S.F. NOW starts plans in high gear
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SAN FRANCISCO-On July 15 (a sunny Saturday afternoon when they could have been enjoying the outdoors) 300 people, mostly women, packed standing-roomonly into the Women's Building to volunteer for the campaign to secure the right to safe, legal, accessible abortion.
The meeting, organized by the San Francisco chapter of the National Organization for Women, was portrayed on Channel 4 evening news as a meeting of NOW activists called to respond to the Supreme Court's Webster decision. Many people in attendance had never before been involved in the abortion rights struggle or the women's movement. But they sure were involved now!
They signed up in the hundreds to help defend the abortion clinics against Operation Rescue and to staff information tables that NOW will send to 25 different locations throughout the city for the next 10 Saturdays. They also signed up to help build the mass demonstrations called by National and California NOW for this fall and to participate in NOW's legislative and electoral activities.
Thirty-six people joined San Francisco NOW at the meeting, and $1300 was collected to help carry out this ambitious campaign of pro-choice activities. You can get involved by calling (415) 861-8937.
California NOW has called a march and rally for Oct. 15, 1989 in San Francisco. The action will be a major West Coast demonstration to keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible and will be a building action for the Nov. 12 Washington, D.C., mobilization. One goal will be to raise funds to help get people from the West Coast to the Washington action. For more information, call S.F. NOW at (415) 861-8880. -C.S.