During the Catholic counter-reformation, the only thing was
not abolished was the papacy. During this time, the Catholic Church had tried
to regain back its believers who have left and converted to Protestantism after
they had heard and read what are some of the wrong doings of some members of
the Church.
Family law deals with family legal issues
"The purpose of <u>National Organization for Women</u> is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men."
NOW is dedicated to the proposition that women, first and foremost, are human beings, who, like all other people in society, must have the chance to develop their fullest human potential. This organization believed that women could achieve such equality only by accepting to the full the challenges and responsibilities they shared with all other people in society, as part of the decision-making mainstream of American political, economic and social life.