Posts by Vicki Saporta
Austin, Texas City Council Votes to Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Last week, the Austin, TX City Council voted unanimously to require Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) that don’t offer or refer clients for abortion care or birth control services to post signs with that information at their facilities. This ordinance comes two months after the Baltimore, MD City Council passed a similar law requiring CPCs without…
Read MoreJustice John Paul Stevens Retires from the Supreme Court
Today we issued the following statement: Throughout his 35 years on the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens has been an influential member of the Court known for his protection of civil rights and civil liberties. We thank him for his years of dedicated public service, and wish him well in his retirement. Justice Stevens…
Read MoreState News Round-Up
Anti-choice legislators in the states continue to restrict women’s access to abortion care by passing bills that ban health insurance coverage for abortion, interfere in the doctor-patient relationship, and place an undue burden on both women and their health care providers. Last week, the Tennessee House Commerce Committee passed a bill that would eliminate insurance…
Read MoreWednesday’s Words from Women
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…
Read MoreMan Arrested for Threatening NAF Member
A Dallas man is facing federal charges for threatening NAF member Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center in Dallas, TX. Erlyndon Joseph Lo, 27, went to the Plano federal courthouse last Friday and filed a court document saying that at noon that day, he was planning to go to the clinic and “use deadly force…,” according to…
Read MoreConvicted Murderer Scott Roeder Sentenced
Today I released the following statement: Today a judge in Wichita, KS sentenced anti-abortion extremist and convicted murderer Scott Roeder to the maximum sentence allowed by Kansas law for the murder of NAF member Dr. George Tiller. While this won’t bring Dr. Tiller back, it is important that Roeder spend the rest of his life…
Read MoreNAF Member: An Open Letter to Bart Stupak
NAF member Carole Joffe, author of Doctors of Conscience and the recently released Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, has just published an open letter to Congressman Bart Stupak about the violence and harassment abortion providers face every day. Published on the website of Beacon Press, the letter reads in part: “I wonder, however, if your…
Read MoreWednesday’s Words from Women
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…
Read MoreNAF Calls for Redefinition of What Being Pro-Choice Means: Status Quo Harms Millions of Low-Income Women
Today, I issued the following statement: Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed historic health care reform legislation. And while we agree that the health care system is certainly broken, it is unfortunate that reform continued the discrimination against our country’s most vulnerable women. Health care reform was intended to expand comprehensive health care coverage for…
Read MoreWednesday’s Words from Women
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…
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