[NOW News] NOW to George W. Bush: No Benefit Cuts

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NOW TO GEORGE W. BUSH: NO BENEFIT CUTS, NO WAY "Bush wants millions of moderate and higher income workers and their children to pay for his reckless spending through benefit cuts in Social Security, plus risk their retirement security on the ups and downs of the stock market," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more | NOW Activists Protest on Capitol Hill HOUSE PASSES ANTI-ABORTION LEGISLATION ENDANGERING TEEN HEALTH "By passing this deceptive legislation, the House took another step toward final passage of a law that will endanger a women's health and safety," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more CONNECTICUT LEGALIZES CIVIL UNIONS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES "Same-sex couples in Connecticut have gained access to important benefits that will help protect, nurture and provide for their families," said NOW Action Vice President Olga Vives. "At the same time, the sharp tools of discrimination and exclusion were used to deny those couples justice and equality under the law." Read more MORE RECOMMENDED READING Abortion: Ignorance and Silence, St. Louis Times The Nuclear Option: Advise and consent is a two-way street, San Francisco Chronicle A Case of State Abuse, St. Petersburg Times editorial Female amputees make clear that all troops are on front lines, Dave Moniz, USA TODAY Our Teenage Heroine at 75, Melanie Rehak, The New York Times Magazine		JUDICIAL NOMINEES: ONE STEP CLOSER TO CATASTROPHE Not satisfied with a more than 95 percent judicial nominee confirmation rate, Senate Republicans made it clear that they will only be satisfied with a complete takeover of the judiciary. Read more | Sign the petition! NOW CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL SOLUTION TO END WAGE DISCRIMINATION "The fact is simple and unacceptable — forty-two years after the Equal Pay Act was passed women working full-time, year round, are only making 76 cents to every dollar a man earns," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more JOIN US AT THE NATIONAL NOW CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE! Sara Paretsky and Dolores Huerta will be speakers at the conference in Nashville, where activists will set the organization's agenda for the upcoming year. Read more | Register online! NOW CALLS FOR FDA PROBE, QUESTIONS INTEGRITY OF PANEL'S RECOMMENDATION ON BREAST IMPLANTS Last week the National Organization for Women, along with five other groups advocating for women's health, sent a letter to Congress calling for an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration's review of silicone gel breast implants. Read more BRAVE WOMEN UNDER FIRE IN IRAQ The recent deaths of two brave women highlight the tragic consequences of the war in Iraq for non-combatants. Read more
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