[News-releases] NOW Activists to Protest Outside Reagan Building AsBush Signs the So-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban

NOW Press Office
Rebecca Farmer
Ph. 202.628.8669, ext. 116

NOW Activists to Protest Outside Reagan Building As Bush Signs the
So-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban

November 4, 2003

"As George W. Bush signs the deceptively-named Partial Birth Abortion Ban
into law, women's rights activists across the country will be recommitting
ourselves to keeping abortion safe, legal and accessible," said National
Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy. "Here in Washington, NOW
will be protesting outside the site where the bill is signed. We won't
stand by silently as this Administration attempts to erode our rights."
This will be the first national restriction on abortion since the Supreme
Court ruled in Roe v. Wade in 1973 that women have a constitutional right
to abortion.

Who:      NOW President Kim Gandy and other abortion right supporters

What:     Protest of Bush signing the deceptively-named Partial Birth
Abortion Ban

When:     Wednesday, November 5, 1:15 PM

Where:    Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Corner of 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave)
Washington, D.C. 

"The so-called Partial-Birth Abortion Ban is a dangerous piece of
legislation that ultimately seeks to outlaw even the safest and most common
abortion procedures," Gandy said. "The truth is that the term 'partial
birth abortion' doesn't exist in the medical worldit's a fabrication of the
anti-choice machine. The law won't even contain an exception to preserve a
woman's health and future fertility." 

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