Posts by Vicki Saporta
Missouri Supreme Court to Hear Parental Consent Case
A state law intended to discourage teenagers from obtaining out-of-state abortions will be argued September 13th before the Missouri Supreme Court. The law would allow parents to sue individuals who assist teens in avoiding Missouri’s parental consent abortion requirements. The law has not taken effect and has been under a court injunction since it was…
Read MoreNew Abortion Rules in Texas for Minors
Unmarried girls under the age of 18 in Texas who wish to obtain abortion care will now need a parent to sign a six-page consent form and get the form notarized before they can have the procedure. Parental involvement laws pose a serious threat to the health of young women, and restrictive abortion laws may…
Read MoreCourt Denies Delay in Enforcement of Oklahoma’s New Abortion Restrictions
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to issue an injunction against a 2005 Oklahoma parental notification law that mandates physicians notify a parent or guardian at least 48 hours before a minor can receive abortion care. The Center for Reproductive Rights had filed the lawsuit on behalf of a Tulsa clinic to…
Read MoreFlorida Funding Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Today, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel examined the state’s funding of Crisis Pregnancy Centers(CPCs). The article sourced NAF’s comprehensive report, Crisis Pregnancy Centers: An Affront to Choice that detailed the many ways CPCs have deceived and intimidated women. The article cited NAF’s concern about government funding of CPCs and quoted me as saying: “Taxpayers should not…
Read MoreNAF Welcomes the Decision to Allow Plan B to be Sold Without a Prescription
Here is the press release we issued today on Plan B (also known as emergency contraception): Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, released the following statement today welcoming the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow Plan B to be sold without a prescription to adults, but expressed…
Read MoreBush Gives Support for Plan B
I was very surprised by President Bush’s comments yesterday at a White House news conference. Bush was questioned by the Washington Examiner about Plan B and said, “I believe that Plan B ought to require a prescription for minors.” Bush said he backed acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach,…
Read MoreThe History of the Morning-After Pill
It has been more than seven years since Plan B, the morning-after pill, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prescription use as an emergency contraceptive. In 2003, an FDA panel voted 23-4 recommending that Plan B be sold over the counter, yet three years later there is still debate about allowing…
Read MoreHealth Care Justice for the Women of Québec
Yesterday, the Québec Superior Court ordered the Government of Québec to pay more than $13 million to women in Québec who had paid to obtain abortion care since May 2, 1999. The Court concluded that the Government of Québec violated its own legislation by only partially paying for abortions when obtained in certain women’s or…
Read MoreMissouri Appeals Abortion Care Ruling for Inmates
Missouri is appealing last month’s federal court ruling requiring that pregnant inmates be allowed abortion care. In July, a federal judge ruled that Missouri policy against transporting inmates seeking abortion care was unconstitutional as it lacked safeguards for due process and against cruel and unusual punishment. >View Associated Press article
Read MoreReport Shows Americans are Ready for a Conclusion to the War on Choice
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, released a new report on social issues and concluded that a majority of Americans want abortion to remain legal and think that laws on abortion should be made on the federal level, rather than by individual states. >Read the full report
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