Dangerous Anti-Birth Control Efforts Pending
Send a message to your Congress members today, urging them to vote down any effort to restrict contraceptive coverage in health care.

Attacks on Birth Control Coverage Rage On in Congress, Representatives Stand Up for Women by Walking Out of Stacked Hearing
This morning, a House committee held a hearing on birth control coverage that featured a panel stacked exclusively with men opposed to the Affordable Care Act rule requiring that contraception be covered in employee health care plans.

Crazy Train Headed Off the Rails Over Birth Control
NOW President Terry O'Neill writes on Huffington Post: "Despite President Obama's accommodating move last week, conservative leaders are hurtling along in their attempt to restrict birth control. They've gained a righteous head of steam so quickly they don't seem to care that they're about to careen off the tracks."

Announcing NOW Foundation's 2012 Love Your Body Poster Contest Winners!
Check out the winners of the 2012 Love Your Body poster contest. Eighth grader Francesa Spruiell is this year's grand prize winner. You can send all four designs as e-cards and learn about entering the 2013 contest yourself.

Restaurant Industry Must End Pay Discrimination, Sexual Harassment of Tipped Worker
A report released Feb. 13 at a congressional briefing by the Restaurant Workers Opportunities Centers and 11 major women's organizations, including NOW Foundation, provides in shocking detail the poor working conditions and poverty level wages paid to tipped restaurant workers, two thirds of whom are women.

NOW Applauds Prop 8 Decision, Calls for Equal Marriage Nationwide
Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that eliminated same-sex couples' right to marry, violates the U.S. constitution.

VAWA 2012 Passes Out of Committee, NOW Continues 20-Year Commitment to Landmark Bill
NOW was an early proponent of the first Violence Against Women Act, holding a rally on Capitol Hill in 1995 that brought together tens of thousands of activists to demand full funding for the bill. The act must be reauthorized every five years, so 20 years later feminists are still rallying for VAWA.

Violence Against Women Act Needs Your Immediate Action
VAWA 2011 was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 2. Next comes the full Senate vote. Right now, 38 senators are co-sponsors, but we need 60 to assure final passage. Call your senators ASAP to make sure they are on board before the floor vote. Take action NOW!

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2012 National Conference
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Regional Conferences
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Media Hall of Shame: ABC's "Work It" Works Overtime Promoting Sex Stereotypes - check out our latest outrage!

Love Your Body Campaign
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 poster contest -- check them out!

RATIFY WOMEN!
U.S. ratification of the CEDAW treaty is long overdue. Get the details and take action.

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