Supreme Court Upholds State Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Young People

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected]  This morning, the Supreme Court delivered an opinion in U.S. v. Skrmetti—a landmark case about whether families with transgender kids can access essential gender-affirming health care, or if politicians can overrule families’ decisions about medical care for their loved ones. In a 6-3 split, the Court upheld a Tennessee law…

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Minnesota Shooting Suspect had Target List of Abortion Providers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected]  Statement from NAF Chief Program Officer Melissa Fowler: “We are beyond devastated by the murders of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and the violent attacks on Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. It is clear that these were politically motivated attacks—police found the suspect’s…

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NAF COO Veronica Jones Named a Winner of Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Awards 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected]  NAF COO Veronica Jones Named a Winner of Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Awards  Now in their second year, The New Era of Leadership Awards recognize and celebrate executive women shaping the future of business  June 11, 2025—Today, Chief, the most powerful network of senior executive women, revealed the winners…

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Trump Administration’s Cuts to Title X Funding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno on Trump Administration’s cuts to Title X funding: The Trump administration’s unconscionable move to freeze millions in federal family planning grants distributed through the Title X program is just the latest attempt to attack Planned Parenthood and other providers while denying people…

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DOJ Drops Idaho Case about Emergency Abortion Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected] Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno: The Trump administration’s outrageous move to drop the federal case against Idaho shows that they prioritize their anti-abortion political agenda over the health and lives of women and pregnant people. It flies in the face of good medicine, and shows that they…

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Trump Pardons 23 Anti-Abortion Criminals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno “President Trump’s decision to pardon nearly two dozen anti-abortion protesters is disturbing and concerning for the safety of abortion providers and their patients. The people Trump pardoned broke the law by trying to block people from accessing the health care they wanted…

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Another Texas Woman Died Because of Abortion Ban: Nevaeh Crain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Today should be Nevaeh Crain’s 20th birthday. Yet, because of Texas’ cruel abortion ban, today, her mother is forced to mourn her loss, rather than celebrate her birthday alongside her. Nevaeh died because emergency room doctors in three…

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Ohio Judge Overturns State’s Abortion Ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation On Thursday, a judge in Ohio overturned the state’s abortion ban, citing the voter-approved amendment that enshrined the right to abortion in Ohio’s state constitution. The ballot measure passed last year with a 56% majority.  Statement from Brittany…

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Georgia Reinstates Early Abortion Ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation The Georgia Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate an unconstitutional abortion ban is cruel and devastating but also completely unsurprising. This move demonstrates yet again that anti-abortion lawmakers and judges are more concerned with advancing a callous political agenda…

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Statement on Tragic Deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President  & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Let’s be clear: the devastating deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman in Georgia were completely preventable. These women died because of Georgia’s medically unnecessary abortion ban and because of fear-mongering from elected officials, law enforcement, and anti-abortion…

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