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NOW Demands Access to Abortion Care For Women in Missouri
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt and Missouri NOW President Freda Mckee: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The draconian abortion ban signed into law by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson would criminalize abortions performed during or after the eighth week of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. As we’ve seen in other states where anti-abortion
NOW Denounces Health Care Rule, Urges Protection for LGBTQIA+ Patients
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In yet another alarming proposed rule from the Trump-Pence administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to gut portions of the Health Care Rights Law, otherwise known as Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. This was the the first law to prohibit
State-by-State Attacks on Women’s Constitutional Rights Must Stop; National Organization for Women Launches Petition
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: We’ve seen the frightening headlines from around the country, with state after state enacting 20- week abortion bans, six-week abortion bans and egregious laws that harm women’s health clinics. A legislator in Texas went to the most extreme measure of proposing a bill that would actually give women the death
The National Organization for Women Supports #StopTheBans Day of Action
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organization for Women (NOW) is proud to participate in today’s National Day of Action to Stop the Bans on abortion. Speaking out, taking action and disrupting the patriarchy is in NOW’s DNA, and our collective voices, shared commitment and energetic activism is needed
NOW Applauds House Passage of The Equality Act
Statement by National Organization for Women President Toni Van Pelt: Washington, D.C. — Today the U.S. House of Representatives took a stand for LGBTQIA rights by voting to provide consistent and explicit non-discrimination protections across many areas, including employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally-funded programs and jury service. The National Organization for
The Senate’s Vote To Confirm Wendy Vitter Is A Vote Against Women
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate took another step today to aid and abet Donald Trump’s radical anti-abortion agenda by voting to confirm Wendy Vitter to a lifetime position on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Trump doesn’t believe in the separation of powers
Alabama’s Abortion Ban is an Unconstitutional Violation of Women’s Rights
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Washington, D.C. — The dangerous bill moving through Alabama’s legislature to ban abortion is a direct violation of Roe vs. Wade. This unconstitutional measure would send women in the state back to the dark days of policymakers having control over their bodies, health, and lives. NOW firmly believes that women have
House FY20 Bill Would Permanently Repeal Harmful Global Gag Rule, Increase Funding for Reproductive Health Internationally
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON — A new bill out of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations would restore vital funding and protections for reproductive health and rights across the world and would finally repeal the devastating global gag rule, which President Trump has repeatedly expanded. The FY20 State, Foreign Operations bill advanced
Trump Expansion of Religious Refusal Targets Women, Shreds Democracy and Puts Politics Over Health Care
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump announced an expanded “conscience rule,” otherwise known as a religious refusal, that will further erode the government’s role in protecting women’s health, replacing the delivery of health care with partisan, extremist politics. The rule allows virtually any individual or entity involved in a
Trump Tells UN to Accept Use of Rape as War Weapon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been reported that the U.S. is threatening to veto a United Nations (UN) resolution combatting the use of rape as a weapon of war because it calls for rape victims to have access to family planning and women’s health clinics. This is only the most recent—and sickest—example of the Trump Administration’s