Stop Ashcroft NOW!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: REBECCA FARMER, 202-628-8669 ext. 116

Stop Ashcroft NOW!

January 29, 2001

Cabinet nominee John Ashcroft (for Attorney General) is a proponent of some of the most regressive social policies on the ultraconservatives' agenda.

As governor of Missouri, Ashcroft's administration violated a provision of the Missouri Constitution that required all forfeited funds go to public schools. Ashcroft reportedly told police that he would "look the other way" as they circumvented the law.

Ashcroft has urged a ban on some of the most effective forms of birth control as well as abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, or if a woman's health is at risk.

Ashcroft advocates giving public funds, including monies for public education, to church-run programs, without adequate protection against proselytizing and discrimination.

Ashcroft used his position as attorney general of Missouri to try to deny NOW's constitutional right to call for a boycott of states which had not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.

Ashcroft refused to answer questions under oath about allegations that he improperly used his office as Missouri attorney general to raise funds for his 1984 campaign for Missouri governor.

Who:	NOW President Patricia Ireland and Other Activists

What:	Stop Ashcroft NOW! News Conference & Protest

When:	Wednesday, January 31

	News Conference
Time:	12 Noon
Where:	Senate Swamp (East Side of the Capitol)

	Protest
Time:	12:30 PM
Where:	Dirksen Senate Office Building
	Constitution Avenue, NE (between 1st & 2nd Sts.)

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