NOW President Terry O'Neill on Jock-ocrisy Sexism Watch

Beginning at 5:30pm on Sunday, February 7, and continuing throughout the game, the Women's Media Center will be hosting "Jock-ocrisy Watch" on UStream. The multi-platform broadcast will include a play-by-play of sexism and bias in Super Bowl ads and culture with commentary by WMC Co-founder Gloria Steinem and WMC President Jehmu Greene. NOW President Terry O'Neill will be on the broadcast from around 6pm to 7pm EST. To view and participate, go to WMC's ustream channel.

In Memoriam: Susan Hill
The National Organization for Women is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Susan Hill, president of the National Women's Health Foundation and a 2009 recipient of NOW's Woman of Courage award.

CBS to Air Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl
Media Hall of Shame: During the Feb. 7 telecast of the Super Bowl, CBS will air an anti-abortion commercial produced and paid for by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family. Read the full post, and then write to CBS and tell them what you think about their decision to air the Focus on the Family ad.

NOW Applauds Guilty Verdict in Roeder Trial
The National Organization for Women commends the jury in the Scott Roeder trial for its swift guilty verdict and for not being fooled by the outrageous defense claim of justifiable terrorism.

NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women
NOW President Terry O'Neill said, "President Obama's State of the Union speech was never expected to be a policy address about women's rights, but women were keenly listening to every line -- and paying close attention to the messages between the lines, or left unsaid altogether."

NOW Debates Women's Status on The Economist
NOW President Terry O'Neill is engaged in a debate on The Economist website, opposing the publication's claim that "women in the developed world have never had it so good." Check out Terry's arguments, cast your vote and post comments.

Celebrating 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: NOW Asserts that Abortion Care is a Human Right
"Today we celebrate the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which recognized a woman's constitutional right to legal abortion. However, we recognize that in 2010 women's ability to exercise this basic right is under attack as never before, not only by domestic terrorism but also in the halls of Congress," said NOW President Terry O'Neill.

Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
Tell members of your congressional delegation that throwing women under the bus in health care reform legislation is not acceptable. Contrary to what women's advocates have repeatedly been told, it now appears health care legislation allows gender rating after all. This, coupled with the anti-abortion rights language and other problems, renders the bill not worth passing unless these harmful provisions are removed.

NOW Denounces Justifiable Terrorism Defense in Wichita Murder Trial
NOW President Terry O'Neill calls the ruling a dangerous and potentially deadly precedent. "Judge Wilbert's ruling allows Roeder, in effect, to make out a claim of justifiable terrorism -- that is, that Roeder was justified because of his religious ideology."

NOW Congratulates Former President Kim Gandy on new VP Post at Feminist Majority
NOW congratulates former NOW president Kim Gandy on her new position as vice president and general counsel at the Feminist Majority and the Feminist Majority Foundation. "Kim's return to feminist leadership merits an enthusiastic welcome. We wish her all the best in her new position," said NOW President Terry O'Neill.

Senate Health Care Bill Passes With Unacceptable Restrictions on Women's Rights; There Is Still Time To Reverse the Damage
"In a disappointing move that sets women's reproductive rights back, the U.S. Senate voted on final passage of its version of health care reform. NOW calls on Congress and President Obama to recognize women's fundamental right to the full range of health care services, including abortion care," said NOW President Terry O'Neill.

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Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
It now appears that the leadership, along with the Obama administration, has gone back on one of their key pledges to prohibit gender discrimination in health insurance. Women should not stand for this bad treatment.

Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option
Please send a message to Congress asking them to assure that restrictive abortion language in health care reform legislation be withdrawn, that a strong public plan is included, that age discrimination is removed, that better cost control measures are included and insurance is made truly more affordable for everyone.

NO to Commission that will Cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Tell your senators: Do not balance the federal deficit caused by bailing out big banks and Wall Street on the backs of the elderly and poor women who depend on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to survive!

Abstinence-Only Education Shouldn't Make the Cut
Senator Orrin Hatch's (R-Utah) abstinence-only-until-marriage amendment has been tucked in with the health care reform legislation -- and we need your help to strike it when it reaches Senate floor.

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