Albuquerque Voters Reject Restrictive Abortion Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 19, 2013 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the...
View ArticleHouse Committee Holds Hearing on H.R. 7 the So-Called “No Taxpayer Funding...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 9, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Saporta: This bill is yet another example of anti-choice...
View ArticleTestimony of Vicki Saporta on H.R. 7
Download the PDF testimony of Vicki Saporta on H.R. 7, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.”
View ArticleHouse of Representatives Passes Harmful Ban on Abortion Coverage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 28, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7, the...
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Terry Beresford: An Appreciation
By Carole Joffe Terry Beresford’s contribution to abortion care was monumental. She was one of the key figures in developing the new field of abortion counseling while serving as Director of Staff...
View ArticleStatement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 28, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org I’m Vicki Saporta, President of the National Abortion...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Abortion status quo not working
The Guardian published a letter to the editor I co-authored with Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie, about the current status of abortion care access in Prince Edward Island in New Brunswick, Canada: P.E.I.’s...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Committee Approves Abortion Coverage for Peace Corps...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 24, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Buffer Zone Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 26, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National...
View ArticleSupreme Court Deals Blow to Women’s Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 30, 2014 CONTACT: Melissa Fowler 202.667.5881; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) mfowler@prochoice.org Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s 20-week abortion ban hearing
Statement by The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s 20-week abortion ban hearing: Lying as a form...
View ArticleTrump’s HHS releases anti-abortion gag rule
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on the Trump Administration’s release of the final anti-abortion Title X rule: We...
View ArticleS. 311 is a bill of inflammatory language demonizing women
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale on Senator Ben Sasse’s attempt to pass anti-abortion S. 311: This anti-choice bill uses inflammatory language in yet another attempt to justify...
View ArticleAlabama passes attack on Roe v. Wade
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on Alabama’s passage of a blatant attack on Roe v. Wade: “In passing this...
View ArticleThe Women’s Health Protection Act offers a ray of reason
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the Women’s Health Protection Act being introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S....
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2018: Alarming escalation in anti-abortion trespassing, obstruction, and...
[fusion_text]National Abortion Federation Releases 2018 Violence & Disruption Statistics: Escalation in picketing, trespassing, obstruction, vandalism, and online hate speech by anti-abortion...
View ArticleNAF Launches Pre-Paid Gas Card Program to Help Patients Obtain Abortion Care
Today, amid increasing restrictions on abortion care, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) and its 40-year-old Hotline have announced a new pilot program to help some member clinics provide pre-paid...
View ArticleNAF on Planned Parenthood being forced out of Title X
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on Planned Parenthood Federation of America being forced out of Title X: In July,...
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Honor Dr. Tiller’s legacy
When NAF member Dr. George Tiller was alive, women traveled from all over the world to his clinic in Wichita, Kansas, to obtain later abortion care. Often these patients had to overcome many obstacles...
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Help People Like Patty
On NAF’s toll-free Hotline, we hear from callers every day who are struggling to access the abortion care they need. Some people need help finding an abortion provider who can see them. Others need...
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