» Leaders of Women\'s Organizations Call on Congress to Consider Legislation That Would Strengthen Social Security
10/26/11 20:57 from News from NOW
http://now.org/press/10-11/10-26.html Today, the Older Women\'s Economic Security Task Force (OWES), part of the National Coalition of Women\'s Organizations (NCWO), delivered a letter to members of Congress, calling on Congress to consider ..
» Personhood Amendment Threatens Women of Mississippi, Hits Home
11/01/11 16:50 from News from NOW
Mississippi\'s Initiative 26 -- the so-called \"Personhood Amendment\" -- hits close to home for me. I was born in Mississippi and attended school there until I graduated from college. My immediate family and many, many friends still reside i..
» NOW Blasts Super Committee\'s Irresponsible Proposals
11/02/11 22:05 from News from NOW
The deadline for the congressional \"super committee\" is fast approaching, and soon we will see who and what will be targeted under their deficit-cutting proposal. NOW President Terry O\'Neill weighs in on the drastic cuts rumored to be on t..
» Super Committee May Raid Your Social Security, Medicare Funds
11/02/11 22:12 from News from NOW
Contact your senators and representatives, and tell them that you will not stand by to see politicians raid critically important programs that benefit millions in order to pay for two un-funded wars, Wall Street greed and tax breaks for mi..
» Birth Control Remains Legal: Mississippi Voters Reject Draconian \"Personhood\" Initiative
11/09/11 14:25 from News from NOW
http://now.org/press/11-11/11-09.html NOW joins women\'s rights supporters around the country in applauding Mississippi voters for rejecting Initiative 26, a measure that would have defined personhood as beginning at fertilization in that s..
» NOW Calls on Penn State\'s Board of Trustees to Expand Review Committee; Address All Forms of Campus Violence
11/15/11 01:38 from News from NOW
http://now.org/press/11-11/11-14.html In the wake of the recent appalling Penn State University child sexual assault allegations, the national leaders of the National Organization for Women join Pennsylvania NOW in calling on the school to..
» Native American Heritage Month
11/17/11 19:32 from News from NOW
November is Native American Heritage Month, so I\'d like to celebrate by giving some thought to sex and gender in Native American societies. A wide variety of non-binary gender roles and non-heteronormative sexual activity has been around i..
» NOW Urges Penn State to Allow Former FBI Director to Lead a Broader, \"Fully Independent\" Investigation
11/22/11 23:12 from News from NOW
http://now.org/press/11-11/11-22.html Last week, in the wake of the recent appalling Penn State University child sexual assault allegations, the leaders of the National Organization for Women and Pennsylvania NOW called on Penn State to ex..
» Letter Urges President to Reject Refusal Clauses (PDF)
11/29/11 18:35 from News from NOW
http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/112911ObamaLetterRefusalClauses.pdf NOW President Terry O\'Neill sent a letter to President Obama opposing all refusal clauses in regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act that would allow organizat..
» President Obama: Don\'t Cave in to Bishops
11/30/11 16:53 from News from NOW
President Obama will soon decide whether to approve a broader refusal clause under the new health care law that would allow organizations to deny contraceptive insurance coverage for their employees on religious or \"moral\" grounds. Regulat..