Planned Parenthood Action Fund says, demand your senators pass the Women's Health Protection Act immediately, to make the right to abortion protected by a federal statute ... for the first time ever. Take action here ...
ACTION ALERT: Sign the Petition and Rally with NOW on 1/27 ERA Day NOW is the time to write women into the Constitution. The ERA has met all of the requirements set forth in Article V of the Constitution but has not yet been published by the U.S. Archivist, David Ferriero. A memo issued by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) under the Trump-Barr Department of Justice is currently blocking the Archivist from doing this. NOW, alongside the ERA Coalition and 51 other partners filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals to force the Archivist to publish the [...]
First, the good news: the Illinois legislature has passed the Youth Health and Safety Act, repealing the horrendous Parental Notice of Abortion (PNA) law that has caused so much harm to so many pregnant teens, and our wonderful pro-choice Governor J.B. Pritzker is sure to sign it. The new law doesn’t take effect until June 2022, so for now the Judicial Bypass Project to assist teens who for whatever reason just can’t tell their parents is still in full swing. Read more about why it was so important to repeal PNA at Human Rights Watch or at the ACLU of Illinois, watch this powerful video by Dr. Alison Cowett and read Dr. Cowett’s Op-Ed in the Chicago Sun-Times.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Texas law banning abortions and deputizing vigilantes to enforce it is an unprecedented intrusion into the constitutional rights of women and a stunning attack on the rule of law. This article in The Guardian is one of the best to be published about it. And here’s Justice Sotomayor’s dissent, the Tribune editorial, and Rex Huppke’s Trib column. We’re all coming together in several emergency protests on Saturday October 2nd. Say it loud: Abortion On Demand and Without Apology. See you there … this Friday … bring your masks … and bring signs.
Visit PNARepealAction.org Get ready to submit Witness Slips in support of the repeal legislation Read the new report on PNA by Human Rights Watch and visit the ACLU’s page on PNA Watch this 30-second video by Dr. Alison Cowett and read Dr. Cowett’s op-ed in the Sun-Times Visit PersonalPAC.org Watch the video of our January 20th program (80) minutes Watch the short version of this video (18 minutes) Get the latest talking points, fact sheets and social media kit Visit RepealPNA.org Tell your friends and spread the word on social media using the #repealPNA hashtag. Call, email or write your state legislators. Send a letter to the editor. Visit RepealPNA.org/take-action to look [...]