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A few months have passed since Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) roared “no federal funding for abortion!” while whispering under his breath, “and no women paying for it themselves, either.”
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Jan. 11 marked the first day of the federal trial challenging California’s Proposition 8. Voted into law in 2008, Prop 8 made same-sex marriage illegal in the state of California.
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Reducing women to their body parts is not new to breast cancer awareness campaigns, but this message went a step further by excluding men.
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On Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned opinion that officially banned video recording in the California court room where the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the amendment that prohibits same-sex marriage, is being debated.
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If we want to enact change, we must join our voices together. NOW encourages all of our activists to take part in the series “Wake Up, This Is Reality!” organized by our sister organization, Fem2.0.
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