Trump Reinstates Global Gag Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected]  Today, President Trump reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Originally authored during the Reagan Administration, the Global Gag Rule prohibits international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. government funds from using their own private funds to provide abortions. The policy also prevents NGOs from lobbying their own government for a change…

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Trump Pardons 23 Anti-Abortion Criminals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from NAF President & CEO Brittany Fonteno “President Trump’s decision to pardon nearly two dozen anti-abortion protesters is disturbing and concerning for the safety of abortion providers and their patients. The people Trump pardoned broke the law by trying to block people from accessing the health care they wanted…

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Wyoming Abortion Bans Struck Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  On Monday, a Wyoming judge struck down the state’s overall abortion ban, including its explicit ban on medication abortion. Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation I am encouraged by Judge Owens’ ruling overturning the state’s abortion ban, as well as its explicit ban on…

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Abortion Access at Risk Under Second Trump Administration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Today, our hearts are heavy and our thoughts are with abortion providers and every person who cares about abortion access—these results are a devastating blow to the movement for reproductive freedom. Black and Brown communities, immigrants, and LGBTQ+…

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Another Texas Woman Died Because of Abortion Ban: Nevaeh Crain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Today should be Nevaeh Crain’s 20th birthday. Yet, because of Texas’ cruel abortion ban, today, her mother is forced to mourn her loss, rather than celebrate her birthday alongside her. Nevaeh died because emergency room doctors in three…

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Statement on heartbreaking death of Josseli Barnica

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Josseli Barnica should be alive today. Just like Candi Miller and Amber Thurman in Georgia, Josseli was a mother who died an entirely preventable death because of an extreme and dangerous abortion ban that denies people essential, emergency…

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Georgia Reinstates Early Abortion Ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation The Georgia Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate an unconstitutional abortion ban is cruel and devastating but also completely unsurprising. This move demonstrates yet again that anti-abortion lawmakers and judges are more concerned with advancing a callous political agenda…

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Georgia Abortion Ban Struck Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President  & CEO of the National Abortion Federation I am encouraged that the judge in Georgia’s Fulton County has struck down Georgia’s cruel and unconstitutional abortion ban, highlighting that it stood in direct opposition to Georgia’s right to liberty and privacy. In so doing, the judge…

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Statement on Tragic Deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2024 CONTACT: [email protected]  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President  & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Let’s be clear: the devastating deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman in Georgia were completely preventable. These women died because of Georgia’s medically unnecessary abortion ban and because of fear-mongering from elected officials, law enforcement, and anti-abortion…

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New National Abortion Hotline Data Shows Devastating Impact of Florida 6-Week Ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2024 CONTACT: Claire Connolly, [email protected]  The National Abortion Federation tracks how many people were served in Florida through their Hotline before the 6-week ban, and how many have been forced  to leave the state for care after  NATIONAL – Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released data from their National Abortion Hotline, the country’s largest patient…

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