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NOW Urges Wal-Mart to Expand Emergency Contraception Access Currently Wal-Mart does not dispense emergency contraception (also known as Plan B or the "morning after pill") in any state other than Illinois, where it is required to do so by law....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 1:05pm PST
Mass. Wal-Mart Must Stock Emergency Pill The state pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts....
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 11:32pm PST
Happy Contraceptive Awareness Week! Support The Prevention First Bill In recognition of National Contraceptive Awareness Week, Feb. 13-19, 2006, please urge your Senators and Representatives to sponsor legislation to promote improved family planning and health care for women and families....
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 11:09pm PST
Iraqi Women Need Your Help! Anwar Kadhim Jawad, her husband and their four children were driving down the road
from their house in Baghdad one day when they were suddenly caught in a hail of
bullets from US soldiers......
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 9:17pm PST
Covenant Marriage on the Rocks Promoted by religious reactionaries to keep women in their place, covenant marriage is chosen by few; who wants to be burdened by harder to get divorce?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 10:31am PST
Betty Friedan 1921-2006: Women's Rights Pioneer Helped Launch Modern-Day Feminist Movement Women's rights pioneer Betty Friedan has died at the age of 85. Founder of the National Organization for Women and author of the groundbreaking book "The Feminine Mystique" - she helped launch the modern-day feminist movement. We speak with Friedan's biographer, the first woman network news anchor and a leading woman's health activist....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 7:25am PST
Feminist Giant Betty Friedan Dies at 85 Betty Friedan, author of the groundbreaking book (The Feminine Mystique)that helped launch the contemporary women's movement, died today at the age of 85....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 9:55pm PST
NOW Honors Betty Friedan: Groundbreaking Author, NOW Founder Today the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the nation celebrate the life and legacy of Betty Friedan, one of the founders of NOW and the modern women's rights movement....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 9:49pm PST
"Battle of the Babes" promoted as a way to determine right to abortion Babe-alicious "coverage" of "Walk for Life":
"When all the dust has settled, there is really only one way to determine which of two competing political ideologies has emerged victorious, and that is: Which side has the best-looking women?"...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 11:01pm PST
The Right Wing wants to go after women who have had abortions ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 3:35pm PST
Global Women flex power at World Social Forum by CC Campbell-Rock...
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 7:31am PST
NARAL Gives Chaffee Pass on Alito, Cashes Checks from Jane Hamsher at http://www.firedoglake.blogspot.com...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 4:07pm PST
What Alito's confirmation means for you Let's not sugar-coat it: this is a bad day for our nation, and the American values of freedom and privacy....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:21pm PST
Providing Our Own Abortions. Jane: An Abortion Service
The Abortion Counseling Service of Women's Liberation, better known by its nickname "Jane", began as an underground referral group. Eventually they decided to perform the abortions themselves....
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 11:40am PST
Breast cancer meeting fails people of Hunters Point, San Francisco, Marin County I spent most of the day, Saturday, Jan. 21, at the single meeting this year of the Bay Area Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center. The coverup continues....
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 9:01am PST
Kerry trying to muster a filibuster against Alito Kerry will try for a filibuster...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 3:02pm PST
How Reproductive Rights are being destroyed in our country - a Frontline video expose The last Abortion Clinic. A wake up call demonstrating how the right wing has decimated the right to choice for poor people. What issue will they go after next? What will you do about it?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 9:54pm PST
After Judiciary Committee Vote, NOW Renews Call for Filibuster "As Sen. Feinstein said in the committee this morning, if you know someone is not going to respect the rights that are explicit in our laws, in previous court rulings, in the Constitution, then you have to stand up," Gandy said. "It's time for every senator who supports women's rights to stand up with her."...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:30pm PST
Roe v. Wade Anniversary Comes at Critical Time for Future of Women's Health We are standing here today in the shadow of the Supreme Court, in solidarity, as a reminder of the lives that have been saved because of Roe v. Wade and the lives that will be lost if this critical decision is further weakened....
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 8:27pm PST
CodePINK's Sorry State of the Union SPEAK-OUT!! Speak-out while bush speaks sorry - the only way to stomach his address is with a bunch of like-minded folks & a few trademark CodePINK activities! We promise, the viewing of the State of the Union Address will never be more empowering or thought-provoking as sharing it with CodePINKers! Join us 5:00 at Union Square Sports Bar in San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 6:45pm PST
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