February 27, 2001
"Women's rights leaders will kick-off Women's History Month by unveiling plans to step up the campaign to save reproductive freedom," said NOW President Patricia Ireland. "Winning the rights to birth control and abortion is one of the greatest breakthroughs for women in our history. We refuse to be the generations that both win and lose these rights." Ireland and other women's rights leaders will detail a multi-faceted plan to save reproductive rights.
| Who: | NOW President Patricia Ireland, |
| Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, | |
| Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority, | |
| Alice Germond, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, | |
| Francis Kissling, Catholics for a Free Choice, | |
| Rosemary Dempsey, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy | |
| What: | News Conference: |
| Emergency Campaign to Save Reproductive Rights | |
| When: | Thursday, March 1 |
| 11:30 AM | |
| Where: | NOW Action Center |
| 733 15th Street, NW, Second Floor | |
| Washington, D.C. |
"George W. Bush has wasted no time going after our reproductive rights, and feminists will waste no time in fighting back," Ireland said.