[NOW News] Learn About the Love Your Body Campaign

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NEW! WEB SITE FOR THE NOW FOUNDATION'S LOVE YOUR BODY CAMPAIGN RELAUNCHES Hollywood and the fashion, cosmetics and diet industries work hard to make each of us believe that our bodies are unacceptable and need constant improvement. Together, we can fight back. Love Your Body Day 2004 is Oct. 20. See the new site! BELOW THE BELT: A COLUMN BY NOW PRESIDENT KIM GANDY Women voters—and especially this election's big swing group, unmarried women—are smart, but they are being targeted by Bush and ignored by Kerry. Read more FEDERAL ABORTION BAN DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN NEBRASKA "A court is preventing politicians from dictating the answers to deeply private decisions that must remain between a woman and her physician," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more GET OUT THE WOMEN'S VOTE ON A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION THIS SATURDAY We encourage you to spend this Saturday, Sept. 18, registering, educating and mobilizing some of the 50 million women in the U.S. who are eligible to vote. Read more WILL BUSH CANCEL THE ELECTION? The Associated Press recently reported that Bush administration officials were asked to establish guidelines for canceling or postponing elections in the event of a terrorist attack. Read more MORE RECOMMENDED READING What Women Voters Want, by Lance Tarrance and Leslie Sanchez, The New York Times The Girlie Vote, by Katha Pollitt, The Nation My Vermont Divorce, by Kathy Anderson, The Advocate Pre-emptive Paranoia, by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times		NOW FOUNDATION HONORS FOUR EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN AT SECOND ANNUAL INTREPID AWARDS GALA The historic Decatur House on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., was the fabulous setting for the NOW Foundation's second annual Intrepid Awards Gala on Sept. 9. Many NOW members and friends, including members of Congress, were on hand to celebrate and honor four extraordinary women. Read more | View more photos! OPPOSE DISCRIMINATORY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT Please urge your representative to vote against H.J. Res. 56, which would write discrimination directly into the Constitution for the first time in history. Take action! SHOP FOR EQUALITY AT NOW'S ELECTION STORE With the Nov. 2 elections approaching rapidly, shop for election-themed T-shirts, buttons, books and more. Shop today! REPEAL BAN ON ABORTION SERVICES TO MILITARY WOMEN Urge your members of Congress to support a repeal of the ban on abortion services at overseas military hospitals for military women and dependents who are victims of rape and incest. Take action! VICTORY! EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS RESTORED Advocates for equal education for girls and women have a reason to cheer with the recent restoration of funds to the Women Educational Equity Act. Read more OPPOSE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEE CLAUDE A. ALLEN Urge your senator to oppose the confirmation of Claude A. Allen, a nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Take action!
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