Brittany Fonteno Named President & CEO of NAF

For Immediate Release: July 13, 2023Contact: [email protected] Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Board of Directors announced that Brittany Fonteno has been named President and CEO. Fonteno will lead the organization beginning on September 1. Fonteno joins NAF from Planned Parenthood Arizona, where she was the President & CEO. Fonteno is the seventh person to lead NAF…

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A Year After Dobbs, More People Than Ever Are Traveling For Abortion Care 

For Immediate Release: June 7, 2023Contact: Claire Connolly, [email protected] The nation’s leading abortion hotline reported a 235% increase in plane or bus trips and a 195% increase in hotel room bookings in the year following Dobbs NATIONAL – Today, the National Abortion Federation, which operates the National Abortion Hotline—the leading multi-lingual abortion assistance hotline in the U.S.—released updated…

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Violence Against Abortion Providers Continues to Rise Following Roe Reversal, New Report Finds

For Embargoed Release: May 11, 2023 6am ETContact: Claire Connolly, [email protected] The National Abortion Federation’s 2022 Violence & Disruption Report found a sharp increase in violence in protective states as clinics in ban states closed  NATIONAL—Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released its 2022 statistics on violence and disruption against abortion providers and clinics. The report shows increases in major…

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SCOTUS Protects Access to Mifepristone

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2023 Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer at the National Abortion Federation: We are relieved that medication abortion with mifepristone remains available. But this is just a temporary reprieve; we know that the fight is far from over. Mifepristone has been proven over decades to be…

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Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban

For Immediate Release: April 14, 2023 Media Contacts: [email protected]; 202-918-7768 Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law a six-week abortion ban—replacing the state’s 15-week ban, and further threatening access for millions of Floridians. The six-week ban will take effect only if the Florida Supreme Court rules to undermine or eliminate Florida’s constitutional right to privacy…

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National Council of Jewish Women Raises Unprecedented $1 Million From the Jewish Community to Help Patients Access Abortion Care 

The donations made to the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access, primarily by thousands of small-dollar donors, are going to help patients in the U.S. access care  NATIONAL – Today, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) announced that its Jewish Fund for Abortion Access surpassed a million dollars in donated funds, which directly help thousands of…

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FDA Approves Modifications to Mifepristone REMS Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2, 2023CONTACT: [email protected] On Tuesday January 3, 2023, the FDA finalized a new version of the REMS on medication abortion care. The agency announced it would permanently lift the in-person dispensing requirement and establish a new program to certify both brick-and-mortar and mail-order pharmacies to dispense mifepristone. Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief…

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Georgia Abortion Ban Struck Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2022CONTACT: [email protected] Today, a judge struck down Georgia’s early abortion ban as unconstitutional on the grounds that at the time when the ban was passed in 2019, Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.  Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: “This is another…

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Voters Protect Abortion Access Across Country

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2022CONTACT: [email protected] Abortion was a key issue in the midterm elections this year, with several states voting to protect the right in their state and many candidates using abortion access as part of their platforms during their campaigns.  Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer at the National Abortion Federation: …

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Four Months After the Fall of Roe, NAF Reports Ongoing Rise in Patients Traveling for Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2022CONTACT: [email protected] The nation’s largest abortion hotline reported an 800% increase in plane or bus trips and a 500% increase in hotel room bookings in the months following Dobbs NATIONAL – Today, the National Abortion Federation, which operates the National Abortion Hotline—the largest national, multi-lingual abortion assistance hotline in the…

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