Lesbian rights: From legislation to action
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The NOW activists would respond against the legislation as the legislation is moving on Capitol Hill to write discrimination into America's Constitution in 2006. NOW activists would be sending e-mail messages to members of the Senate, making visits to senators in their district officers and coming to Washington D.C. to share NOW's message that a woman's right to independence and self-determination includes the right to define and express her own sexuality and to choose her own lifestyle, free from discrimination and harassment.
Publication Name: National N O W Times
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-4740
Year: 2006
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Women join call for peace at March in New York City
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NOW activists from New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C. Connecticut and Rhode Island and even Florida and Washington State joined by 350,000 protestors organized a peace march in New York City on April 29, 2006 to demand an end to the war and a change in America's priorities. The successful March for Peace, Justice and Democracy was historic effort to mobilize the feminist and progressive communities for change.
Publication Name: National N O W Times
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-4740
Year: 2006
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Ideology trumps science in ongoing FDA stall of plan B
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FDA is delaying the decision regarding the over-the-counter (OTC) access to emergency contraception, whose commercial name is Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill. It has become clear that the FDA's failure to allow OTC access is due to politics rather than science.
Publication Name: National N O W Times
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-4740
Year: 2005
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