Women’s Equality Day is coming up this Sunday! Tis’ the season to mobilize for women’s rights! Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It is a time where many advocates for women’s rights get together to celebrate and rally to advance women’s equality. In the [...]
According to a statement by Susan G. Komen Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker and its Board of Directors, they “will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants.” This is a reversal from the policy released earlier this week that would have stripped Planned [...]
By Lori Baralt In the midst of the many attacks against Plannned Parenthood and abortion rights over the past year, the news that Komen for the Cure was halting future funding of breast cancer screening and breast health education to Planned Parenthood affiliates has still managed to create shock waves in women’s health advocacy circles. [...]
This is a guest post from Chloe Kessinger, Project and Design Coordinator with the Center for Gender Equity at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR. She writes about the actions her school is taking on April 7th against Title X cuts and invites other groups to do the same. They are planning a die-in to [...]
In case you haven’t heard, women’s access to medical care, family planning, and abortions are under attack. The recent happenings in Congress (HR 358, HR 3, and the cuts to Title X) are putting women’s lives on the line and women’s bodies under scrutiny. In light of the recent bills that were introduced to the [...]
We need you to take action NOW — TODAY. We hope, by now, that you’ve heard about the two horrible bills introduced in the House that restrict abortion access and funding. The “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (HR3) would penalize companies–in the form of tax credits–that offer health plans that cover abortion and would [...]
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