NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Justice

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:

• Join the Trust Women Week National Online March (Jan. 20-27)
• Roe v. Wade 39th Anniversary
• Tell President Obama, Secretary Sebelius "Reverse Plan B Decision"
• Speak Out Against Anti-Abortion Terrorism
• Help Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation
• Sign the Pledge for Reproductive Freedom

General Information:

• We Want Reproductive Justice NOW!
• Read our Q&A about FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act)
• NOW v. Scheidler
• Fact Sheet: Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights
• Abortion Around the World -- An Overview
• Anti-Shackling Kit (PDF) (11/10)

Latest News:

• Komen Backtracks, But Questions Remain (02/12)
• Roe v. Wade Turns 39, Abortion Rights Still Under Attack (01/12)
• Open Letter to President Obama: NOW Urges 2012 Wake-Up Call for Nation (01/12)
• Join the Trust Women Week National Online March (Jan. 20-27) (01/12)
• Catholic Bishops Fail to Take Birth Control from More Women (01/12)
• NOW to Celebrate Roe v. Wade 39th Anniversary with Vigil at U.S. Supreme Court (01/12)
• Roe v. Wade 39th Anniversary (01/12)
• Terry O'Neill on Huffington Post: Obama Administration Failing Women on Birth Control (12/11)
• NOW to Obama: Women Who Elected You Need You To Support Birth Control (12/11)
• Tell President Obama, Secretary Sebelius "Reverse Plan B Decision" (12/11)
• Emergency Contraception Betrayal: Does President Obama Really Oppose Family Planning? (12/11)
• NOW Urges Obama Administration Not to Cave in to Catholic Bishops (12/11)
• Tell President Obama: Free The Pill From the Bishops! (12/11)
• Letter Urges President to Reject Refusal Clauses (11/11)
• Birth Control Remains Legal: Mississippi Voters Reject Draconian "Personhood" Initiative (11/11)
• Tell HHS: Assure Access to Abortion Insurance Coverage (10/11)
• NOW Calls on HHS to Preserve Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion Care (PDF) (10/11)
• Stop Congress From Letting Women Die (10/11)
• Tell HHS: No Religious Exemption for Birth Control Coverage (09/11)
• Tell Senators: No Abortion Funding Ban (09/11)
• Tell Obama "Jobs, Not Cuts" (09/11)
• Stand Up in Support of Dr. Carhart on Sun. 8/7; Thursday Hill Event Canceled (08/11)
• NOW Urges HHS: No Refusal Clauses on Contraception (08/11)
• Defend Abortion Rights. Support Dr. Carhart! (Germantown, Md.) (07/11)
• Anti-Abortion Rights Terrorism Is Coming. Will You Help? (Orlando, Fla.) (07/11)
• NOW Calls on Department of Health and Human Services to Approve IOM Panel Recommendation (07/11)
• NOW Declares Emergency Rally for Women in the 2012 Budget Outside Senator Rubio's Tampa Office Friday (06/11)
• House Escalates Savage Attack on Women's Health (05/11)
• NOW Foundation Submits Comments to Institute of Medicine on Health Care Coverage for Women (PDF) (05/11)
• It's 'Shock and Awe' for Women, the Middle Class and the Poor (04/11)
• NOW Stands Strong at Rally for Women's Health (04/11)
• On International Women's Day NOW Calls for End to the "War on Women" (03/11)
• House Budget Wages "War on Women" (03/11)
• U.S. Catholic Bishops Major Force Behind War on Women (02/11)
• Family Planning Clinics Targeted for Zero Funding (02/11)
• Beyond Extreme: Defeat the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (02/11)
• Abortion Rights in Jeopardy as Roe v. Wade Reaches 38th Anniversary (01/11)

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