▁ful fil ment ▁of ▁three ▁goals ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Women . ▁First , ▁as ser ting ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁re product ive ▁right . ▁Second , ▁dis sem inate ▁information ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁audience ▁about ▁thre ats ▁pos ed ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁court ▁cases ▁mentioned ▁above . ▁Third , ▁through ▁the ▁dis sem ination ▁of ▁information ▁to ▁the ▁public , ▁this ▁in ▁return ▁would ▁mobil ize ▁efforts ▁to ▁support ▁female ▁rights ▁in ▁multiple ▁areas ▁that ▁will ▁be ▁presented ▁in ▁the ▁future . ▁ ▁Go als ▁Betty ▁Fried an ▁and ▁Paul i ▁Murray ▁wrote ▁the ▁organization ' s ▁Stat ement ▁of ▁Pur pose ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁The ▁statement ▁described ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁N OW ▁as ▁" To ▁take ▁action ▁to ▁bring ▁women ▁into ▁full ▁participation ▁in ▁the ▁main stream ▁of ▁American ▁society ▁now , ▁exer cis ing ▁all ▁privileges ▁and ▁respons ib ilities ▁there of ▁in ▁truly ▁equal ▁partners hip ▁with ▁men ." ▁The ▁six ▁core ▁issues ▁that ▁N OW ▁addresses ▁are ▁abort ion ▁and ▁re product ive ▁health ▁services ▁access , ▁violence ▁against ▁women , ▁constitution al ▁equality , ▁prom oting ▁divers ity / ending ▁rac ism , ▁les bian ▁rights , ▁and ▁economic ▁justice , ▁with ▁these ▁issues ▁having ▁various ▁sub - issues . ▁The ▁organization ▁goes ▁about ▁creating ▁these ▁changes ▁through ▁labor ious ▁lo bb ying , ▁r al lies , ▁march es , ▁and ▁con ferences . ▁N OW ▁focus es ▁on ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁issues ▁deploy ing ▁multiple ▁strateg ies ,