW members to stay in this fight for racial justice and equal opportunity.  In her eloquent dissent, Justice Read more …

NOW Hails President Biden’s Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Contraception

Released on June 23, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON, DC–President Biden and Vice President Harris understand that the lack of access to reproductive health care is a growing threat to millions of women.  That’s why NOW members are gratified and proud to see today’s Executive Order Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Read more …

Juneteenth as a Commemoration and Celebration 

Released on June 15, 2023

June 19th marks the day when federal troops marched into Galveston, Tex. in 1865 to take control and make certain that all enslaved people were freed – two and a half full years after the Emancipation Proclamation.