NOW Members Tell Congress: All Kids Must Have Access to The Sports They Love

Released on April 20, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON-Today’s vote in the U.S. House to forbid transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people from participating in school athletic programs has nothing to do with women’s sports or the girls’ rights —and everything to do with the politics of cruelty, exclusion, and discrimination.  The extremists in control of Read more …

Protect Black Youth NOW

Released on April 18, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes   WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the mother of a Black son, I am terrified at the state of our country. The brutal shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a young Black teenager who was attempting to pick up his twin siblings, is devastating not just in the senseless violence Read more …

Appeals Court Ruling Is Still an Attack on Medication Abortion

Released on April 13, 2023

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON–A ruling from the most conservative federal appeals court in the U.S. has allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available, but with severe restrictions that continue the attacks being waged on women’s bodily autonomy.   This dangerous overreach by ultra-conservative judges is based not on science, medicine, Read more …

On The Record: Support Black Maternal Health Week

Released on April 11, 2023

Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes  WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today marks the start of Black Maternal Health Week, a time to raise awareness of the shameful health crisis that continues to endanger pregnant Black women. NOW is proud to once again amplify this campaign founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, which focuses on an “Our Read more …

The Racist Attack on Democracy in Tennessee Must Not Stand

Released on April 7, 2023

Statement By National NOW President Christian F.  Nunes  WASHINGTON, D.C.–The expulsion of two of Tennessee’s youngest Black representatives from the Tennessee House for advocating for gun reform was blatantly racist, anti-Democratic, and corrupt.    It is incomprehensible that just 10 days after three children and three adults were shot to death at the Covenant School, these radical Read more …