DC benefit for WEAVE this Thursday!

DC domestic violence org Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE) is in danger of having to end services on October 1st. They are halfway toward reaching their goal of raising $85,000 by the end of this month in order to stay open. See the WaPo coverage here.

Help WEAVE continue to provide critical intervention services for women escaping abusive relationships! Donate to WEAVE and come to a benefit happy hour this Thursday the 24th at the Topaz Bar where all proceeds go to WEAVE. $10 donation at the door. Thanks for your support and we'll see you there on Thursday!

Photo credit: Lisa Norwood on Flickr

ACTION ALERT: Thank PBS for their recent special "Abortion Providers Under Siege"

PBS award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa put together a great documentary entitled "Abortion Providers Under Siege." The documentary is very compelling - it shows not only what the remaining abortion providers in the US are going through, but the impact that the anti-choice movement is having on their families, practices, and women's rights everywhere.

Watch the video below:



I'll let the video speak for itself - it's great - but there is also an opportunity for action. According to the Women's Media Center:

"Anti-choice forces are organizing against PBS for airing this important piece and pressuring the network. This kind of collective action against a media company can have a chilling effect on the kinds of stories it chooses to air."

The Women's Media Center is asking that people send a letter to the producers of NOW on PBS to thank them for the piece and express appreciation for continued coverage of access to abortion.

Please watch the video and send a letter to PBS! Ask your friends to do the same.

ACTION ALERT: Speak out for Abortion Rights & Clinics!

Action Alert from the Feminist Majority Foundation!

Since the news of Dr. George Tiller's assassination, we've been working around the clock with law enforcement, assessing the security needs of targeted abortion clinics and healthcare workers nationwide. We need your help! Together, we must speak out for abortion rights and stand up for besieged clinics and doctors.

Our National Clinic Access Project, the largest and oldest of its kind, is working overtime to provide aid to targeted clinics in this time of need. We've successfully requested and received federal protection for some severely targeted providers.

We must remember that the countless threats, legal challenges, bombings and assaults experienced by Dr. Tiller, his dedicated staff, and his clinic prior to his murder, were not isolated incidents.

We noticed and reported an escalation in extremist activity against abortion clinics to federal authorities before Dr. Tiller's murder. Now, we're seeing an even greater increase in anti-abortion extremist activity. In this emergency situation, we need your help to extend more emergency resources at this perilous time.

Anti-abortion extremists are ramping up their efforts to deny women access. Our National Clinic Access Project has been working for decades to do all we can to keep clinics open, accessible, and doctors and women's healthcare workers safe. Now is the time to speak out - together we must stop the terror!

In Dr. Tiller's memory, we are determined to honor his life and work by fighting to keep clinics safe and open, and to speak the truth about abortion-it saves women's lives!

Without clinics there is no choice - we need your help to keep clinics open, accessible, and safe!

For Women's Lives,

Eleanor Smeal President

P.S. Tell President Obama your story. Speak out for abortion rights on behalf of the courageous healthcare workers on the frontlines of the struggle for women's rights and lives. With his help and yours, we can stop this domestic terrorism.