Out-of-state and out-of-touch groups announced their plans to put a Texas-style abortion ban on our own city election ballot this October in a first in the nation test of a new strategy to ban abortions city-by-city. Even though the city attorney has said it’s unconstitutional, they have an agenda to shame and judge Albuquerque’s women and make it impossible for New Mexico women to access safe and legal abortions. Every pregnancy is different and making a decision to end a pregnancy is a deeply personal and often complex for a woman and her family. The government has no role in these deeply personal decisions, but that isn’t stopping these out-of-state groups from trying. We respect Albuquerque’s women and that’s why we’re fighting so hard to stop this measure.

The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced to Congress 90 years ago. Even though a fierce battle for equality was fought during the 70's and early 80's, not enough states ratified the amendment. Therefore, there is nothing in the US Constitution that cements any women's rights, except the right to vote. Please join our group on facebook ERA NOW www.facebook.com/groups/ERANOWGroup

The LA Times, NYTimes, NPR and other media report that 158 women have undergone sterilization in California prisons without the required approval of the state medical committee between 2005 and 2010. The sterilizations were not medically necessary and the victims report that they were coerced into the procedure. We demand answers -- the idea of forced sterilizations bring up the worst of eugenics and of 1939 Germany, not 2013 California. Who was responsible for these sterilizations? Why were they performed when not medically necessary? Why was one of the women's ovaries removed when she specifically told her doctor she intended to have children in the future? Involuntarily removing a woman’s ovaries or pressuring her into a sterilization while incarcerated is absolutely unacceptable. Demand Gov. Brown immediately launch an investigation to determine who is responsible and to ensure this never happens again.

"No woman should have to choose between her health and her job. Legislators often don’t hear the voice of working women like me. I strongly believe that passing this legislation is taking the right step to creating more balance and fairness in the workplace and society for women as a whole. Let's do it now!" --Armanda Legros, a Long Island victim of pregnancy discrimination at work. Groundbreaking bills in the New York State Women’s Equality Act, including vitally important labor protections, are currently languishing in the New York State Assembly. Unfortunately, the New York State Senate refused to pass a 10-point omnibus version of the Women's Equality Act (which the Assembly previously passed), but we must move forward in order to improve the lives of everyday women across the State. These bills would do a great deal to support women in the workplace and in society. Each day these protections are not law, pregnant women, like Armanda and Yvette (video below), are pushed out of their jobs when they need a minor accommodation in order to stay healthy. Mothers are discriminated against and passed over for promotions. Women continue to take home 84 cents to a man's dollar. We need a way to address these issues, and the bills waiting for a vote in the Assembly would help remedy the problems of income inequality and discrimination in the workplace. The Assembly should honor its legacy of passing progressive legislation for women and not delay in passing these laws that will provide support to women and families across the State! The women and families of New York cannot afford to wait. For more information, go to this webpage: http://www.abetterbalance.org/web/ourissues/fairnessworkplace/239-womens-equality-act or watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxPenBHVPQs.

This week, hundreds rallied and many presented testimony in favor of protecting women's access to safe abortion care. The Texas House did not heed warnings about a return to back-alley abortions; indeed, one woman was abruptly ejected for noting that a member who is an ophthalmologist isn't specially qualified to dictate women's health care decisions. Texas lawmakers should do better than this. The nation is watching. Our state should demonstrate that it respects women's personal decisions and work to ensure women's health. Oppose SB1, the omnibus abortion restriction bill.

The 20 week abortion ban in Mississippi needs to be blocked. Stopped if at all possible. This is an issue of women's health. This is an issue of a woman's right to privacy and the ability to consult with her doctor and significant other. This IS NOT AN ISSUE that should be decided by men who can never get pregnant! For most pregnancies 20 weeks is the point where a doctor can only start to assess the viability of the pregnancy. To ban an abortion before it is even known if the pregnancy is viable is not good medical practice. It is not an issue that men have any right to make for women. This is yet another attack against the health of women of this state. The women of Mississippi are perfectly capable of making their own health decisions and do not need the government of Mississippi making those decisions for them.

It is important that women all across the great (geographically large) state of Texas have fair access to health care, as determined by their doctor and their own personal preference. It is not fair to restrict clinics and providers when the majority of cases require immediate and local solutions to issues that are difficult enough for women to decide. Politicians should not be involved in reproductive decisions and attempts of Texas Republicans to restrict access to health care to the large majority of Texas women is wrong and improper. Please stand with us in keeping medical decisions between a woman and her doctor.

Right-wing legislatures around the country are turning back the clock on women's rights by restricting access to birth control and necessary medical procedures, including abortion. Rep. Conaway must show where he stands by making it absolutely clear that he will NOT support limits on women's freedoms!

Women have a fundamental right to self-determination when it comes to the healthcare choices they make. Why would anyone want to take that away?

Right-Wing legislatures around the country are turning back the clock on women's rights by restricting access to birth control and necessary medical procedures, including abortion. Gov. Haley must show where she stands on women's rights by making it clear that she will not infringe on these rights for all women across our great state.

Senate Bill 1 is designed to tell women what is right for them to do with their own bodies. Women are very capable. No man can tell a woman how to take care of her pregnancy and her health. The bill assumes women are not only monsters, but willing murderers of the fetus in her body. The bill penalizes women - especially the poor - by keeping them from getting the healthcare they need. Stop this bill, because it is wrong for all women. It will cause the unnecessary deaths of women in Texas. Allow public hearings on Senate Bill 1 before voting.

Cincinnati's non-profit group 3CDC is allowing and anti-abortion group, Created Equal, to show a graphic abortion video. "The 9 by 12-foot TV screen, which is being brought to Fountain Square by the organizers, will feature a "graphic abortion video" and will be accompanied by high school and college students holding pro-life signs." Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/graphic-abortion-video-to-be-played-in-fountain-square-organization-created-equal-says#ixzz2XzjEo8ZO