On June, 24, 2022, forty-nine years of women’s constitutional right to an abortion was overturned, and then Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced legislation on September 13th 2022 that would institute a federal...
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Abortion & Full Reproductive Rights National Day of Action!
The outsized abortion rights victory in Kansas shows that if we mobilize, we win! The electoral victories in Kansas and in recent special elections show the broad popular support for people to control their...
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Post Roe SASS Workshop
Dear Members and Supporters, Now that Roe has been overturned, helping people access the abortion care they need will require new and creative approaches. To learn how to legally spread information about self-managed abortion,...
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IL NOW President Laura Welch Calls Out Darren Bailey on Holocaust Comparison
Statement by Illinois NOW President Laura Welch August 2, 2022 Enough using the Holocaust to justify hate. Enough using the slaughter of six million Jews, Roma and LGBTQ folks in an attempt to sway...
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Kansas Women Prevail!
Kansas voters have defeated a ballot measure that overturns the state’s constitutional protection for abortion and allows state legislators to pass more laws banning abortion. The following is a statement from National NOW President...
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Our Post-Roe World Explained
Now that Roe has been overturned, the landscape of abortion access across the country will dramatically shift for the worse. Many states have already restricted or outright banned abortion. Millions of people, but especially...
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The New Abortion Strategies
The US movement for reproductive rights is in disarray. Five decades of NGO fundraising, lobbying Democrats, and bringing lawsuits before unsympathetic courts have failed to protect access to abortion – access that was first...
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Training: Storytelling as Advocacy
Join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action for a workshop on using stories as advocacy tools to change hearts and minds. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn from and workshop their own stories with elected...
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March into Action Kick-Off Event
Join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, elected champions, and our partners as we kick off our month of lobbying and advocacy with an evening of virtual actions and a raffle for attendees! RSVP...
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March into Action Wrap Party
Join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action and elected champions for the closing event of our month of action! Attendees will participate in virtual actions to lobby for PPIA’s legislative initiatives and all attendees will be...
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