The Chicago Chapter of the National Organization for Women is pleased to report that the Police Review Board has decided that Anthony Abbate will be discharged. While this is not the ideal punishment for a violent felon, we are pleased that the board recognizes that Abbate is not fit to serve in this city. [...]
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Anthony Abbate Trial Summary
December 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
Tags: Anthony Abbate·Chicago·Chicago NOW·Chicago Police·feminism·Feminists·Judge John Fleming·National Organization for Women·NOW·Police Review Board·sexism·Violence Against Women
Anthony Abbate Trial Summary
November 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
Chicago NOW attended today’s long overdue police review board trial of Anthony Abbate. The entire proceeding lasted from approximately 10:45am to 3pm. I was able to see Anthony, Karolina and several other key witnesses and we learned some new and interesting details.
The transcript and video of the trial will now be turned over to the [...]
Tags: Anthony Abbate·Chicago·Chicago NOW·Chicago Police·feminism·Feminists·Judge John Fleming·National Organization for Women·NOW·Police Review Board·sexism·Violence Against Women
Sign a Petition to Protect a Woman’s Right to Choose!
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
From our friends at Planned Parenthood…
When it passed a historic health care reform bill, the House also adopted the Stupak amendment, a dangerous piece of legislation that would ban abortion from private and public insurance plans for millions of American women. Fortunately, the fight for women’s health didn’t end in the House, and our sharp [...]
Tags: Abortion·Chicago NOW·feminism·Feminists·Freedom·Harry Reid·health·Healthcare·Nancy Pelosi·National Organization for Women·NOW·President Obama·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·Stupak Amendment·Women·Women's Health
Call Your Senators – Demand that they Remove the Stupak Amendment
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
Call Your Senators – Demand that they Remove the Stupak Amendment
Call Senators Durbin and Burris today and demand that they strip the Stupak amendment from the healthcare bill passed Saturday in the House of Representatives. This anti-choice amendment would eliminate abortion care coverage for women. We cannot let this happen.
Please contact both of these Senators [...]
Tags: Abortion·Chicago NOW·Healthcare·Healthcare Reform·NOW·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Rights·Stupak Amendment·Women's Health
Take Action at DePaul Today!
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
If you’re concerned about discrimination against women in academia and the subordination of academic fields in which women predominate, please show your support for diversity in higher education on Thursday November 5th, from 1-3pm at the DePaul University student center to protest the discriminatory denial of tenure to female Professors.
As featured in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune [...]
Tags: Chicago NOW·DePaul·feminism·Gender Discrimination·Tenure
October 11th - National Equality March in Chicago
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
When - Sunday, October 11, beginning at 1:00pm.
Where - Daley Plaza - under the Picasso
Chicago NOW will join with activists from all over Chicago to demand equality for LGBTQ individuals. <a href=”http://www.lgbtchange.org/”>Click here for more information</a>!
Tags: Chicago·Chicago Events·Chicago NOW·Coming Out Day·Equal Marriage·Equality·feminism·Feminists·Freedom·Illinois·Lesbian Rights·LGBT·LGBTQ·National Equality Day·National Equality March·National Organization for Women·NOW
Sen. Al Franken Succeeds in Passing an Amendment to Protect Victims of Sexual Assault!
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
A female employee of Halliburton/KBR was gang raped by her co-workers in Baghdad and then locked in a shipping container when she attempted to report the crime. She was allowed to return home due to intervention by her US Representative, Ted Poe. However, due to a clause in her Halliburton/KBR contract, she was unable to [...]
Tags: Al Franken·Baghdad·Chicago NOW·Halliburton·Iraq·KBR·Rape·Senate·Senate Amendment 2588·Sexual Harassment·Violence Against Women
Clinic Buffer Zone Ordinance Passes!
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
From the Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago City Council today voted 27-11 to pass an ordinance creating a so-called bubble zone requiring anti-abortion activists to keep their distance from people entering clinics.
Read More Here!
and Here!
See how your Alderman voted!
Tags: Abortion·Chicago NOW·Clinic Buffer Zone·National Organization for Women·NOW·Planned Parenthood·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·Vi Daley·Women's Health
