Posts Tagged ‘providers’
NAF Member Shares Stories of Providers, Patients in New Book
NAF member Carole Joffe has just published a new book, Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us. After thirty years embedded in reproductive-health research, Joffe relays compelling testimony from doctors, health care workers, and patients as they struggle against barriers that attempt to shame women…
Read MoreReport Spotlights Harassment and Threats Against Abortion Providers
This week, the Center for Reproductive Rights released Defending Human Rights: Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment, a report examining harassment and state laws targeting abortion providers in six states. Several NAF members were interviewed for the report, including members from Pennsylvania who are also featured in this video: Recommendations made in the report…
Read MoreArticle Highlights National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
An article published Monday in The Nation highlights the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers, observed this week on March 10th. The piece draws attention to the obstacles abortion providers face as they continue to provide women with comprehensive reproductive health care. March 10 was set aside in 1996 as the National Day of…
Read MoreCelebrating 36 Years of Safe, Legal Abortion Care and a Pro-Choice Administration
Today, we released the following statement: Thirty-six years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that the right to privacy found in the United States Constitution included the right of women to terminate a pregnancy. This landmark decision has protected the health and saved the lives of countless women. Today’s important anniversary…
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