National Organization for Women
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Texas Republicans Pass Abortion Travel Ban
”Three county commissioners approved an ordinance Monday that would bar pregnant Texas women from traveling through the unincorporated area of Lubbock County, a county near New Mexico, for an abortion in another state. ”
HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Icelanders awoke to all-male news teams announcing shutdowns across the country, with public transport delayed, hospitals understaffed and hotel rooms uncleaned. Trade unions, the strike’s main organizers, called on women and nonbinary people to refuse paid and unpaid work, including chores. About 90% of the country’s workers belong to a union.
Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir said she would stay home as part of the strike — “kvennaverkfall” in Icelandic — and expected other women in her Cabinet would do the same.
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Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes
Washington D.C. — National Organization of Women (NOW) National President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement in response to the impending federal government shutdown:
“Congress has failed in its most basic function. The extremists who control the House of Representatives have shut down the government–out of incompetence, ignorance, and cruelty.
This is not just about politics—far from it. When you’re living day to day, paycheck to paycheck, wondering how you’ll cope with a shutdown is chilling to the core.
Real people will be harmed because of this inexcusable partisan gamesmanship. For weeks, they’ve been dreading this day—not knowing if they’ll be able to pay the rent, afford childcare, or feed their families.
Those who are responsible for today’s shutdown are causing fear and uncertainty to be felt not only by government workers and their families, but by millions more who are impacted by this crisis—starting with the 7 million women and children who rely on vital nutrition assistance, but will be turned away when the funds dry up just days from now.
It couldn’t be clearer—these extremists are willing to cause such disruption, pain, and uncertainty because they’d rather tear down the government than make it work.
And now they’re holding every function of government hostage until their extremist demands are met—including more restrictions on abortion, cutting access to Social Security and Medicare, allowing discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people, and slashing funding for cancer research, safe and clean drinking water and making our elections less safe, and making it harder to vote.
NOW members are calling on their Representatives to shut off the shutdown. Not in months or weeks, but days or hours. They may not feel the pain they cause, but we know people who do.”
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National NOW President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement upon the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California:
“Senator Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate. During her 30-year career, her work on the Violence Against Women Act, gay marriage, gun control, and a long list of legislation illustrates what can happen when women get elected to office. We hope her legacy inspires others to check women’s names on a ballot – or envision their own on one.”
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Contact: Press Teamss@now.org