No Woman Left Behind!

Lobby Day

for

Prescription Equity

NOW-NJ will be partnering with NARAL and Planned Parenthood to lobby our state legislature on Monday, December 12, during their lame-duck session.

Our issue is "prescription equity" -- that if health insurance or a drug plan covers ED treatments such as Viagra, it must also cover birth control.  There are already religious exemptions for obviously religious institutions.  Some want to amend this to exempt religious ownership of large institutions such as Seton Hall University, where not all the faculty, staff, and students are Catholic.  NOW-NJ opposes any such amendments, and this is the purpose of the lobbying -- pass the bill unamended.

On Sunday, December 11, noon to 2:00 pm there will a training in the NOW-NJ state office, 110 West State Street, Trenton.

Then on Monday, December 12, our lobbyists will meet at 9:00 am in the state office, organize, and move into the halls of the Statehouse.  This activity will probably continue all day and into the evening, as has happened with past lame-duck sessions.

If you are interested in participating, please contact the state office (information below), or just show up for the training.