Posts by prochoice
Persist. Resist. Provide.
Persist. Resist. Provide. These are more than just words for abortion providers; they are how our members live every day. No matter the obstacles, abortion providers PERSIST. Each day, they keep going and fighting against the changing tactics used by those who oppose a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions. They often endure…
Read MorePoliticians should be protecting, not jeopardizing women’s lives and health.
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on S. 2311: The Senate, once again, is considering a blatantly unconstitutional nationwide ban on abortion care after 20 weeks, which is a threat to women’s lives and health, and at odds with medical standards of care. Anti-choice politicians in Congress…
Read MoreHR 4712 was written by anti-choice politicians to score political points
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the latest anti-abortion bill, HR 4712: This bill is a politically-motivated, medically-unnecessary interference in the practice of medicine and could negatively impact women’s access to reproductive health care. It is part of the Trump-Pence assault on safe, legal abortion care and…
Read MoreSubcommittee on Constitution Considers Unconstitutional Ban
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on today’s H.R. 490 hearing: Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on an unconstitutional bill that could ban most abortions before a woman even knows that she is pregnant. H.R. 490, the so-called “Heartbeat…
Read MoreMurderer Michael Griffin Denied Parole
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the denial of Michael Griffin’s request for parole: We are relieved that the State of Florida Commission on Offender Review denied parole for convicted murderer Michael Frederick Griffin. Griffin is an assassin who deserves to spend the rest of his life…
Read MoreNo Parole for Murderer Griffin
By Vicki Saporta Today, the State of Florida Commission on Offender Review is reviewing the case of Michael Frederick Griffin, a convicted murderer who shot and killed Dr. David Gunn in 1993 as Gunn walked from his car to the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic where he provided abortion care. Griffin—a man who had a…
Read MoreOntario creates safe zones around clinics and homes
Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation Canada on the creation of 50-metre “safe zones” outside abortion clinics, pharmacies providing medical abortion medication, and abortion providers’ homes in Ontario: We applaud the passage of the Protecting a Woman’s Right to Access Abortion Services Act (Bill 163) to help ensure patients and their…
Read MoreAnother Unconstitutional Abortion Ban
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on the passing of H.R. 36: Today, the House of Representatives once again passed a blatantly unconstitutional nationwide ban on abortion care after 20 weeks, which is a threat to women’s lives and health, and at odds with medical standards of care.…
Read MoreACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Maine Family Planning take on Maine’s abortion restriction
Statement from Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the ACLU and Planned Parenthood’s challenge of Maine’s medically-unnecessary abortion restriction: We applaud the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as they challenge yet another medically-unnecessary restriction on women’s access to abortion care on behalf of NAF members. Today, the groups are challenging…
Read MoreHealth Care Repeal: Devastating consequences for millions of women and families
Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF): If the latest version of the health care repeal bill passes, it would have devastating consequences for millions of women and families, who would lose access to necessary health care coverage. Even the “slimmed-down” version being considered by the Senate tonight would…
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