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Another Attempt To Close Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic
Early Monday morning, NAF member Jackson Women’s Health Organization was vandalized. In the early morning hours, a masked intruder trespassed onto the property where he cut power lines, damaged a generator the clinic is required to have onsite by the state, and destroyed the clinic’s security cameras. These tactics, unfortunately, aren’t new. Since 1977, there…
Read MoreNAF’s Vicki Saporta on the Sustainable Growth Rate Hyde provision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 24, 2015 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) [email protected] Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on the Sustainable Growth Rate Hyde provision: Abortion care restrictions do not belong in any bill, especially one that is intended to advance health and justice priorities. The…
Read MoreTell us why you #AppreciateProviders
March 10 is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. This day was set aside in 1996 to commemorate the 1993 assassination of Dr. David Gunn, the first provider murdered by an anti-abortion extremist. Now more than ever, abortion providers need your support and appreciation. Providers continue to face aggressive, extreme legislative attacks that…
Read MoreI am forever grateful
To whom it may concern, I’m sure you hear from women who tell you that they never thought they would find themselves in the situation they were in when faced with the choice of abortion. Now I can say I personally understand that because I was in complete shock when I found out I was…
Read MoreBusting Abortion Care Myths
There are many myths—about who chooses abortion care, about providers, etc– perpetuated by anti-choice proponents, but one of the most harmful lies they circulate is their misinformed belief that abortion care is not safe. They are wrong. NAF member, David A. Grimes busted some myths recently at Huffington Post and continued to help shine a…
Read MoreNM House Committee Advances 20-Week Ban
Even though Albuquerque voters turned out in record numbers in 2013 to defeat a 20-week ban, anti-choice members in the New Mexico House have passed a similar ban out of committee. H.B. 390 is a politically-motivated piece of legislation that not only directly contradicts the mandate of voters in the state, but ignores the real…
Read MoreAdmitting Privileges Case Could be Heard by Supreme Court
Last Wednesday, Mississippi asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a law aimed at closing the last remaining abortion clinic in the state. This politically-motivated and medically unnecessary law would force a physician providing abortion care to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and has been blocked by the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court because…
Read MoreGroups Urge Obama to Eliminate Abortion Funding Restrictions from Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 5, 2014 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) [email protected] Groups Urge Obama to Eliminate Abortion Funding Restrictions from Budget Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) joined 81 organizations in sending a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to take a strong stand against the Hyde Amendment and…
Read MoreVirginia Board of Health Will Reexamine Politically-Motivated Regulations Targeting Abortion Providers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 4, 2014 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) [email protected] Virginia Board of Health Will Reexamine Politically-Motivated Regulations Targeting Abortion Providers Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF): Today, the Virginia Board of Health took an important step toward potentially revising politically-motivated regulations…
Read MoreWhat we’re Thankful for here at NAF…
This holiday season, we wanted to share some of the things that we are thankful for here at NAF: We’re thankful for our amazing and compassionate NAF Members who provide high-quality, patient-centered abortion care. Our members are on the front lines working to ensure that access to safe, high-quality, patient-centered abortion care is still a…
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