Let’s Talk About It

If you’re tired of being bombarded by retouched pictures telling you how women should look, if you’re done with advertisers portraying women as objects to be consumed, if you’re ready to talk back, then join us. Make a video telling the world why you’re embracing the real you. Help us spread the word, and you Read more …

Buffer Zones, Clinic Violence and the Supreme Court

Simply the prospect of unruly protestors blocking doors is enough to keep women away from clinics that, in addition to abortions, provide essential and sometimes life-saving procedures like mammograms and pap smears.

Founding

Setting the Stage Printable PDF In 1880, Mrs. H. Griswold wrote in a letter to Susan B. Anthony: “Words fail to convey the bitter hatred I have for the foul demagogues who would take from me the freedom they claim for themselves.” In 1909, Emma Goldman wrote “A New Declaration of Independence,” in which she Read more …

Women’s rights sold out again: McAuliffe’s betrayal

Lauren Rankin writes for Salon: “Now it seems that celebration may have been shortsighted. McAuliffe will reportedly reappoint current Gov. Robert McDonnell’s health secretary Dr. William Hazel Jr. as his own. And in so doing, McAuliffe, a Democrat who r…

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NOW’s grassroots members are a unique strength that has made a significant difference in achieving victories over the years and helped shaped who we are today. With chapters and state organizations across the United States, our activists make a feminist impact on the lives of women, men and their families at the national, state and Read more …

Giving Tuesday

On Black Friday, you wait in line. On Cyber Monday, you buy all the things you wanted on Black Friday, but the line was just too long. But the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (December 2) — Giving Tuesday — is about giving back to the community.

NOW celebrates Albuquerque voters for defending a woman’s right to choose

The National Organization for Women (NOW) celebrates the voters of Albuquerque for rejecting a ban on abortions past 20 weeks. The proposed ban would have been unprecedented, but voters kept Albuquerque from being the first municipality to explicitly limit women’s access to abortion care in this way.