We found that PNA has devastating effects on young people, it violates their human rights and undermines their safety and dignity,” says Margaret Wurth, a senior researcher at Human Rights…
Category: Core Issues
NOW is a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization that takes a holistic approach to women’s rights. Our priorities are winning economic equality and securing it with an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will guarantee equal rights for women; championing abortion rights, reproductive freedom and other women’s health issues; opposing racism; fighting bigotry against the LGBTQIA community; and ending violence against women.
TAKE ACTION – Letter to the Editor: #RepealPNA
Have you read the recent OpEd about Illinois’ dangerous parental notice of abortion (PNA) law written by Dr. Kathryn Thomas, MD? Please check it out to learn more about why…
Take action: Talk to your legislator about #RepealPNA
It’s lawmakers’ responsibility to keep young people safe & keeping youth safe includes getting rid of dangerous forced parental involvement laws. Will you take action & meet with your elected…
NOW Celebrates the Life of John Lewis — And We Pledge to Honor His Legacy
Released on July 18, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – At Congressman John Lewis’s last appearance in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the historic 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge—where state troopers launched a vicious attack on peaceful demonstrators that left him with…
Trump’s Effort to Deny Asylum to Victims of Violence is Inhumane
Released on July 17, 2020 WASHINGTON – One of the cruelest initiatives yet proposed by the Trump Administration threatens to send victims of violence applying for asylum in the U.S. back home…
National Coalition of Progressive Groups Push DNC To Adopt Bold, Inclusive Vision for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in 2020
Released on July 9, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a joint statement this week, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Ultraviolet Action, National Organization for Women (NOW), National Women’s Law…
SCOTUS Ruling on Birth Control Endangers Reproductive Health of Millions
Released on July 8, 2020 WASHINGTON ,D.C. – Religion is no excuse for bigotry—but the Supreme Court has carved out a new exemption for employers who want to impose their personal beliefs over…
NOW Demands that the ERA is Enshrined in the Constitution
Released on July 1, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW and over 50 women’s rights and civil rights organizations filed a joint amicus curiae brief (with the assistance of Winston & Strawn LLP) urging the enshrinement of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the Constitution. The brief was…
Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Rights In Louisiana – But We’ve Still Got Work To Do
Released on June 29, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court’s decision today in June Medical Services v. Russo struck down a Louisiana law imposing targeted restrictions on abortion providers (TRAP laws) that the Court…
George Floyd Justice In Policing Act Passes House—Senate Must Strengthen Bill
Released on June 26, 2020 WAHSINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives took a step toward justice by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, but Mitch McConnell has already signaled he has no…