[NOW News] Skirting the Rules Again

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BELOW THE BELT: SKIRTING THE RULES AGAIN The election is barely over, and already the Bush Republicans in Congress are cheating — skirting the rules to enact broad new limitations on women's health care as a payback to their right wing base. Read more. ONLY 100 MORE YEARS TO REACH EQUALITY! A new report concludes that, at the current rate, it will take 50 more years before women's paychecks equal men's, and a full century for women to gain at least half the seats in Congress. Read more. TAKE ACTION ON WAL-MART WORKPLACE ABUSES Did you know that NOW named Wal-Mart a Merchant of Shame and has been protesting the retail giant for more than two years? Learn more and help promote public awareness about Wal-Mart's unfriendly and discriminatory work practices by downloading flyers and other materials. SEND THE FDA A MESSAGE: DO NOT APPROVE IMPLANTS WITHOUT SAFETY DATA The FDA is under intense political pressure to approve silicone breast implants and women's lives and health are at risk because of a secretive, politically-influenced government process. Take action! MORE RECOMMENDED READING Poll: Americans Want Roe V. Wade Upheld by Will Lester, Associated Press Mifeprex is Safe by Claire Barnett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Changing Senate Looks Better to Abortion Foes by Robin Toner, The New York Times Health Care: The Real Crisis by Jonathan Tasini, TomPaine.com Senate GOP Set to Go "Nuclear" Over Judges by Chuck Lindell, Cox News Service		NEW FEMINIST PRODUCTS IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Shop online and give the gift of equality this holiday season. Check out the NOW store's new gift ideas and our entire line of feminist products. Also, it's so easy to give that special someone a gift membership to NOW. Your purchases all support NOW's action programs. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN SUDAN REVEALS COMMON WEAPON OF WAR War is often discussed as though it affects mainly men; yet, in violent conflicts taking place around the globe, women bear the brunt of the brutality and suffering. Read more. AFTER EXTENSIVE ELECTION ORGANIZING, NOW LOOKS TO THE FUTURE The NOW/PAC and National NOW Action Center spent much of the last 16 months preparing for the 2004 Elections. The battle for the White House may be over, but a new fight has just begun. Read more. REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS REWARD RADICAL RIGHT WITH DANGEROUS ANTI-ABORTION PROVISION After heated debate in Congress on Nov. 20, anti-abortion legislators bullied into law broad new limitations on reproductive rights, jeopardizing women's health in order to please their conservative base. Read more. TELL SENATOR SPECTER THAT YOU WILL BE WATCHING AND COUNTING ON HIM Contact Senator Arlen Specter about his new role as Senate Judiciary Committee chair and let him know that you are watching him and counting on him to represent ALL girls and women. Take action!
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