National Organization for Women (NOW)

Urgent care centers are stepping up in areas that are losing access to abortion care. While medication abortion is still an option, many still seek the connection with another human in the process.

Abortion clinics are closing nationwide. Could urgent care help fill the gap? When the only clinic that offered abortions in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula closed, an urgent care decided to step in to fill the gap. Now, others are considering similar moves as brick-and-mortar clinics close in blue states.

Representative Yassamin Ansari just filed Articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth, including unauthorized war, targeting civilians, mishandling classified info, obstructing Congress, and abuse of power.

If companies want longevity in their employees, they must have paid parental and medical leave. Treating employees like machines that don't reproduce or get sick isn't benefiting anyone.
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/04/paid-family-leave-bill-pennsylvania-house-senate-capitol/

What stands in the way of paid family leave coming to PA Paid family leave has bipartisan support in both the PA House and Senate. But disagreement about who bears the cost is a roadblock.

This! 👇

Meta’s plans to embed facial recognition tech in its AI glasses is 100% creepy.

So the Labor Department has turned into a personal errand and es**rt service. 👀

Conservatives are relying on the lack of understanding to be wielded as a tool against gender-affirming care. So, let's reiterate what many medical organizations agree on - gender-affirming care saves lives.
https://19thnews.org/2026/04/ama-gender-affirming-care-politics/

Gender-affirming care is becoming a political test for top medical groups The country’s largest organization representing doctors is being pressed by Republican attorneys general on health care for trans youth.

Join us Saturday, April 25 in Washington D.C. to honor Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who passed away one year ago on April 25th. We will celebrate her life and memory with her family and survivor sisters.

Virginia was the most prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and others, including Jen Luc Brunel and former Prince Andrew. After escaping their violence, she dedicated her life to holding abusers accountable, helping imprison traffickers and end networks across America and Europe. Her bravery led to former Prince Andrew losing his royal titles and his arrest.

Bring flowers, wear a butterfly pin, or light a candle in solidarity. 🦋

RSVP here: act.womensmarch.com/signup/remembering-virginia

“If you are invested in solving the problem of maternal mortality and infant mortality, it doesn’t really make any sense that you’re not leveraging all of the providers that you can.” Midwives are a valuable resource for so many birthing parents, especially for Black and Brown communities.

Georgia bans many midwives from practicing. Now, several are suing the state. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, is part of a growing trend of similar cases across the South. The plaintiffs argue that midwives are crucial to address maternity care deserts.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company's pledge to halt abusive deepfakes.

Women are not safer under this administration, even when the laws are written to do so. Who are we protecting when those seeking protection are treated as criminals?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/u-visa-t-violence-against-women-act-ice-trump-deportation-lawsuit/

She helped the authorities deport her abuser. Then they deported her back to him. Immigrants in her situation “were given a promise that they would be protected as long as they were vulnerable.”