American Civil Liberties Union

It's come down to this: A final showdown in Congress to determine the future of women's health in our country.

Reproductive rights opponents in Congress will stop at nothing — including shutting down the government as soon as Friday — to forward their own narrow social agenda. Their goal? To end all federal funding to Planned Parenthood and put excessive and undue roadblocks in the way of women trying to obtain abortion care and protect their health and that of their families.

Angry yet?

If you are, join the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and thousands more as we descend upon Washington, D.C., to defend women's health as part of a National Lobby Day to make sure Congress protects women.

Richard Guthrie, a 92-year-old veteran, was bilked out of more than $100,000 by criminals who identified him from marketing lists compiled by a data collection company after he had entered a few sweepstakes. Guthrie's name appeared on a list of compiled by that company, which included his name on a list with approximately 3.3 million other "elderly opportunity seekers."

While scamming Guthrie out of $100,000 is a crime, the way in which the criminals acquired his name and targeted him is, unfortunately, legal. Guthrie's name and information was sold to criminals who bought lists of names from the data company, which routinely traffic in Americans' personal information.

Rep. Peter King's (R-N.Y.) hearing on "Muslim radicalization" Thursday was only the latest manifestation of discriminatory attitudes and prejudiced policies cropping up around the country that wrongly equate belief in Islam with terrorism.