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Oklahoma Governor Signs Total Abortion Ban
For Immediate Release: April 12, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 This morning, the Oklahoma Governor signed an outright abortion ban, which would make providing an abortion a felony punishable with up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. This law could take effect as soon as this summer. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion…
Read MoreTexas DA Drops Murder Charge Against Person who Self Managed Abortion
For Immediate Release: April 10, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Today, a Texas district attorney announced the murder charges against a Texas woman who self-managed an abortion will be dropped. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: “We are relieved that the state of Texas is not pressing charges against Lizelle Herrera; however,…
Read MoreJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court
For Immediate Release: April 7, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Today the U.S. Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman in American history to serve on the nation’s highest court. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: “We are delighted to see Justice Jackson…
Read MoreOklahoma Passes Total Abortion Ban
For Immediate Release: April 5, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Today, the Oklahoma legislature passed SB 612, which bans abortions outright and criminalizes their provision in the state. The only narrow exception provided is if the abortion is necessary to save the pregnant person’s life. If signed into law by Governor Stitt, it would take effect…
Read MoreArizona’s Passage of a 15-Week Abortion Ban
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…
Read MoreAnti-Abortion Individuals Arrested and Charged for Violating FACE Act
For Immediate Release: March 30, 2022Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Today, nine people have been charged with federal civil rights offenses for blocking access to an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. in 2020. Their acts violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 law that makes it a crime to threaten, obstruct, or…
Read MoreMaryland Lawmakers Pass Bill to Expand Access to Abortion
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…
Read MoreNational Abortion Federation Releases 2020 Violence & Disruption Statistics
For Immediate Release: December 16, 2021Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 National Abortion Federation Releases 2020 Violence & Disruption Statistics:Increase in vandalism, assault and battery, death threats/threats of harm, stalking, and hoax devices/suspicious packages from 2019. Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released its 2020 statistics on violence and disruption against abortion providers. The statistics show an increase in…
Read MoreSupreme Court Turns Its Back on Precedent, Constitution in Texas Cases
For Immediate Release: December 10, 2021Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Statement of Talcott Camp, JD, Chief Legal & Strategy Officer of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on the Supreme Court decisions in United States v. Texas and Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson: Today, the Supreme Court turned its back on its own precedent and the Constitution by…
Read MoreSupreme Court Hears Challenge to Mississippi Abortion Ban
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2021Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO), a challenge to Mississippi’s abortion ban that threatens to dismantle Roe v. Wade. This is the most consequential abortion rights cases in generations, as it is the first time in 50…
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