President: Elisabeth Crum
Program Coordinator: Ali Rodway Treasurer: Erin Radford Public Relations Coordinator: Stephanie Ortoleva Questions? Want to get involved? email: washingtondcnow@gmail.com Recent Events DC NOW Supporters of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans from every race, class, faith and community are mobilizing for the National Equality March on October 11, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The single demand of the march is clear: “Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states”. The march is being organized by Equality Across America, a grassroots network dedicated to organizing in all 435 Congressional Districts to achieve full equality. For more information about the march or upcoming events visithttp://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?page_id=19. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion Access Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill November 8, 2009 The House of Representatives has dealt the worst blow to women's fundamental right to self-determination in order to buy a few votes for reform of the profit-driven health insurance industry. We must protect the rights we fought for in Roe v. Wade. We cannot and will not support a health care bill that strips millions of women of their existing access to abortion. Birth control and abortion are integral aspects of women's health care needs. Health care reform should not be a vehicle to obliterate a woman's fundamental right to choose. The Stupak Amendment goes far beyond the abusive Hyde Amendment, which has denied federal funding of abortion since 1976. The Stupak Amendment, if incorporated into the final version of health insurance reform legislation, will: · Prevent women receiving tax subsidies from using their own money to purchase private insurance that covers abortion; · Prevent women participating in the public health insurance exchange, administered by private insurance companies, from using 100 percent of their own money to purchase private insurance that covers abortion; · Prevent low-income women from accessing abortion entirely, in many cases. NOW calls on the Senate to pass a health care bill that respects women's constitutionally protected right to abortion and calls on President Obama to refuse to sign any health care bill that restricts women's access to affordable, quality reproductive health care. You can see how your representatives voted on this harmful amendment here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll884.xml Contact information for representatives is easy to find at http://www.capwiz.com/now/dbq/officials/ __________________________ |
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