Based on a true story, this may be the only young adult novel out there where a girl gets pregnant and has an abortion using RU-486. Written by Santa Fe NOW member, Kate Buckley. See Kate's web-site for awards and reviews and her continuing work with teens.http://www.katebuckleybooks.com/
New Mexico has only three abortion providers, all located in Albuquerque; the Pro-Choice Safety Network Fund helps defray the extra and often hidden costs for women traveling to Albuquerque. The fund covers costs such as bus tickets, meals, overnight stays and other non-medical needs such as childcare.
Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 3-5 pm and 7-9 pm
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Sponsor the Event: Become a Champion for Choice at $1,000 or a Feminist for Choice at $500 to cover the costs of the event and to provide support for women in need. Click here to find out more about sponsor benefits.
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Meet the Author Reception & Buffet: A meet and greet with Jessica Valenti author of The Purity Myth and Full Frontal Feminism at Santa Fe's award-winning East African restuarant, Jambo Cafe from 3-5 pm. Tickets: $100 per person includes a meet and greet with Jessica, a buffet of delicious bites from Jambo, beer & wine, and entry into a Conversation with Jessica and Screening of The Purity Myth at the Santa Fe Women's Club at 7 pm.
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A Conversation with Jessica Valenti: Sexuality, Feminism & Activism: How we can battle back against the '"war on women" and a screening of "The Purity Myth"from 7-9 pm at The Woman's Club in Santa Fe. Tickets: $15 per person
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Donate Directly to the Pro-Choice Safety Network Fund. Please give, even if you cannot make the event. The Pro-Choice Safety Network Fund provides vital support to women seeking legal and safe abortions.
A Federal court ruled on Monday that Baltimore and Montgomery County, Maryland, cannot require crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post signs indicating what types of services they provide. In a 2-1 vote, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision that the requirement was unconstitutional. Baltimore and Montgomery County had required that the signs must state whether the CPCs provide abortion and contraceptive services, as well as maternity and prenatal care, infant supplies, and adoption services.
In the majority opinion, Judge Paul V. Niemeyer wrote, "To be sure, Montgomery County is entitled to believe that pregnancy is first and foremost a medical condition, but it may not compel unwilling speakers to express that view." A spokesman for Baltimore city defended the struck-down law, saying, "The law itself would not have been necessary if there were not serious and compelling evidence and testimony that the centers provided false and misleading medical information to vulnerable women."
Baltimore, Montgomery Country, and Austin, Texas were the first three localities in the United States to pass Truth in Advertising legislation. In July 2011, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced a bill that would regulate the misleading advertising practices of CPCs nationwide.
Currently, there are an estimated 3,500 CPCs nationwide, most of which are affiliated with one or more national umbrella organizations. CPCs pose as legitimate health centers and offer "free" pregnancy tests. Some CPCs coerce and intimidate women out of considering abortion as an option, and prevent women from receiving neutral and comprehensive medical advice. These clinics are typically run by anti-abortion volunteers who are not licensed medical professionals.
Media Resources: Washington Post 6/28/12; Bloomberg News 6/27/12; Baltimore Sun 6/27/12; AP 6/27/12; Feminist Daily Newswire 3/26/12
Saturday, June 25 was a culmination of a week-long celebration of PRIDE in Santa Fe was the PRIDE March and Parade in the historic Railyard Park.
Now Santa Fe members joined in solidarity with our LGBTQ brothers and sisters to support women's issues and feminism by wearing the name of famous feminists on their back.
"Appearances" were made by Jane Addams, Hillary Clinton, Sharon Mitchell, Alice Waters, and Emma Goldman among other famous feminists. NOW members are proud that these women "have our backs" in our continued reclamation of women's rights.
In solidarity with women across the nation, NOW Santa Fe marched against the war on women on April 28, 2012. A solid and supportive crowd of women and men gathered at the Roundhouse to march to the historic Railyard park and back to show their support for women's equality and women's rights.
And a pictoral view of the march with article from Motley News.
Below a short and sweet vid of NOW member Nicoletta and her Mom!
Komen. Sandra Fluke. Transvaginal. The reason these words are instantly recognizable—the reason the “war on women” is now part of the national conversation—is largely thanks to younger women and online organizing. Behind every recent battle against the onslaught of sexism has been the energy and activism of young people—on blogs, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. And in a long-overdue but welcome change of message, the mainstream feminist movement that once claimed young women didn’t care about feminism is finally catching on. Some are even walking the walk.Read More
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