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NOW/PAC Endorses Connie Saltonstall for Stupak Seat
Saltonstall is running for Congress from Michigan's 1st District, taking on reproductive rights foe and health care reform obstructer Bart Stupak in the state's Democratic primary this August.

NOW Urges Obama to Take Lead in Securing U.S. Ratification of CEDAW
NOW President Terry O'Neill sent this letter (PDF) to President Obama urging that he "make a commitment to lead an effort to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Women's Rights Treaty."

Haitian Women's Desperate Lives -- Education and Reproductive Health Care Must be Addressed in Re-Building Efforts
Beyond the Jan. 12 earthquake, there is another story about disaster in Haiti, and it relates to the horrendous social problems that Haitian women have dealt with for decades and which must be resolved if the country is ever to recover and prosper.

Sign the Petition: Ratify CEDAW, Women's Rights Treaty
Ask President Obama to take leadership to ratify CEDAW, the critically important women's rights treaty.

NOW and CEDAW
CEDAW promotes not only women's empowerment, but also a foundation for peace and justice around the world. Women have already waited 30 years for the world's superpower to sign onto this important treaty.

White House Health Care Reform Bill Denies Women's Basic Rights
NOW President Terry O'Neill stated, "We will not accept a health care bill that trades off the rights and needs of some women for the benefit of others. And we will never stop fighting for the right of every woman to have equal access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion."

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Economic Justice for Women Equal Pay Day is April 20, 2010 Read Women Deserve Equal Pay to learn the facts about pay equity, and how you can take action.

Say It, Sister! Say It, Sister! NOW's blog to inform, inspire and instigate feminist activism -- join the conversation online today.

Media Hall of Shame Media Hall of Shame: Read about the media's latest outrages, and rate them yourself!

Love Your BodyLove Your Body: Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror? See what you can do, and take the quiz!

Stop Stupak! STOP STUPAK! Abortion is health care. Join the fight and support our cause!



  

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Sign the Petition: Ratify CEDAW, Women's Rights Treaty
Sign our petition (to be delivered at the end of March, Women's History Month) or use our talking points in the background section to call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or fax them at (202) 456-2461.

Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
It now appears that the leadership, along with the Obama administration, has gone back on one of their key pledges to prohibit gender discrimination in health insurance. Women should not stand for this treatment.

Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option
Please send a message to Congress asking them to assure that restrictive abortion language in health care reform legislation be withdrawn, that a strong public plan is included, that age discrimination is removed, that better cost control measures are included and insurance is made truly more affordable for everyone.

NO to Commission that will Cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Tell your senators: Do not balance the federal deficit caused by bailing out big banks and Wall Street on the backs of the elderly and poor women who depend on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to survive!

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