Press Releases

NOW Hails Biden Administration Executive Action Protecting Access To Reproductive Health Care—But It’s Only A Start

Released on July 8, 2022

No executive action from the President can restore the protections the Supreme Court has taken away. No speech from the White House can erase what states are doing to ban all abortion, threaten access to contraception, prosecute women and doctors and put more women’s lives in danger. We need a new Congress that will enact the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify abortion rights.

NOW Celebrates 50 Years of Title IX

Released on June 23, 2022

Today marks 50 years since the passage of Title IX – the landmark civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs and activities that receive federal funding. The provision was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and began to pave the way for a more hopeful future for women and Read more …

NOW Supports the Biden Administration’s inclusive Title IX Changes

Released on June 23, 2022

No one should feel forced to live their life in fear simply because of who they are. Institutionalized bigotry and discrimination rob students of the full learning experience they’ve earned and of the futures they could have. We should nurture their curiosity and capacity for empathy, not create policies telling them they don’t matter.

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Guns Disproportionately Harms Women and BIPOC Communities

Released on June 23, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Supreme Court’s ruling against New York’s permit requirement for carrying guns outside the home is a clear and present danger to women, BIPOC communities and others who are already carrying the heavy burden of gun violence, racial profiling and gender-based harassment and violence towards women.  Concealed weapons are a form of oppression and Read more …