Want Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care for Women?
Help Pass HB 6205 by Contacting Your State Representative Today!
On March 10th 2010, The Reproductive Health & Access Act (HB 6205) was passed out of the House Human Services Committee. The next step toward comprehensive reproductive health care for ALL women in Illinois is for the full Illinois [...]
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Help Pass HB 6205! Contact Your State Representative Today!
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Homepage
Tags: Chicago·Chicago NOW·feminism·feminist·Freedom·HB 6205·Health Care·Health Care reform·Illinoism RHAA·National Organization for Women·NOW·Personal PAC·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·state representatives·Terry Cosgrove
Bill Brady: Wrong for Women
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog
Watch the video featuring Chicago NOW, Citizen Action of Illinois, Planned Parenthood and Personal PAC
Tags: Abortion·Beth Kanter·Bill Brady·Chicago·Chicago NOW·Citizen Action of Illinois·Domestic Violence·feminism·Feminists·Freedom·Governor Quinn·Harry Reid·health·Health Care reform·Healthcare·Healthcare Reform·Linda Delaforgue·Michelle Staeger·National Organisation for Women·National Organization for Women·NOW·Personal PAC·Planned Parenthood·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·reprodutive freedom
Fearing conservative social policies, womens’ groups start offensive against Brady
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · News
By Adrian G. Uribarri
March 09, 2025
If state Sen. Bill Brady’s race against Gov. Pat Quinn comes anywhere as close as his campaign against Kirk Dillard, then one thing is for sure: It won’t be womens’ groups that push him over the edge.
Nearly eight months before the general election, advocates for abortion rights and equal-pay legislation [...]
Tags: Abortion·Beth Kanter·Bill Brady·Chicago·Chicago NOW·Chicago Progressive Radio·Citizen Action·Domestic Violence·feminism·Feminists·Freedom·Governor Quinn·health·Health Care reform·Healthcare·Michelle Staeger·National Organisation for Women·National Organization for Women·NOW·Personal PAC·Planned Parenthood·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·Terry Cosgrove·Violence Against Women·Women's Health
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
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
Support the Health Facility Buffer Zone Ordinance!
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
Chicago NOW Joins Planned Parenthood in Support of the Health Facility Buffer Zone Ordinance!
The City Counsel Votes This Wednesday! Take Action Today!
From our Friends at Planned Parenthood:
Alderman Vi Daley’s proposed ordinance amends the Disorderly Conduct section of the Municipal Code of Chicago to:
Create a 50 foot buffer zone around any entrance door to a [...]
Tags: Aldermen·Chicago·Chicago NOW·City Counsel·Planned Parenthood·Reproductive Freedom·Reproductive Justice·Reproductive Rights·Vi Daley
