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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Released on April 7, 2023
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes About Texas Abortion Pill Ruling WASHINGTON–Today’s ruling on medication abortion by Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk could bring down another grim curtain on the bodily autonomy and reproductive health care rights of women. Judge Kacsmaryk, a lifelong right-wing activist who was hand-picked by Donald Trump to advance an Read more …