In the months leading up to the ill-fated Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, abortion rights supporters often cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade securing the right to abortion under the due process provision of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. There was the hope that the nearly 50 years of precedent Read more …
But before Americans cast their ballots in a few days, they need to understand that banning abortion affects all of us.
Statement of National NOW President Christian F. Nunes Today, I testified in front of the Comision de lo Juridico/Committee on Legal Matters of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives by video in opposition to legislation that would further restrict access to abortion—which remains legal in Puerto Rico. Last April, I testified against legislation that would Read more …
Those who perpetuate the perception that abortion is a standalone issue, separate from “important issues,” are endangering Americans. All Americans.
Washington – – For the sixth time, Senator Lindsey Graham has introduced a national abortion ban that has nothing to do with protecting women’s health and safety and everything to do with scoring political points—only this time, he made it even more strict. Earlier versions of his so-called “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” outlawed abortion Read more …
WASHINGTON–No one denies that enough signatures were submitted to put a ballot initiative codifying the right to abortion on the Michigan ballot in November—more than 750,000, the largest number in state history. But when confronted with that number, extremist opponents of abortion care looked for a way to game the system and cheat Michigan voters Read more …
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day. It celebrates the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 that gave most women the right to vote, but this year comes at a time when abortion rights are being stripped away state by state. Christian Nunez, President of the National Organization for Women, joined Cheddar’s News Wrap to Read more …
“I’m from Generation X, and I was taught to wait my turn,” says Christian F. Nunes, president of the National Organization for Women since 2020. “Gen Z and millennials are pushing back on that. And that’s a wonderful thing.”
In honor of Disability Pride Month – July – and in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, it’s important to acknowledge and appreciate the ways that abortion access and safe reproductive healthcare is fundamentally a disability rights issue. When we discuss disabled people and abortion access, the most typical context is Read more …
Christian F. Nunes, president of National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the U.S., draws connections between the issues as well. “Historically, the wellbeing and support for child-rearing has fallen under the responsibility of women,” she tells Yahoo Life. “The right for a woman to decide what is happening in her body, the ability to have access to baby formula to raise her child, and the peace of mind she has when she sends her child to school have all been politicized and jeopardized. This harmful situation not only hinders women’s freedoms, but it harms our next generation of children the most.”