[dc-zaps] Join 51st State NOW For A Party

Join 51st State NOW For A Birthday Party

June 7 is the anniversary of the Griswold v. Connecticut U.S. Supreme Court decision (1965). The case involved a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception." By a vote of 7-2, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the law on the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy." This decision was an important milestone for women's rights and the right for families, not the church or government, to make decisions about the number and timing of their children, and established the legal basis for extending the right to privacy to non-married individuals in 1972.

Birth control is the most commonly used drug among women in the U.S. ages 15-45. Our right to birth control is something nearly everyone takes for granted. Yet despite widespread use, there are serious efforts to take away these rights. The American Life League has a campaign called "The Pill Kills" and dubbed June 7 as "protest the pill day." This organization and other anti-choice groups oppose not only abortion, but also birth control pills, the IUD, and condoms. They are far outside the mainstream: in fact, 93% of the U.S. supports access to birth control. Anti-choice extremists have been quietly working to undermine these rights. This campaign is just the latest of their attacks on women's rights.

Come celebrate 45 years of the Griswold Supreme Court Decision & Protect Our Right to Birth Control & Family Planning

When: June 7, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.

Where: Schumacher Planned Parenthood Clinic, 1108 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Why: Celebrate the anniversary of Griswold and stop extremist attacks on women?s rights and the right to access to birth control

Join us for birthday cake for the Griswold decision on June 7!

51st State NOW (the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Organization for Women)

For more information, email 51statenow@gmail.com or click here to take action!

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