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NOW and Women's Health: Archive

NOW's latest work on women's health.

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1997 | 1996

2008

Executive Action Proposals for Women (12/08)
Read NOW's Feminist Action Agenda for 2009 (12/08)
Join the Call-in Day for Health Care (12/08)
NOW Foundation Announces Love Your Body Calendar (10/08)
NOW Foundation Celebrates Love Your Body Day on Oct. 15 (10/08)
Below The Belt column by Kim Gandy: We Need A Shot In The Arm (10/08)
Victory! Mental Health Parity Bill Adopted (10/08)
NNT: Love Your Body Campaign Urges Women to Question Beauty Ideals (09/08)
NNT: What the Next President Can Do for Women and Girls (09/08)
Letter To Congress: Help Native Women! Support The Indian Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1328) (PDF) (09/08)
2008 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Healthcare Funding Crisis (07/08)
Urge Senators to Protect Medicaid by Delaying Harmful Regulations (05/08)
Support International Women's Health Services (04/08)
Below the Belt column by Kim Gandy: ABCs, 123s, and STDs (03/08)
Restore Affordable Birth Control (03/08)

2007

NOW, Hundreds of Groups Demand Health Care for Immigrant Children (12/07)
Restore Affordable Birth Control to Low-Income and College Women (11/07)
Take Action: Ask Congress to override the veto (10/07)
NOW Calls on Congress to Remember our Children and Override Presidential Veto (10/07)
Demand National Health Care for Everyone (07/07)
Support the Healthy Families Act (07/07)
Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill for a Second Time, Putting Ideology Above Saving Lives (06/07)
Demand Accountability for Women's Health at the FDA (05/07)
Senate Values Science and Curative Medicine over Ideology, Passes Federal Stem Cell Research Bill (04/07)
NOW Supports the State Children's Health Insurance Program (03/07)
HPV Vaccine Added to CDC's Official Vaccination Schedule (01/07)
Insurance Companies Label Eating Disorders "Behavioral Illnesses," Refuse to Cover Mental Health Costs (01/07)
FDA Bows to Industry: OKs Risky Kind of Breast Implant (01/07)
House Approves Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research (01/07)
Support Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research (01/07)

2006

Take Action: Eric Keroack Must Go! (12/06)
Sign the Sack Keroack Petition (11/06)
Take Action: Sack Keroack -- the anti-contraception doctor! (11/06)
FDA Approves Dangerous Silicone Breast Implants (11/06)
Bush Again Sacrifices Science to Politics (07/06)
Tell FDA That Research Is Needed on Toxic Platinum Salts in Silicone Breast Implants (06/06)
NOW Applauds the FDA for Approving the First Vaccine for Cervical Cancer (06/06)
NOW Board, Officers and Action Center Staff Walk to Support Women's Cancer Research (5/06)
Prevent Approval of Unsafe Implants: Call FDA, Senate on Wednesday, April 5 (4/06)

2005

Conservatives Oppose New Cervical Cancer Vaccine (12/05)
New Findings on Mentor Corporation Reveal Further Disdain for Women's Health (12/05)
FDA Makes Another Bad Decision on Silicone Breast Implants (11/05)
NOW Cheers Investigation of Deceptive Federal Government Website (8/05)
News Release: FDA Panel Recommends Against Readmitting Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (4/05)
Action Alert: Stand Up for the Truth About Risky Silicone Implants (4/05)
Letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt Regarding Government Web Site on Sexuality (3/05)
LGBT Health Awareness Week Raises Important Concerns (3/05)
Review of Silicone Implants Tentatively Scheduled (1/05)

2004

Tell Clear Channel, the FCC and Radio Stations to Stop "Breast Christmas Ever" Contest (12/04)
Pink Ribbons Everywhere: Concerns About Breast Cancer Funding (12/04)
Pharmacist Knows Best? Women Beg to Differ (12/04)
Abstinence-Only Education Teaches Blatant Lies (12/04)
Send FDA a Message: Do Not Approve Implants Without Safety Data (12/04)
Succumbing to Political Pressure, FDA May OK Risky Breast Implants (12/04)
Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and the Freedom of Choice (10/04)
Silicone Breast Implant Victims to See Settlement Dollars (6/04)
NOW Renews Call for Universal, Single-Payer Health Insurance (5/04)
The Time for Single-Payer, Universal Health Care Coverage is Now! (5/04)
NOW's Comments to the FDA Regarding Silicone Breast Implants (4/04)

2003

Special Report: Most Women Will Lose Under New Prescription Drug Bill; Future of Medicare at Risk While Drug Costs Rise (12/03)
NOW Applauds Democratic Senators' Stand Against Deceptive Medicare Bill (11/03)
FDA Panel Okays Unsafe Silicone Breast Implants (10/03)
Women of Color Will Gather at Reproductive Health Conference in Atlanta (8/03)
Take Action: Ask the FDA to Oppose Silicone Breast Implants Until Safety is Proved (7/03)
Research Indicates Long-Term Risk to Women's Health from Silicone Breast Implants Not Fully Addressed in FDA Clinical Trials (7/03)
Report Calls Attention to 'Educational' Pelvic Exams Performed On Unconscious Patients (3/03)

2002

U.S. Recommends Mammograms, but Who's Paying? (2/02)

2001

2000

NOW Foundation Makes WISH for Women's Health (Summer 2000)
NOW Opposes Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporate Monopoly on Women's Health (9/00)
NOW Unites with Breast Cancer Groups for Research on Causes and Prevention (Winter 2000)

1999

NOW Urges Candidates and Voters to Make Breast Cancer Prevention a Priority Issue in 2000 (10/99)
Call for Bipartisan Patients' Bill (10/99)
NOW Endorses Candlelight Vigil for Cancer Survivors (11/99)

1997

FDA Repeal Bill Threatens Women's Health (1997)

1993

1993 Resolution: Single Payer Health Care

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