We are told equality for women has been won…  BULLSHIT.
A Call to Action -- 
End Pornography & Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women
Featured Campaign: Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: Ground Zero Texas

Featured Updates & Materials

Tune in Wed, July 30 for LIVE WEBCAST People's Hearing on Abortion Rights Emergency from HOUSTON   Sign up today!

And each Wed after that: Nationally webcast, powerful "People's Hearings" Wednesdays (Houston: 7/30, Austin: 8/6, San Antonio: 8/13, Brownsville: 8/20) at 7pm Central time. Come, watch, or send a story to be read!
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Tweet from Mark Ruffalo, who signed this Statement to Stop Forced Motherhood!

July 20, 2014 

Be part of making this effort to turn the tide on the attack on birth control and abortion rights happen, by donating HERE.

To read Mark Ruffalo's compelling statement of support, sent to the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride 2013, click HERE.
Sunsara Taylor on Sabrina Jacob's "Rude Awakening"
July 14, 2014
Tune in to Rude Awakening - on KPFA 94.1FM - every Monday at 3:30pm PST for updates from the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride!
"Not the Time to be Ladylike and Follow Rules Doled Out by the Establishment"
July 19, 2014
by Mary Lou Singleton, ARFR Advisory Board Member
Come One, Come All to the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride 2014: Ground Zero Texas!
July 14, 2014
by Sunsara Taylor
A Response to Recent Attacks and Invitation to All from the Advisory Board of the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride 2014: Ground Zero Texas
July 10, 2014

by the Advisory Board:
Diane Derzis, owner of Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi
Carol Downer, co-founder of Feminist Women’s Health Center which began doing abortions in 1971
Merle Hoffman, CEO of Choices Women’s Medical Center which began doing abortions in 1971
Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper, Stop Patriarchy, fighter for abortion rights since 1995
FACT SHEET:
Did you know? Abortion rights are in a state of emergency, and headed for disaster.

Updated July 7, 2014

Ominous Supreme Court rulings, an avalanche of legislation forcing abortion clinics to close and banning abortion at earlier & earlier points in pregnancy, and the reality of what happens when abortion is illegal.

Read through, spread the word, and call on others to be part of turning the tide!
NOW IS THE TIME: a statement of support for the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: 
Ground Zero Texas
June 25, 2014
by Carol Downer
Featured new video testimony
To view many more and add your own, click HERE.
Above, feminist author and activist, Susan Brownmiller speaks on her three illegal abortions and challenges young people today. permalink
Above: Billy Joe Cain, from Austin TX.  A photo of the sign his daughter made for the filibuster against the anti-abortion HB2 legislation in Texas in 2013 went viral, and his family experienced a misogynist backlash, but also inspired many others to stand up for this basic right.  He speaks to the importance of abortion rights to women's freedom and humanity.
Don't Let Them Force You Into Motherhood Against Your Will
July 8, 2014
by Texas woman on pre-Roe abortions and forced motherhood
Between a Rock and a Free Place
July 7, 2014
by an Abortion Rights Freedom Rider in the Midwest
Supreme Court Brings Back the 1950s, Allows Corporations to Deny Birth Control Coverage
July 1, 2014
by Sunsara Taylor
Supreme Court Greenlights Cruel, Hateful Intimidation of Women
June 30, 2014
by Mary Lou Greenberg
Three Lessons on the Anniversary of Wendy Davis's Filibuster of Anti-Abortion Restrictions
June 25, 2014
by Sunsara Taylor