Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly must resign. His pathetic defense of staff secretary Rob Porter reveals his true nature—an enabler of sexual abusers, a betrayer of trust and an avoider of responsibility. Why did John Kelly continue to support Rob Porter after he was told about
NOW Calls For Firing of Humane Society CEO Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: In a shocking abdication of moral authority, The Humane Society has voted to keep CEO Wayne Pacelle in his job even after an internal investigation corroborated three complaints of sexual harassment against him. The group also offered settlements to three
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was notable for what he didn’t say. He didn’t address any of the issues that matter to women. In Donald Trump’s America, a president doesn’t need to care about women’s health, pay equity or gender equality. Donald Trump turned his speech
Last weekend’s Women’s March was a big event in Washington, DC. All the national media was there, and the program was broadcast live on C-Span. As you know, Toni Van Pelt was one of the featured speakers, and she spoke powerfully and from the heart. The reporter from Politico who was covering the March quoted
Oregonians believe that everyone deserves access to affordable health care. This Tuesday, the message from Oregon voters was clear: everyone deserves access to affordable health care. Oregon NOW was proud to be a part of the amazing coalition of 175 organizations that came together to protect and support health care, and we know that many NOW members were
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman’s right to make her own personal medical decisions. Today, Donald Trump and Mike Pence are determined to repeal Roe and turn back the clock on abortion,
HHS’s New Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom Targets Women: The Trump Administration has announced the creation of a new “conscience and religious freedom” division within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that will have the effect of fostering further discrimination against women, transgender individuals and others seeking full access to health care.
NOW President Toni Van Pelt Joins March for Life Protest at U.S. Supreme Court: As a “peaceful counter-presence” to the divisive, anti-abortion March for Life, supporters of reproductive freedom will gather at noon on Friday, January 19 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. “Imagine what it would be like if Roe v. Wade had
NOW President Toni Van Pelt To Address Women’s March On Washington: National Organization for Women President Toni Van Pelt will be among the speakers on Saturday, January 20, Women’s March on Washington 2018. Women and allies will once again take to the streets of the nation’s capital to make a powerful statement to the current
Statement on Religious Freedom Day by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Today is Religious Freedom Day—a federal observance to commemorate Thomas Jefferson’s determination that the United States would not be considered a “Christian nation.” Jefferson’s original statute disestablished an official state church for the new nation, and provided that no one be compelled to attend
