Current Actions

• Violence Against Women Act Needs Your Immediate Action

  January 26, 2012

  TAKE ACTION: Your messages are urgently needed to push back against conservatives in the Senate who are attempting to drastically reduce funding under the Violence Against Women Act. Please call AND email your senators urging them to oppose amendments that would effectively shut down many smaller anti-violence programs and seriously impact services in larger programs.

  NOW believes that requiring VAW programs to match federal funds by cash contributions is the first step toward eventually eliminating federal support. The Senate Judiciary Committee began consideration of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 1925) today, so your calls and messages should be sent ASAP.

• Will Obama throw birth control under the bus?

  December 5, 2011

  Take Action: President Obama is on the brink of a decision that could throw access to basic birth control under the bus. Under intense lobbying from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the president is poised to potentially expand an already sweeping refusal clause that allows employers to deny birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

  Tell President Obama: Free The Pill From the Bishops!

• Secretive Super Committee May Raid Your Social Security, Medicare Funds

  Take Action: We need you to contact your senators and representatives now about harmful cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that are being seriously considered by the super-secret "super committee."

  Call and email members of your congressional delegation, and tell them that you will not stand by to see politicians raid critically important programs that benefit millions in order to pay for two un-funded wars, Wall Street greed and politicians' failure to require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share in federal taxes. Use our message below, or write one of your own, but please make sure Congress hears from you!

• Support the Fight for Reproductive Rights

  Thank you for your generous donation. Your continued support is critical.

  As the right wing escalates its assault on abortion rights and other vital reproductive health services, it's critical to recognize the courage and commitment of the doctors, clinic staff, volunteer escorts and others who are fighting on the frontlines to defend women's reproductive freedom. Please sign the pledge below.

• Speak Out Against Anti-Abortion Terrorism

  Groups like Operation Save America and Operation Rescue use intimidation tactics to scare away women from exercising their right to obtain abortion care. They also aim to drive out of business those clinics that provide the full range of reproductive health services. These groups encourage a climate of harassment and violence against abortion providers and patients. In this hostile environment, anti-abortion rights zealots have turned to vandalism, arson, assault and murder to get their way. 
  
  By signing this petition, you will send a message that these actions are an organized form of terrorism that must stop.

• Mothers Matter and Caregivers Count Petition
• Sign the Pledge for Reproductive Freedom

  Women across the country have lost a true champion. The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller in church is a stark reminder that women's bodies are still a battleground, and health care professionals are on the frontlines. We are angered. We are saddened. And we will not be silenced.

  We must redouble our efforts to maintain safe and legal access to abortion and birth control. When you sign this pledge, you can choose to send a message to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and let them know that the murder and intimidation of abortion providers is domestic terrorism.