Posts Tagged ‘state legislation’
New FDA label for medical abortion pill, Mifeprex
Statement by Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the New FDA Label for Medical Abortion Pill, Mifeprex: We are delighted that the FDA has approved a label change, which brings the label for mifepristone in-line with scientific research and evidence-based practice. Since mifepristone was initially approved by the FDA…
Read MoreNAF Files Brief Urging SCOTUS to Overturn Texas Clinic Shutdown Law
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold the sham laws in Texas, which shut down half the abortion clinics in the state and imposed an unconstitutional burden on women’s ability to access abortion care. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v.…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Anti-choice politicians pass 525,600 minute national waiting period for abortion care
Just kidding! But given the continued attacks on abortion access, it wouldn’t be so surprising if they tried something that extreme. Even though women carefully consider their options before they make an appointment to obtain abortion care, some politicians think they know better and have passed medically unnecessary, government-enforced “time outs” for women seeking abortion…
Read MoreNew Oklahoma abortion law burdensome for women
The following letter-to-the-editor was published in The Daily Oklahoman on 5/15/15 New abortion law burdensome for women Increasing the waiting period for women seeking abortion care from 24 to 72 hours clearly demonstrates that anti-choice politicians in Oklahoma don’t respect women or their ability to make decisions, and don’t understand the realities of women’s…
Read MoreVirginia AG Clarifies Application of Architectural Regs
[fusion_text]Yesterday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring reversed the legal advice of former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and clarified that building and construction requirements apply to new construction and not existing abortion providers in the state. We never believed that these medically unnecessary architectural regulations should be applied to existing clinics in Virginia. As Attorney General…
Read MoreH.B. 465: An Anti-Choice Bill Full of Contradictions
In North Carolina, anti-choice politicians have filed H.B. 465 which will not only extend the state’s waiting period to 72 hours and only allow OB-GYNs to provide abortion care, the bill will also prevent the medical schools at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University from training students on how to…
Read MoreNAF’s President and CEO on AZ’s S.B. 1318: This is unacceptable and not how safe medical care of any kind is provided.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 31, 2015 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) amanzoeillo@prochoice.org Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on Gov. Ducey’s signing Arizona’s S.B. 1318 into law: Last night, Arizona Governor Ducey signed into law extreme legislation that puts the health and safety of…
Read MoreNew Mexico Blocks 20-Week Ban, Parental Involvement Bills
A bit of good news: last week, after four hours of debate, the New Mexico Senate Public Affairs Committee blocked two extreme, politically-motivated anti-choice bills. The bills would have banned abortion care after 20 weeks and would have required patients under 18 years old to notify their parents at least 48 hours before they could…
Read MoreNM House Committee Advances 20-Week Ban
Even though Albuquerque voters turned out in record numbers in 2013 to defeat a 20-week ban, anti-choice members in the New Mexico House have passed a similar ban out of committee. H.B. 390 is a politically-motivated piece of legislation that not only directly contradicts the mandate of voters in the state, but ignores the real…
Read MoreAdmitting Privileges Case Could be Heard by Supreme Court
Last Wednesday, Mississippi asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a law aimed at closing the last remaining abortion clinic in the state. This politically-motivated and medically unnecessary law would force a physician providing abortion care to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and has been blocked by the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court because…
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