jaxxis ([info]jaxxis_pics) wrote,
@ 2004-02-15 21:07:00
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morning after pill rally
ACTION: Sunday February 15, @1pm Rockefeller Plaza (5th Ave side btn
48th & 49th)

In the tradition of Margaret Sanger, who broke the law to give women
birth control when it was illegal, feminists will gather on February
15th (the day after Valentine's Day) to defy the prescription
requirement and give their friends the Morning-After Pill.

Over 300 women have signed the pledge to give a friend the
morning-after pill on this day, including Kim Gandy, President of
NOW; Patricia Ireland, former President of NOW and Byllye Avery,
founder of the National Black Women's Health Project. With just
three weeks until FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan-a right wing Bush
appointee-decides whether this safe, effective, essential method of
birth control will be sold over-the-counter, women across the
country are joining to pressure the FDA.

Please join us for the passing of the pills and a speak out about
why we need the morning-after pill over-the-counter NOW. Women who
pass the pill will be conducting civil disobedience, but if you come
to watch and support them--you are not breaking the law.

We women will not wait any longer.

For more information contact Cecilia Traini at 917-859-9379 or
ctrain3@hotmail.com.



NOW, one of the organizers.








At the info table.


Camera man for the WB channel 11.


NOW was one of the organizers of this event.










One of the speakers.


crowd.




If you can't do it at home, do it AT the protest [with my marker].




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[info]techieguru
2004-02-17 09:22 am UTC (link)
Fantastic! Also...those are really nice signs. :)

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[info]notcoffee
2004-02-17 10:11 am UTC (link)
Aww. I wish I could have joined in with my support. : )

It looks like you guys had tons of it anyway, though! <3 Great pictures.

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[info]gloein
2004-02-17 01:20 pm UTC (link)
I would have loved to participate in this. I wish there were demonstrations like that going on in my city.

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[info]destinydai
2004-02-17 03:57 pm UTC (link)
i agree with everyone, wish i could've been there! that's the one thing i miss about being in college, there was always something to do ... the college here is so ... worthless. i doubt they even have something resembling anytype of pro-femisist organization.

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[info]gainesvillenow
2004-08-27 11:27 pm UTC (link)
What a great photo spread of the New York protest. Gainesville, Florida also mounted a protest to coincide with New York's. Together we have created a website where all Americans can sign the pledge to share the Morning-After Pill with friends whenever needed, until we have the legal right to purchase it without a prescription. If you want to show your support of the cause, sign our pledge at MAPconspiracy.org.

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