"With a Bush administration committed to limiting reproductive rights and rumors that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor may retire at the end of this term, the National Organization for Women has declared a state of emergency," said NOW President Patricia Ireland. "Reproductive right supporters from across the country will converge in Washington D.C. on April 22 for the Emergency Action for Women's Lives, targeting the Senate to prevent the packing of the Supreme Court with anti-abortion rights justices."

The Emergency Action for Women's Lives will kick off a four-year campaign by NOW and more than 100 organizational and congressional sponsors. The action will cap two weeks of state lobbying events during the Senate's spring recess and will include a virtual action to inundate senators with e-mail messages upon their return to Washington.

"Abortion rights supporters will not roll over while Bush and his cohorts try to roll back our rights," Ireland said. "We refuse to be the generations that both win and lose the right to safe and legal birth control and abortion."

To apply for media credentials to the Emergency Action for Women's Lives, please fill out the online media credentials application form or contact NOW's Media Relations Office at 202-628-8669, ext. 116.

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