NAF Blog
DOJ Drops Idaho Case about Emergency Abortion Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected] Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno: The Trump administration’s outrageous move to drop the federal case against Idaho shows that they prioritize their anti-abortion political agenda over the health and lives of women and pregnant people. It flies in the face of good medicine, and shows that they…
Read MoreOhio Judge Overturns State’s Abortion Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected] Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation On Thursday, a judge in Ohio overturned the state’s abortion ban, citing the voter-approved amendment that enshrined the right to abortion in Ohio’s state constitution. The ballot measure passed last year with a 56% majority. Statement from Brittany…
Read MoreJudge Orders Mifepristone Off U.S. Market
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2023 Contact: [email protected] Today, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a federal Trump-appointed judge in Texas ruled in a lawsuit filed by far-right hate group the Alliance Defending Freedom, and put on hold the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. The ruling will not go into effect for seven days to give the government time to appeal. Statement…
Read MoreHouse Introduces the EACH Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2023.Contact: [email protected] This morning, Democratic legislators in the U.S. House introduced the EACH Act, which guarantees insurance coverage for abortion. The EACH Act would repeal the Hyde Amendment and allow patients to use their insurance—including Medicaid—to cover abortion care. This is the first legislation introduced in this Congress that would expand reproductive…
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…
Read MoreNAF Board of Directors Announces Departure of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale
The NAF Board of Directors announced that The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale is no longer with NAF and the NAF Hotline Fund. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to thank Katherine for her leadership the last three years,” said NAF Board Chair Lori Williams. “Katherine helped steer NAF and the Hotline Fund through an important transition period and we appreciate…
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