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National Abortion Federation Statement on FDA Review of Mifepristone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] NATIONAL — Following the release of a letter from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Martin Makary in which they confirmed that the FDA is conducting a “review” of mifepristone based on a junk science report from an anti-abortion think tank, Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO…
Read MoreNational Abortion Federation Statement on Court Ruling to “Defund” Planned Parenthood
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] NATIONAL —Yesterday afternoon, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Planned Parenthood, allowing the federal government to block patients from using Medicaid to pay for services at Planned Parenthood health centers. Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation, released the following statement: “Anti-abortion extremists remain…
Read MoreTrump Administration Plans to Strip Abortion Access from Veterans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on Trump administration’s plans to strip abortion access from veterans: Once again, we’re seeing just how far anti-abortion politicians are willing to go to control our bodies and strip us of basic health care. The reported plan…
Read MoreHouse Passes Cruel Reconciliation Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 3, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno on how the passing of the reconciliation bill will impact reproductive health access: What is abundantly clear to abortion providers and advocates is that the Trump administration and its allies have used the reconciliation bill as yet another tactic for achieving…
Read MoreWisconsin’s Pre-Civil War Ban Invalidated
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to strike down 1849 law: I am heartened by the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision affirming that abortion is legal in the state and rejecting the use of an archaic 19th-century statute to…
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects Planned Parenthood’s Challenge to South Carolina Restriction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: Low-income and uninsured people in South Carolina already face disproportionate barriers to accessing health care as a result of abortion bans and systemic racism. These are the people who will most acutely feel the…
Read MoreSupreme Court Upholds State Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Young People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] This morning, the Supreme Court delivered an opinion in U.S. v. Skrmetti—a landmark case about whether families with transgender kids can access essential gender-affirming health care, or if politicians can overrule families’ decisions about medical care for their loved ones. In a 6-3 split, the Court upheld a Tennessee law…
Read MoreMinnesota Shooting Suspect had Target List of Abortion Providers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] Statement from NAF Chief Program Officer Melissa Fowler: “We are beyond devastated by the murders of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and the violent attacks on Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. It is clear that these were politically motivated attacks—police found the suspect’s…
Read MoreNAF COO Veronica Jones Named a Winner of Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] NAF COO Veronica Jones Named a Winner of Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Awards Now in their second year, The New Era of Leadership Awards recognize and celebrate executive women shaping the future of business June 11, 2025—Today, Chief, the most powerful network of senior executive women, revealed the winners…
Read MoreHouse Advances Bill to Repeal FACE Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2025 CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, [email protected] The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act is a federal law enacted in 1994 in response to escalating violence targeting abortion providers, including large-scale blockades and the murder of NAF member Dr. David Gunn in 1993. The legislation imposes federal penalties for using force, threat of force,…
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