NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Names New Executive Director - Local Activist Eager to Lead in Fight to Protect Reproductive Rights
For immediate release January 23, 2009 Contact: Lisa Subeck 608-287-0176 NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Names New Executive Director – Local Activist Eager to Lead in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Rights NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin and NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Foundation announced today the hire of Lisa Subeck as the organizations’ new Executive Director. “Lisa’s enthusiasm, talent, and passion for the issues are just what NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin needs as we move forward in the fight to protect our most basic reproductive rights,” says Carousel Bayrd, chair of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “I am excited to come on board as our nation celebrates the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the inauguration of a pro-choice president,” says Subeck. “But even now, women still face barriers to exercising their rights and accessing needed care.” Subeck has a strong history of activism on behalf of women and families. She has worked to elect pro-choice officials on the local, state, and national levels and most recently worked for the YWCA furthering its mission of empowering women. “Lisa’s proven commitment to women’s rights and her strong activism will continue as she leads the political arm of Wisconsin’s pro-choice movement,” Bayrd added. “For the first time ever in 2007, nearly 35 years after Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on a safe medical procedure declaring that abortion bans can ignore serious threats to a women’s health. This decision poses a serious threat to Roe v. Wade,” says Subeck. “Should Roe v. Wade be overturned, abortion would immediately be illegal in Wisconsin due to an antiquated abortion ban still on the books in our state. Wisconsin must overturn its own abortion ban to protect women’s reproductive rights against all threats.” NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin is working to mobilize Wisconsinites in an effort to overturn Wisconsin’s abortion ban through its “A Roe of Our Own” campaign. “It is not enough to simply be pro-choice. To beat anti-choice legislation and preserve essential health service funding requires broader mobilization,” says Subeck. “We need every pro-choice Wisconsinite to get informed, get active, and get out to elect strong pro-choice leaders.”
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