NOW Monitors Election Returns, Supreme Court Arguments

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For Immediate Release
Contact: Lisa Bennett, 202-628-8669, ext. 123; cell 202-641-1906

NOW Monitors Election Returns, Supreme Court Arguments

November 6, 2006

NOW leaders and members will closely watch the 2006 midterm election returns on Tuesday night, Nov. 7. NOW President Kim Gandy will be available to comment throughout the week on how the new Congress will impact women's issues, as well as the prospect of Nancy Pelosi becoming the first woman Speaker of the House. Also on NOW's radar are a number of state ballot initiatives, including abortion, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and the minimum wage.

On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, Gandy, who is a member of the Supreme Court Bar, will attend the Court's oral arguments on the constitutionality of the nation's first abortion procedures ban in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood.

Outside the court, NOW will hold a demonstration in support of women's reproductive rights from 9:00-10:00 am the same day.

This is the first time the Supreme Court will consider an abortion case since Associate Justice Samuel Alito took the bench. The court's line of questioning and eventual ruling on the so-called "partial-birth abortion" ban could signal the fate of women's reproductive rights in the United States.

To schedule an interview with Gandy or another national NOW officer, please call 202-628-8669, ext. 123 (cell: 202-641-1906).