Heart Disease Is Leading Cause Of Death for Women

Two friends had major heart attacks over a year ago and survived! It’s good reason to look at serious problems with heart attacks and women. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the US, responsible for about 1 in 5 female deaths. Shockingly, most of the testing is done on men. And also women’s risk factors

Social Media Reporting Women and Girls To Law Enforcement

Women and girls and all are being tracked by social media and by pharmacies. This information, including abortion pill orders from online pharmacies, is being used to prosecute women and girls! Google, Facebook and online pharmacies have provided user data to law enforcement so they could prosecute women and girls who had abortions, or who

From Texas to NC – Why We Need To Push. Sig Ad 2024.

North Carolina NOW is again sponsoring a full 2 page Signature Ad in support of safe and legal abortion for all women, girls and pregnant individuals, regardless of economic status. The 2024 ad will appear in Indy Week, the Triangle’s progressive weekly periodical, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. You can sign on to the ad

More on What Women Want 2023

We are looking at What Women Want, inspired by pollster Celinda Lake, who spoke at the National NOW conference last summer. At the conference, she told us that women across the board support reproductive health care and birth control – over 80%! Ms. Lake’s firm did a poll of women for the YWCA in 2018

Congresswoman Deborah Ross to keynote 2023 NC NOW Conference

Announcing Congresswoman Deborah Ross as the keynote speaker for North Carolina NOW’s 2023 state conference, “What Women Want NOW,” on November 18, 2023. In Congress, Deborah is fighting for equality, justice, and progress. Rep. Ross is a lawyer who has been working for a better North Carolina her whole career, first as a civil rights

National NOW Conference Report – 2023

“We Won’t Stop: Organizing Until Equality for All” was the theme at the national NOW conference that was held in Arlington Virginia on June 30-Jul 2. There were excellent speakers, panels, a NOW PAC brunch with speakers, two ERA rallies, and great workshops. There were also important bylaws to consider. In fact, this was a

Feminist State of the Union Events – 2022 and 2023

NOW’s Feminist State of the Union with Hilary Clinton And Other Experts! Very excited about NOW’s 2nd annual NOW Feminist State of the Union on April 27, 2023, at 7pm, over zoom. RSVP here: https://now.org/fsotu2023/. Hilary Clinton is the first guest booked, but there are many other esteemed guests. This event will be moderated by NOW

Healing Justice Series with Fayetteville NOW and Coalition – 2023

A community coalition in Fayetteville including Fayetteville NOW hosts a 3 part series discussing the trauma and damage our system of punishment imposes and what people and organizations can do to create a healing process through restorative justice.

Annual Jan Allen Award Ceremony on 12/4/22 with Chapel Hill NOW

You’re invited to join Chapel Hill NOW on Sunday, Dec 4, as they honor Ms. Rashii Purefoy and Ms. Karen Stegman for their work and commitment to supporting and improving the lives of women and girls. This is the second annual Jan Allen Award Ceremony. What: Second Annual Jan Allen Award CeremonyWhen: Sunday, December 4,

What Is At Stake in the 2022 Midterms

We’ve lost the federal protection of Roe, and our NC Legislative Leaders would love to take it away at the state level. They’ve told us so very clearly, and neither of them have any opposition this election.  Speaker Tim Moore wants to cut off abortion before most women and girls know they are pregnant using a