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 …
Released on March 31, 2023
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON – 2023’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month theme is “Drawing Connections: Prevention Demands Equity,” which incorporates NOW core issues such as ending violence against women and racial justice. In 2001, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) launched their first Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign to better educate Read more …
Released on March 21, 2023
We urgently need a federal law that codifies the right to abortion at the national level, free from attacks on bodily autonomy and reproductive health.