April 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic challenges our health care system and our society, we must ensure that already-marginalized groups are not further left out of critical conversations during this time. As pharmaceutical companies and researchers conduct clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment and vaccines, women of all ages and ethnicities must be taken into consideration and involved in this process. Historically, Read more …
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt; Posted 3/25/2020 Dear NOW Activists: As I wrote to you last week, the coronavirus crisis is making our ability to maintain lines of communications more important than ever. NOW is a vibrant, activist, engaged community that sustains and strengthens us when we need each other most. And we’ve Read more …
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt; Posted 3/16/2020 Dear NOW Activist: I hope that you are staying healthy and taking care of yourself as we all learn to live with a “new normal” brought on by the coronavirus. I think it’s more important than ever that we stay connected and continue to share information, Read more …
Updated November 19, 2020 As women are being disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus, the National Organization for Women seeks to provide resources for activists working on the frontlines of gender-based challenges during these difficult times. These resources are specifically for organizations advocating on the behalf of high-risk groups. They include webinars, petitions, and other campaigns that Read more …
This listing of NOW’s priority legislation for the 116th Congress provides a summary of the bills and resolutions we want to see adopted, plus an update on their status as of June 5. Nearly all of the bills that have passed have been acted upon in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives; none have been taken Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C.— When Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the U. S. Supreme Court, Donald Trump made a deal with religious conservatives. He promised to nominate a fifth vote against abortion rights in return for their continued blind devotion and campaign contributions. This week, anti-abortion extremists stand to collect. The Court will hear the case of June Medical Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NOW members have been working tirelessly for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for decades—generations even. Some NOW members who marched for the ERA in the 1970s are being joined by their daughters and granddaughters at rallies and grassroots actions today. On Thursday, February 13, the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to Read more …
NOW applauds AGs in Virginia, Illinois and Nevada for suing the Trump administration to certify the ERA to the U.S. Constitution.
In 2019 alone, according to the Guttmacher Institute, lawmakers across the United States have enacted 58 new restrictions on access to abortion care and family planning.
Today a mass mobilization of activist women is rising up to march for women’s rights around the country, and NOW is proud to be part of these historic actions. We turn our attention to the power women have as citizens, activists and voters to defend women’s rights and elect feminist women and allies to office. I am proud to be Read more …