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NAF Releases Report on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
NAF released a comprehensive report today detailing the many ways Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) have deceived and intimidated women. The report, entitled Crisis Pregnancy Centers: An Affront to Choice, highlights numerous instances where CPCs have harassed and given false information to women who have come through their doors, leaving them feeling betrayed and misled. The…
Read MoreA Visit to New Brunswick
Last week I visited New Brunswick and called on the health minister to ensure that women in the province had adequate access to abortion care. On Friday authorities apprehended an anti-abortion extremist who was planning to bomb an abortion clinic in Greenbelt, Maryland. The suspect appeared in court wearing an anti-abortion t-shirt. Kathryn Harris reviews…
Read MoreLousiana Legislature Sends Abortion Ban to Governor
The Louisiana legislature has sent a sweeping abortion ban to the governor for approval. Governor Katherine Blanco is expected to sign the ban into law. Mifepristone is expected to be available in Australia next month. The New York Times has an article analyzing the role of abortion in state elections.
Read MoreSouth Dakota Activists Turn in Petition Signatures
Tuesday, pro-choice activists in South Dakota turned in more than 37,000 signatures in support of a ballot initiative to overturn South Dakota’s ban on abortions. The Toronto Star reports on the decision of Amnesty International’s Canadian section to include reproductive health in its mission of advocating for human rights.
Read MoreNew Brunswick Health Minister Reponds
Though New Brunswick Health Minister Brad Green has announced that two doctors will provide abortions after the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital suspends their abortion services on June 30, the province can still do more to improve access. Read NAF’s release. Read the local coverage.
Read MoreAccess issues in Canada
The Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the only hospital that regularly performs abortions in the province, has announced that they will be suspending their abortion services at the end of June. Unless swift action is taken, New Brunswick women will have to overcome tremendous burdens in order to access the abortion care…
Read MoreNAF Launches Canadian Program
On Tuesday at a press conference in Ottawa, Canada, NAF launched our Canadian Policy and Outreach Program. Read more about our Canadian program in our press release. Marcy Bloom, the director of Aradia Women’s Health in Seattle, talks about faith, values, and abortion as a moral choice. Read the Seattle Times interview. An Iowa man…
Read MoreIn Memory of Lawrence Lader
Lawrence Lader, a long time pro-choice advocate, died last Sunday in Manhattan. The New York Times commemorates Lader’s contributions to the pro-choice movement. The Chicago Tribune has a follow-up report on a new campaign to encourage women to get an advance prescription for emergency contraception.
Read MoreACOG Urges Women to Buy EC Before They Need It
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists urged women to get an advanced prescription for emergency contraception as part of a new public education campaign. Read the Associated Press article. NPR has an interview with the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, who has vowed to open an abortion clinic on the…
Read MoreNew Developments in Pharmacist Refusals
A pharmacist in Seattle refused to fill a prescription for antibiotics because it was called in by Cedar River Clinic, a local abortion provider. Read Seattle Times columnist Nicole Broder’s take on this disturbing development in pharmacy refusals. Kansas state attorney general Phill Kline has spent several years attempting to procure confidential patient records from…
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