Momentum is building for a beautiful gathering of abortion rights supporters in Germantown, MD (near Washington, DC) July 31-August 7!

Watch and spread this video of Dr. LeRoy Carhart calling on supporters to come out for a Summer Celebration of Choice: We are all especially excited… Read full post »

This is a moment for sober reflection. How did we get to this point and what do we do now?

HR3, the most extreme anti-abortion federal bill yet, just passed the House of Representatives and moves on to the Senate now. If it becomes law, health insurance that includes abortion… Read full post »

This is what I actually said, unedited:

You want to talk about morality? Look at what we represent right here. We represent caring about half of humanity!

We did in fact represent "abortion on demand and without apology" - it just makes more sense the way I actually said it.

Catholic Vote…

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Today, 100 years after the first International Women's Day, women are STILL oppressed and subjugated, here in the US and around the world.

If you have to ask how women are oppressed here, look at the work of the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures to dismantle access to abortion, birth control,… Read full post »

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From the “guerrilla activists” trying to take down Planned Parenthood to the state and federal legislators (from both parties) further restricting women’s access to abortion, 2011 has seen more assaults on women’s most fundamental rights yet – e… Read full post »

Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, imprisoned in solitary confinement in London, after willingly turning himself in last week for questioning on sexual assault accusations in Sweden, deserves the support of everyone concerned with human rights and justice.

Why? Not because rape is a &ldquo… Read full post »

What's our plan to stop these immoral wars and the continuing torture being carried out in our names? And why go into The New York Times next week with an expensive advertisement?

 

Well, as you can see from all the articles and reports on our website, World Can't Wait… Read full post »

On Thursday, the news broke that the Obama administration included a ban on abortion coverage that basically meets the notorious Stupak restrictions that had been the focus of attention months ago within the health care reform debates. This means that the compromise that was satisfactory enough to th… Read full post »

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YOU are needed! This summer (starting this weekend) Operati/… Read full post »

Procrastinator that I am, I waited until the last day of the sustainer drive to write this... as you can see I have a hard time with brevity anyway.

I donate $25 to World Can't Wait every month (automatically on my credit card). I do this because World Can't Wait is… Read full post »

Note: The trial of the admitted murderer Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist who says he shot Dr. Tiller last May because he was “saving babies” and is arguing justifiable homicide in the Wichita courtroom started last Friday (on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, ‘coincidentally&r… Read full post »

World Can't Wait has been working to bring the truth about abortion and women's rights to students with scientific and moral clarity, answering the hard questions, and motivating students to stand up at this crucial moment. Click the link above to learn how you can join in and participate, too! Also… Read full post »

Disclosure: the photojournalist talked about below is a friend of mine. Even still, though, this would be very disturbing to me and should disturb many others. What kind of a society are we becoming if we allow those who claim to be "ethical humanists" to do this to someone? This fact… Read full post »

Check this out; sign the petition and show your support for one of the bravest people on the front-lines of the battle for abortion rights today...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Support of Doctor LeRoy Carhart

 

Last spring, after Dr. George… Read full post »

Got your attention? How about something that REALLY matters for a change?

This week has been f--ing intense, for those paying attention. "Hope and Change" has come to mean straight-up pounding one of the poorest countries on the planet into the ground in the vain hope that it might preserve our… Read full post »

Check this out! This story was taped for the Fall 2009 World Can't Wait National Meeting and played during the panel on Abortion, Women's Lives, and the Democrat's Women-Killing Abortion Ban. Jamilah's bold story of standing up to anti-abortion activists at her school, a la Norma Jean (the Sally Fiel… Read full post »

Emma Kaplan, student/youth coordinator for World Can't Wait has been live blogging from the national meeting today. It has been way intense. Activists from the forefront of the struggle to end the wars for empire, the theocratic/anti-abortion attacks on women and LGBT people, and the struggle to stop/…

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This story is way inspiring. When people say, "but I'm only one person, what can I do?" tell them to read what this bad-ass woman from World Can't Wait Houston did when her campus was invaded by a nasty anti-abortion group. A one woman protest turns into a three day campus-wide… Read full post »

Women everywhere are shocked and appalled by the passage late last Saturday night of the “Stupak Amendment” to the House health insurance reform bill, which further strips us of our right to abortion, and thus, our right to make the most fundamental decisions that affect our lives. The wa… Read full post »

Letter of protest to the producers of Law and Order:

 

I was unable to catch the original broadcast of your episode titled “Dignity” (sic) as I was traveling across the state to attend an abortion clinic escort training session, learning how to defend women seeking basic medical ca… Read full post »

A couple of us from World Can’t Wait hooked up with others we met in Omaha to help escort women into the abortion clinic in Louisville, KY this past Saturday. This is one of only two clinics in the state, and one of the only clinics for the entire region. Women… Read full post »

I want the women of Afghanistan to be liberated. Do I have to support the war?
 
Short answer: No. In fact, supporting the war only works against their liberation.
 
If you can’t stand the idea of The Handmaid’s Tale come to life; set in a dusty, third world country and despise the… Read full post »