For those of us committed to civil rights and justice for all, this past year has often seemed bleak, indeed. But as you will read in this report, NOW Legal Defense accomplished a great deal. Undaunted, we continued our new and groundbreaking work for women’s rights. We helped to turn back formidable challenges that would have undercut gains we fought long and hard to achieve. And we beat back power with truth in the ongoing struggle to prevent an ideological hijacking of our federal judiciary and the imposition of punitive and counterproductive policies designed to limit women’s choices and lives, especially for women who already have too few choices.