Scott Lee Cohen, the elected candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend in 2005. His ex-wife also listed both physical and sexual abuse in her divorce papers. Illinois needs leadership that is capable of making effective policy decisions to end violence against women and girls. We applaud Scott Lee Cohen’s decision to [...]
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Scott Lee Cohen Steps Down
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog
Tags: Chicago NOW·Illinois·Lieutenant Governor·National Organization for Women·Scott Lee Cohen
Sign this Petition! Tell CBS to Drop the Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad!
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog
Sign the NARAL petition HERE!
Tags: Anti Choice·Chicago NOW·Focus on the Family·NARAL·Super Bowl·Superbowl Ads
Anthony Abbate Trial Summary
December 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
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. [...]
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
