Media Contact Lindsay Lemmer 608-217-5217 madtownnow@gmail.com The Wisconsin chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) is pleased to endorse Caleb Frostman in the race for the Senate District 1 seat. Frostman’s platform would enhance healthcare access and economic security for Wisconsin women and families. Caleb Frostman has made access to affordable healthcare central to
Media Contact Lindsay Lemmer 608.217.5217 madtownnow@gmail.com June 5, 2018 Wisconsin chapter of NOW responds to Jon Plumer’s disorderly conduct citation Domestic violence must not be tolerated. It’s been revealed that Republican candidate for the 42nd Assembly district, Jon Plumer, was cited for disorderly conduct in an incident that sounds like a clear case of family
The Wisconsin State Capitol building should not be a venue for a day-long session of anti-government, pro-violence extremists. Unfortunately, that is what it will become next week. A radical group that demands public servants ignore laws with which they disagree is holding a day of activities at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Even more disturbing, their event is
Update: Sign the petition to keep this group from having their day-long event at the Capitol, here. Public officials have a responsibility to not encourage dangerous, violent, or unlawful actions and sentiments. Unfortunately, that is exactly what Wisconsin State Assembly Representative Chuck Wichgers is doing. Madison NOW is disgusted to learn that he is encouraging
Testimony as a pdf Testimony against Senate bill 81 “An Act to renumber 40.02 (1); to amend 40.03 (6) (a) and 40.03 (6) (b); and to create 40.02 (1d), 40.03 (6) (m) and 40.56 of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting the group insurance board from contracting for or providing abortion services.” Committee on Insurance, Housing
On Sunday, Feb. 16th the Wisconsin State Journal featured a misleading op-ed from Matt Bowman regarding Ald. Lisa Subeck’s proposed “buffer zone” ordinance on its front page. Madison NOW has supported the ordinance from the beginning and we are not persuaded by the faulty logic of Matt Bowman or the Alliance Defending Freedom. We encourage
Today we’re reading a piece from RH Reality Check that expands on everything we’ve read so far about abortion as black genocide. The Road to Roe: Paved with Bodies of Women of Color and the Legal Activism of African Americans highlights the major role that African American activists played in securing abortion rights in the
Today we look to Colorlines for more background on the “abortion as genocide” tactic that was most recently employed by anti-choicers in our own state capitol. Colorlines is a daily news site with a focus on race, featuring “a multiracial team of writers who cover stories from the perspective of community, rather than through the
As promised, we’re continuing the discussion sparked by the appearance of a Black Genocide display in the Wisconsin State Capitol by sharing more information and perspectives on an issue that is too complex and immense to be summed up by a display by anti-choice extremists, or by the sign which we posted in response to
About a week ago it was brought to my attention that an anti-choice organization had set up a display in the Wisconsin State Capitol suggesting that abortion is genocide to African-American communities. This assertion is problematic for many reasons. First of all, it is racist and sexist. It implies that African-American women are duped into