[NOW News] Not the Time to Retreat from Equality

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NOW ASKS: SENATE NUCLEAR OPTION DEAL — VICTIMIZED OR COMPROMISED? NOW activists gathered petition signatures against the 'nuclear option.' Fourteen senators reached a bipartisan compromise, pulling the Senate back from the brink and avoiding the nuclear option for now, but giving a pass to three extremist judges who fully deserved to be filibustered. Read more BREAST IMPLANT CORPORATION HID IMPLANT DEFECTS, INCLUDING FLEA CONTAMINATION A major manufacturer of breast implants, Mentor Corporation, hid information of defective implants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and consumers, say two former employees. Take Action! NOW APPLAUDS GROUNDBREAKING EFFORT TO PASS GENDER-INCLUSIVE LEGISLATION The bill is designed to help protect against bias crimes based on gender identity, sexual orientation, gender and disability and also adds gender and gender identity to the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Read more THE LATEST NATIONAL NOW TIMES IS ONLINE Hot off the presses and onto your desktop! Get the latest info about the National Conference, Social Security, women making history today, and much more. Read more. MORE RECOMMENDED READING Pro-Choice Activists Wince at Senate Compromise- Allison Stevens, Women's eNews GOP Tilting Balance Of Power to the Right - Jim VandeHei, The Washington Post I'm a Feminist, But... - Erin Matson, The F-Word NOW President Kim Gandy on Hardball with Chris Matthews - May 24th A New Counterterrorism Strategy: Feminism - Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet Brand Hillary - Greg Sargent, The Nation Dispatches from a Teenage Feminist - Aviva Ariel, Ms. Magazine		NOT THE TIME TO RETREAT FROM EQUALITY, SAYS NOW LEADER On May 25, women's rights advocates and military leaders beat back an effort by some conservative Republican members to deny servicewomen assignments in combat support companies. "Yesterday we succeeded in defeating a discriminatory, dangerous and regressive ban," said NOW Executive Vice President Karen Johnson, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel. Read more NOW CONDEMNS SENATE CONFIRMATION OF PRISCILLA OWEN "Priscilla Owen is now the proud owner of a lifetime appointment to the second highest court in the United States, where she can inflict her utter disregard for individual rights on the people of Louisiana and Mississippi—as she has been doing for the more than 10 years in Texas," charged NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more REGISTER TODAY FOR THE NATIONAL NOW CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE! Sara Paretsky! Dolores Huerta! You don't want to miss the National NOW Conference in Nashville, July 1-3. We've posted information about the NOW national elections and about the entertainment, so check it out! Read more | Register online! NOW SIGNS ON TO LETTER CALLING FOR IRAQ WITHDRAWAL PLAN The letter supports an amendment by Rep. Woolsey, saying, "After more than two years of fighting... this country needs a dialogue on the future American policy towards Iraq." Read more UPCOMING APPEARANCES BY NOW OFFICERS NOW President Kim Gandy is speaking at several upcoming events: the Take Back America Conference in D.C. on June 3, the National Women's Political Caucus Conference on June 10, and the Rainbow/PUSH National Convention on June 13. Also in June, Gandy will debate Social Security on Capitol Hill with Lea Abdnor, who travels regularly with President Bush to promote his Social Security plan to women. Watch for more details. Read more.
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