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  • December 11, 2001: NOW President Kim Gandy Speaks on Women's Rights in a Time of War

    December 3, 2001: Feminists Demand Affordable Anti-Cancer Drug, Take On Pharmaceutical Manufacturer



    November 21, 2001: U.S. Feminists Applaud Afghan Women's March

    November 17, 2001: Activists Use Internet, E-mail to Advocate for Afghan Women's Rights

    November 15, 2001: Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy: Both Parties' Economic Plans Favor Big Business

    November 15, 2001: ABC/Disney's Emperor Has No Clothes: Hawks Underwear Commercial As Entertainment Programming

    November 8, 2001: An Open Letter to President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus



    October 24, 2001: Real Economic Stimulus Must Include Low-Wage and Laid-Off Workers

    October 10, 2001: Nancy Pelosi Shatters Glass Ceiling in U.S. Congress: Feminists Celebrate Nationwide

    October 3, 2001: Abortion Rights Protected by Appellate Decision in NOW v. Scheidler



    September 14, 2001: National Organization for Women Denounces Religious Extremism in Wake of Terrorist Attack; Urges Unity, Not Bigotry

    September 6, 2001: Tragedy Focuses Attention on Postpartum Psychosis



    August 23, 2001: NOW Celebrates Helms' Departure from Senate, Looks Toward Feminists to Fill Ultraconservatives' Seats

    August 22, 2001: Feminists Call For Strengthening Social Security, Not Peddling Privatization

    August 15, 2001: Feminists to CNN: Just Say No To Rush Limbaugh



    July 25, 2001: Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act: A Step in the Right Direction

    July 23, 2001: Feminists Call for State Department to Bring Justice for Former "Comfort Women"

    July 20, 2001: NOW Membership Vice President Karen Johnson to Speak at Rally for Justice for Survivors of World War II Sexual Slavery

    July 19, 2001: Feminists Demand an End to Oppression of Falun Gong Practitioners

    July 18, 2001: NOW President Patricia Ireland to Speak Out Against Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

    July 12, 2001: Feminists Decry Federal Anti-Marriage Amendment, Call For Passage of Equal Rights Amendment Instead

    July 6, 2001: NOW President-elect Kim Gandy Blasts Bush Plan to Cover Fetuses, Ignore Moms

    July 1, 2001: NOW Activists Elect New President to Succeed Patricia Ireland



    June 29, 2001: NOW Puts Television Networks On Notice With Second Watch Out, Listen Up! Report

    July 27, 2001: Feminists and Other Activists Gather in Philadelphia

    June 14, 2001: NOW Challenges President Bush to Abide by Federal Court Ruling on Contraceptive Coverage

    June 13, 2001: Patricia Ireland to Depart NOW, New Leadership to Be Elected

    June 8, 2001: 2001 National NOW Conference in Philadelphia Will Bring New Leadership to Feminist Activists



    May 24, 2001: NOW Applauds Jeffords Action, Sees Hope in Change of Senate Leadership

    May 16, 2001: NOW Condemns Action by House of Representatives to Further Bush's Anti-Reproductive Rights Agenda

    May 14, 2001: Bush's Budget, Tax Cut and Judicial Nominees Lack Family Values

    May 11, 2001: Bush Fails Women: NOW President Patricia Ireland Leads a Mother's Day Picket for Women's Rights

    May 11, 2001: NOW Sends Message to Bristol Myers-Squibb: "Stop Risking Women's Lives and Health for Profit"



    April 26, 2001: NOW Denounces House Passage of Unborn Victims of Violence Act; Urges Senate to Defeat this Direct Threat to Roe v. Wade

    April 22, 2001: Emergency Action for Women's Lives: Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland

    April 18, 2001: Reproductive Rights Supporters to Rally in Washington at the Emergency Action for Women's Lives

    April 18, 2001: Reproductive Rights Threats Are Real -- Just Ask Your Congress Member

    April 6, 2001: Save the Date: Emergency Action for Women's Lives, April 22, 2001



    March 22, 2001: NOW Wants an ERA to Protect Women's Reproductive Rights, Privacy and Bodily Integrity

    March 21, 2001: Supreme Court Delivers Good News for Pregnant Women, Bad News for Workers

    March 16, 2001: NOW Denounces Latest Congressional Attacks on Abortion Rights

    March 1, 2001: NOW Announces Emergency Action for Women's Lives



    February 28, 2001: Women's Rights Leaders Unveil Emergency Plan of Action to Save Reproductive Rights

    February 22, 2001: Feminists Denounce Attack on People with Disabilities and Erosion of Civil Right Laws

    February 14, 2001: Celebrate Valentine's Day: Stop Hate Crimes

    February 5, 2001: Eminem and the Grammys: Rewarding Hate and Violence?

    February 1, 2001: Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland on the Confirmation of John Ashcroft

    February 1, 2001: Open Letter to U.S. Senators Regarding John Ashcroft



    January 31, 2001: NOW Calls on Senate to Reject Ashcroft for Attorney General

    January 29, 2001: Stop Ashcroft NOW!

    January 22, 2001: Bush Rolls Back Rights on Day Two in Office

    January 20, 2001: NOW Activists Vow to Turn Deep Anger into Determined Activism

    January 19, 2001: Roe v. Wade v. Bush

    January 18, 2001: National Organization for Women to Protest Outside Thompson Hearings

    January 16, 2001: NOW Opposes Ashcroft and Thompson

    January 12, 2001: NOW Pressures Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject John Ashcroft as Next U.S. Attorney General

    January 11, 2001: NOW President Patricia Ireland Joins Other Women's Leaders in Opposition to Ashcroft and Thompson

    January 9, 2001: NOW Declares Ashcroft Soft on the Constitution

    January 8, 2001: NOW Calls for Equal Treatment for Cabinet Nominees

    January 5, 2001: National Organization for Women to Protest Inauguration on January 20

    January 2, 2001: NOW Supports Florida Doctor Under Attack from Federal Government

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