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"On Sunday, I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a grandmother, so the celebration of National Women's Health Week this week has new meaning for me. It means that thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, the 2012 health reform law), my daughter, who gave birth via Caesarian section, cannot be denied insurance in the future based on a pre-existing condition. It also means my newborn granddaughter's care must be provided as part of any new insurance policy. It reminds me that health care is personal and impacts on each and everyone of us rich or poor, male or female, Catholic or Jewish.... So, this is a time to be grateful and to celebrate our mothers, our daughters, our granddaughters and their ability, thanks to the new law, to be able to access health care almost universally."
Read more from CEO Nancy K. Kaufman in The Huffington Post.
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"'Justice, justice shall you pursue' is a core religious obligation, so important that the word is repeated twice in that Torah passage from the book of Deuteronomy. So it was fitting that leaders from the National Council of Jewish Women were part of a select delegation from around the country that traveled to Washington, DC, on May 7 to address the current judicial vacancies crisis — a key barrier in the pursuit of justice in the US today."
Read more of Guest Contributor Eleanor Levie's moving perspective on the crisis in our courts due to judicial vacancies.
Women’s reproductive rights are under attack at unprecedented levels. The new tactic by conservative faith-based groups is using religion to discriminate against women by restricting access to contraceptives and abortion.
NCJW knows that when it comes to reproductive health issues, real religious freedom means that women have the right to follow their own faith and conscience when making health decisions.
We need your help to reach out to more people who want to protect women’s health and rights. As a pro-choice, pro-family planning, faith-based organization, NCJW is in a unique position to counter attacks by conservative religious groups and lawmakers.
Become a women's health champion and help spread the word today!
Join us for a very special occasion as we honor and celebrate NCJW’s Legacy in Israel: Past, Present, and Future.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
11:15 am – 2:00 pm
Central Park Boathouse, New York, NY
Featuring guest speaker Barbara Dobkin, Chair of the Dafna Fund and American Jewish World Service; Trustee of the Dobkin Family Foundation.
Buy your tickets today!
