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National Organization for Women We are the local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) located in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. NOW is a grass roots organization of volunteers working to support women's rights. CBS to Air Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl Offender: CBS Executives Media Outlet: CBS The Offense: During the Feb. 7 telecast of the Super Bowl, CBS will air an anti-abortion commercial produced and paid for by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family. NOW's Analysis: Focus on the Family has an aggressively anti-abortion, anti-LGBT, anti-woman agenda. This ad reportedly promotes the decision of one woman to go against her doctor's advice to terminate an at-risk pregnancy. While NOW would never disparage any woman's reproductive choice, we believe that all women should be free to make the decision that is right for them. We also believe that this ad could potentially put women's health and lives at risk by promoting ideology over medicine. NOW President Terry O'Neil told the Associated Press that the planned ad is "extraordinarily offensive and demeaning." "That's not being respectful of other people's lives," O'Neill said. "It is offensive to hold one way out as being a superior way over everybody else's." It's important to note that the Super Bowl is the most watched television event each year, with a broad audience spanning all demographics. In the past, CBS has turned down other advocacy ads it deemed controversial, including ads from MoveOn.org and the progressive United Church of Christ. Women are vastly under-represented in high-level decision making roles at the television networks (and pretty much all media outlets). Despite this disadvantage, NBC managed to make the right decision last year, refusing to run an anti-choice ad during the Super Bowl. Anti-abortion forces are on the offensive. They don't want to help women make informed decisions -- they want to, in the words of Focus on the Family, make abortion "both illegal and unthinkable." We must stand up to their campaign to deny women their fundamental rights. Thanks to our friends at the Women's Media Center for alerting us to this outrageous move by CBS. Take Action: Write to CBS and tell them what you think about their decision to air the Focus on the Family ad. CONGRATULATIONS to the NEW OFFICERS 2010
The Purpose of the New Bylaws of the Phoenix/ Scottsdale Chapter of NOW Renews Its Commitment to Reproductive Rights Phoenix/Scottsdale NOW Article I. Name The name of this local membership organization is the “Phoenix/Scottsdale Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Inc.” (NOW) Article II. Statement of Purpose A. PURPOSE NOW’s purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society, ROE v WADE Marking 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: January 21, 2010 On Friday, Jan. 22, the National Organization for Women (NOW) will hold its annual rally and vigil at the U.S. Supreme Court, commemorating and celebrating the 37th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision affirming women's constitutional right to abortion. "One year ago today we were celebrating a new president who said he was pro-choice, a Congress promising to defend reproductive rights, and hopes for stronger policy to protect women's fundamental right to abortion care," says NOW President Terry O'Neill. "Since then, our reproductive rights have come under severe attack, with unprecedented restrictions threatening abortion care coverage in the name of 'health care reform.' In May, our dear friend Dr. George Tiller -- a man who for 33 years defended women's constitutional right to access safe abortion care -- was murdered in his own church," said O'Neill. "Recent events are an indication that some believe abortion rights can be easily bargained away, or controlled by powerful corporate interests, or manipulated by the Catholic Bishops. The National Organization for Women and our grassroots activists across the country are committed to protecting and expanding access to abortion, which is a basic, fundamental human right." said O'Neill.
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