[NOW News] Enraged and Engaged!

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ENRAGED AND ENGAGED: WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT ALITO We are gearing up for the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito, who has been nominated to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Justice O'Connor has long been a defender of women's rights. We cannot allow her to be replaced by a fanatical, anti-abortion judge. Between Jan. 3-20, NOW and Feminist Majority Foundation are working together to bring grassroots activists to Washington, D.C. and to mobilize activists throughout the country in a campaign to defeat Alito. Are You Enraged? Get Engaged! NOW FIGHTS CLINIC VIOLENCE IN CASES BEFORE SUPREME COURT NOW President Kim Gandy addresses the press after the Supreme Court arguments. After nearly 20 years of litigation and two trips to the Supreme Court to protect patients and clinics from organized violence, NOW returned to the high court for the third time on Nov. 30 to argue once more the groundbreaking cases Scheidler v. NOW and Operation Rescue v. NOW. Read More NOW BACKS PLAINTIFFS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ABORTION NOTICE CASE NOW joined in an amicus curiae brief in support of an important reproductive rights case heard by the Supreme Court on Nov. 30. The case, Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, concerns a New Hampshire law which requires written notice to parents or guardians at least 48 hours in advance of a minor's abortion, and does not provide a health exception. Read More WOMEN FARM WORKERS STAND UP AGAINST SEXISM AT OREGON FARM Threemile Canyon Farm, a dairy farm in eastern Oregon, has twice been sued by its women workers for sexual bias. According to sworn declarations from some of these workers, dairy owner A.J. Bos has said, "I don't want women at the farm ? they are only good for the bed." United Farm Workers of America needs your help. Read More NEWS ON MENTOR CORP. REVEALS DISDAIN FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH News that breast-implant manufacturer Mentor Corp. corrected a malfunction in the samples it provides to doctors?but did not repair the implants to be placed in women's bodies?provides further proof that the company puts profits first, said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read More MORE RECOMMENDED READING Your Guess Is as Good as Mine - Kurt Vonnegut, In These Times Church, State And Alito - Susan Jacoby, TomPaine.com If America Left Iraq: The Case for Cutting and Running - Nir Rosen, The Atlantic Monthly Parent-Child Relations Among Minor Females Attending U.S. Family Planning Clinics - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health		HUNDREDS MARCH FROM EL PASO TO MEXICO IN PROTEST OF FEMICIDE Activists protest in Juarez, Mexico. On Dec. 3, NOW introduced its campaign to help stop violence against women in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico. NOW held a press conference and rally in El Paso, Texas, then marched across the border to Mexico to protest the unsolved murders of hundreds of women. Read More | Photo Gallery CALL FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN JUAREZ Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) and Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) have introduced legislation to encourage United States involvement in ending and solving hundreds of murders and disappearances of women in Juarez, Mexico. These resolutions need additional cosponsors in the House and Senate. Write your Representative | Write your Senator WOMEN AND ABORTIONS: THE REASONING BEHIND THE DECISION A woman's decision to have an abortion is "motivated by multiple, diverse and interrelated reasons," according to a recently released study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which conducted a structured survey of 1,209 abortion patients at 11 large abortion providers nationwide. Read More UPDATES ON VAWA AND THE ARMY SEXUAL ASSAULT DATABASE Congress is back this week and there is a sincere effort to craft a final VAWA 2005 that both the House and Senate can agree on. We will deliver tens of thousands of petitions to Congress this week. In other news, the Army's Privacy Unit received thousands of comments from activists about their proposed Sexual Assault Database. Their response to these comments is expected in the coming weeks. Read More COLLECTION OF DATA ON WOMEN WORKERS STILL IN QUESTION Progress has stalled on efforts to require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reinstitute collection of data on women workers. This data is crucial to understanding and improving how women fare in the workplace. Read More GIFTS WITH A MESSAGE Give gifts of friendship and solidarity with presents from the NOW catalog and memberships to NOW. There's still time to do some holiday shopping! YEAR-END TAX DEDUCTION Make tax deductible gifts or transfer appreciated stock to the NOW Foundation by December 31 for a 2005 deduction. Donate online or contact gift planning for information on stock donations or wire transfers.
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