Today
As of 2006, the National Coalition of Free Men had 5 chapters from California to New York. In the spring of 2008, the organization changed its name to the National Coalition for Men.
NCFM championed the case of William Hetherington until his parole in 2009.
In 2009, after Chris Brown had pled guilty to felony assault of singer and then-girlfriend Rihanna, the NCFM issued a statement urging Rihanna to "woman up" and admit that she had assaulted Chris Brown first.
The NCFM supported a Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act in 2012. The organization argued that the bill written by Senate Democrats excluded heterosexual men and would empower "false accusers at the expense of true victims". The liberal Center for American Progress has criticized the NCFM for its stance on the issue.
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