Arizona’s Passage of a 15-Week Abortion Ban

By prochoice | March 31, 2022

For Immediate Release: March 31, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Yesterday, Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona signed into law a 15-week abortion ban modeled after Mississippi’s abortion ban, which is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: Arizona’s passage of a 15-week…

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Maryland Lawmakers Pass Bill to Expand Access to Abortion

By prochoice | March 30, 2022

For Immediate Release: March 30, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Yesterday, Maryland passed a measure to expand access to abortions by ending a restriction that only a physician could provide them, creating an abortion care training program, and requiring more insurance plans to cover abortion care without cost. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: “At…

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Help People Like Patty

By prochoice | August 29, 2019 |

On NAF’s toll-free Hotline, we hear from callers every day who are struggling to access the abortion care they need. Some people need help finding an abortion provider who can see them. Others need help paying for their procedure or even money to use for gas to get to and from the clinic once they have an…

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Honor Dr. Tiller’s legacy

By prochoice | August 23, 2019 |

When NAF member Dr. George Tiller was alive, women traveled from all over the world to his clinic in Wichita, Kansas, to obtain later abortion care. Often these patients had to overcome many obstacles to make it there, and Dr. Tiller and his staff always went above and beyond to provide the most compassionate care.…

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NAF on Planned Parenthood being forced out of Title X

By prochoice | August 19, 2019 |

Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on Planned Parenthood Federation of America being forced out of Title X: In July, some NAF members—including Maine Family Planning and Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center—announced they would withdraw from the federal Title X program due to an…

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2018: Alarming escalation in anti-abortion trespassing, obstruction, and vandalism

By prochoice | May 24, 2019 |

[fusion_text]National Abortion Federation Releases 2018 Violence & Disruption Statistics: Escalation in picketing, trespassing, obstruction, vandalism, and online hate speech by anti-abortion individuals Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released its 2018 statistics on violence and disruption against abortion providers. As anti-abortion politicians continue to test the U.S. Supreme Court by passing unconstitutional anti-abortion laws and…

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The Women’s Health Protection Act offers a ray of reason

By prochoice | May 23, 2019 |

Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the Women’s Health Protection Act being introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives: Amidst a deluge of politically-motivated attacks on reproductive health care — and especially abortion care — the Women’s Health Protection Act…

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Alabama passes attack on Roe v. Wade

By prochoice | May 14, 2019 |

Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on Alabama’s passage of a blatant attack on Roe v. Wade: “In passing this atrocious bill, Alabama’s state legislators have shown their complete disregard for the U.S. Constitution and the needs of their constituents. Anti-choice politicians have once…

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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s 20-week abortion ban hearing

By prochoice | April 9, 2019 |

Statement by The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s 20-week abortion ban hearing: Lying as a form of public discourse is not only immoral it is also corrosive to democracy—and we’ve seen it get people killed. It is not okay to accept…

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