Press Releases

Bring America Home Now Initiative

Released on April 20, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY April 21, 2022                                                                                               Media Contact: press@now.org NOW, Read more …

NOW Congratulates Virginia for Passing Cyber-Flashing Legislation

Released on April 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NOW congratulates and supports the signing of Virginia’s SB 493, which makes the sending of lewd images without consent a civil infraction with the penalty being as high as $500.   As we work towards creating safe spaces for women, we must continue pressing legislators to examine the dangers and harassment women Read more …

This Black Maternal Health Week, NOW Calls for Systemic Change

Released on April 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week is the fifth anniversary of the Black Mamas Matters Alliance’s “Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW),” and this year’s theme is “Building for Liberation: Centering Black Mamas, Black Families and Black Systems of Care.” Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than white women due to multiple Read more …

Oklahoma’s Abortion Ban Endangers Women’s Lives — And Their Future

Released on April 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC–Oklahoma’s Republican Governor, Kevin Stitt fulfilled his promise to sign every abortion ban that reached his desk—and today, the abortion ban he signed clearly violates women’s constitutional rights.   When Texas passed the notorious six-week abortion ban, 45 percent of patients in the state were forced to travel to Oklahoma for abortion care, according Read more …