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Over one-third of women of reproductive age have an abortion by the age of 45. However, women who have chosen abortion are often absent from the public debate. In order to break the silence surrounding abortion, we will be featuring real stories from real women each Wednesday on our blog. If you would like to share your story with us or have it published on our blog, go to http://www.prochoice.org/pregnant/hotline/share.html.Thanks to the Hotline for all of your help, without you it would have been impossible for me and my boyfriend to do this. I’m a mother of three, and my ...

Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF): September 28 marks the 15th anniversary of the approval of mifepristone. Since this approval, more than 2 million women in the United States have chosen medical abortion care to safely terminate an early pregnancy. Mifepristone has given women another option, and we’ve heard from women who appreciated being able to make this choice. Women like: Sandy,* a single mother who chose to obtain an abortion after a condom failed. She was a full-time student carrying a 3.7 GPA and knew she couldn’t handle another child. Sandy said ...

Statement by Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the New FDA Label for Medical Abortion Pill, Mifeprex: We are delighted that the FDA has approved a label change, which brings the label for mifepristone in-line with scientific research and evidence-based practice. Since mifepristone was initially approved by the FDA in 2000, National Abortion Federation members have used an evidence-based regimen, differing from the former label, allowing for a lower 200mg dose of mifepristone; and an alternate dose, route of administration, and place of administration for misoprostol. In 2013, our evidence-based Clinical Policy Guidelines, which ...

Your Thirty Dollars Will Make A Difference In Their Lives.For 30 years, the Hyde Amendment has prohibited the federal government from funding basic reproductive health care services for low-income women. As a result, for many women with limited resources abortion may not be a viable option, even though Roe v. Wade guarantees a woman’s right to make her own personal health care decisions. At the National Abortion Federation (NAF), our mission is to ensure safe, legal, and accessible abortion care to promote health and justice for women. One of the ways that NAF works to achieve our mission is by ...

Over one-third of women of reproductive age have an abortion by the age of 45. However, women who have chosen abortion are often absent from the public debate. In order to break the silence surrounding abortion, we will be featuring real stories from real women each Wednesday on our blog. If you would like to share your story with us or have it published on our blog, go to http://www.prochoice.org/pregnant/hotline/share.html.My pregnancy was a complete shock to me and my fiancé. Our wedding was a month away, I had been on birth control without any problems, and I had just lost ...

Over one-third of women of reproductive age have an abortion by the age of 45. However, women who have chosen abortion are often absent from the public debate. In order to break the silence surrounding abortion, we will be featuring real stories from real women each Wednesday on our blog. If you would like to share your story with us or have it published on our blog, go to http://www.prochoice.org/pregnant/hotline/share.html.My pregnancy was a complete shock to me and my fiancé. Our wedding was a month away, I had been on birth control without any problems, and I had just lost ...