NAF’s 2018 Clinical Policy Guidelines for Abortion Care (CPGs) Now Available
First published in 1996 and revised annually, the CPGs set the standards for quality abortion care in North America.
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S. 311 is a bill of inflammatory language demonizing women
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale on Senator Ben Sasse's attempt to pass anti-abortion S. 311: This anti-choice bill uses inflammatory language in yet another attempt to justify politically-motivated, medically-unnecessary interference in the practice [...]
Trump’s HHS releases anti-abortion gag rule
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on the Trump Administration's release of the final anti-abortion Title X rule: We believe that all forms of [...]
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Louisiana’s anti-abortion law
The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the U.S. Supreme Court blocking Louisiana's anti-abortion law, challenged in June Medical Services v. Gee: We are relieved this [...]
Trump seized another opportunity to use inflammatory rhetoric
Statement by The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on President Trump's anti-abortion remarks during the State of the Union Address: We are not surprised President Trump [...]
NAF is perhaps best understood as kind of a ‘mini-AMA.’ Abortion is the only field in medicine to have one, or need one.
Abortion is an issue of the heart. Until one understands the heart of a woman, nothing else about abortion makes any sense at all.
I can honestly say that I don’t know how we would have gotten through the onslaught of those first days and weeks without the many different kinds of support and assistance that NAF provided us.
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Clinicians in Abortion Care
Clinicians in Abortion Care (CIAC) is a membership organization representing pro-choice certified mid-wives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses working to increase access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
Whether members provide abortions, educate colleagues and the public about abortion care, or lend their voice in advocating for reproductive choice and the important contribution their professions can make, their role is vital to increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health care. Learn more about CIAC »
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