NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues

NOW affirms that reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice. NOW fully supports access to safe and legal abortion, to effective birth control and emergency contraception, to reproductive health services and education for all women. We oppose attempts to restrict these rights through legislation, regulation or Constitutional amendment.

Related Issues: Emergency Contraception, Supreme Court, Fetal Personhood

Take Action:

• Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
• Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option
• Sign the Pledge for Reproductive Freedom
• Promote Economic Recovery, Support Family Planning

General Information:

• We Want Reproductive Justice NOW!
• Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA):
  • Read our Q&A about FOCA
• NOW v. Scheidler
• Fact Sheet: Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights
• Abortion Around the World -- An Overview

Latest News:

• In Memoriam: Susan Hill (02/10)
• NOW Applauds Guilty Verdict in Roeder Trial (01/10)
• NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women (01/10)
• Celebrating 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: NOW Asserts that Abortion Care is a Human Right (01/10)
• Marking 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: A Year Marked With Tragedy and Restrictions On Abortion Care (01/10)
• Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore! (01/10)
• NOW Denounces Justifiable Terrorism Defense in Wichita Murder Trial (01/10)
• Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option (01/10)
• Senate Health Care Bill Passes With Unacceptable Restrictions on Women's Rights; There Is Still Time To Reverse the Damage (12/09)
• NOW to Senate: Don't Let Us Down on Health Care Reform (12/09)
• NOW Applauds Senate Defeat of Abortion Ban Amendment, Urges Removal of Stupak-Pitts in Conference (12/09)
• Get Ready! Senate Abortion Ban Vote May be this Weekend (12/09)
• Call Your Senators to Take a Pledge Against Abortion Ban (12/09)
• Senator Mikulski's Women's Health Amendment Is an Important Improvement to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill (12/09)
• NOW to Rally in Pitts' Pennsylvania District to Denounce Stupak-Pitts Amendment (11/09)
• Tell Your Senators to Vote Against 'Hyde on Steroids' (11/09)
• Strip Stupak! Campaign (11/09)
• NOW Urges the Obama Administration to Prosecute Roeder Under Domestic Terrorism (11/09)
• NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion Access: Says Bill Obliterates Women's Fundamental Right to Choose (11/09)
• Urge House Members to Reject More Abortion Restrictions (11/09)
• NOW Offers Condolences to Richard Schroeder's Family (10/09)
• Join SisterSong in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7-9 (10/09)
• Abstinence-Only Education Shouldn't Make the Cut (10/09)
• Bad Health Care Bill Penalizes Women: More Amendments Limiting Reproductive Health Care and Excessive Premium Rates for Older Women (10/09)
• Why a Public Health Care Plan is Best for Women (09/09)

Archive of NOW's work on abortion rights and reproductive issues.

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