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NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS, TO HOLD PRESS BRIEFING ON LANDMARK NOW V. SCHEIDLER CASE

MARCH 3, 1998

Who:  NOW President Patricia Ireland and Chicago NOW President Lorna Brett

 
What:  Press availability on opening arguments of NOW v. Scheidler  Press briefing on landmark racketeering lawsuit
When:  Wednesday, March 4, 1998 
 Immediately following 10 a.m. hearing (approximately 1:00 pm)		 Wednesday, March 4, 1998 
1:30pm 
Where: Lobby of Federal Courthouse 
219 S. Dearborn 
Chicago, IL		 Chicago NOW Office 
Women's Place Resource Center 
30 E. Adams #401 (two blocks from the Federal Courthouse, between State St. and Wabash Ave.) 
(312) 578-9351 
 
 
 
 NOW is seeking a nationwide injunction forbidding the defendants from committing, or inciting others to commit, the violent acts that impede women's access to abortion.  "Patients, doctors, and clinic workers face harassment, blockades, extortion, bombs, arson, even murder," NOW President Patricia Ireland said.  If the suit is successful, NOW is also asking the court to award triple damages to every clinic in the U.S. affected by the opponents' violence.  "If the anti-abortion thugs won't obey the law, we'll go after them where it hurts -- their wallets," Ireland vowed.

Link to this press release at http://www.now.org/press/03-98/03-03-98.html

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