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Students, activists rally as Supreme Court considers potential restrictions on abortion medication

Christian Nunes, the president of the National Organization for Women, emphasized that abortion plays a crucial role in women’s healthcare.

“We know with health disparities that they are only exacerbated by the multiple intersecting identities in our communities. Mifepristone has been a resource to narrow the gap in healthcare deserts. It creates access to care and saves lives from maternal mortality, especially for Black women, who we know in this country are still 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.”

NOW-backed Legislation Defending Abortion Care Access

Read more about these pieces of legislation and other federal actions to protect access to abortion care.

Supreme Court hears arguments on FDA approval of abortion pill

“It’s really important we look at this as a health equity issue,” said Christian F. Nunes, President of the National Organization for Women.

Supreme Court Rally To Protect Abortion Pill Access

They want to keep women and nonbinary persons from accessing abortion care in a doctor’s office, a clinic, a hospital, or now, in their own homes.

Instead of Marking 51 Years of Constitutional Right to Abortion Care, Women Face the Second Year of the Post-Roe Era

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Christian F. Nunes, National Organization for Women (NOW) National President, issued the following statement in advance of the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that women have a federal constitutional right to abortion care: “Instead of marking Monday, January 22 as the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women are instead Read more …

Pews to Politics: How American Christian Antiabortionists Have Influenced Abortion and Reproductive Care in the United States

Posted on December 7, 2023 By Kim

The current state of reproductive access and care in the United States is disheartening, marked by a decline in accessibility since 2017 and a surge in barriers such as limited birth control access, geographical distances to clinics, and instances of physical harassment.1 The overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 shifted the responsibility of protecting Read more …

Largest U.S. women’s group makes early Biden endorsement, citing abortion rights threats

The Biden administration is “the firewall against these horrible attempts to roll back our basic rights to abortion, contraception, and healthcare access, to LGBTQ+ protection, to pay parity, and equity,” said Christian Nunes, national president of the group.

House Defense Bill Keeps Troop Testosterone Study While Ditching Access To Abortion

Christian F. Nunes, president of the National Organization for Women, said it was another example of how men’s and women’s care is treated differently. “I wish the double standard in this legislation was shocking, but it’s not,” she said in a statement.

Christian F. Nunes: Abortion will drive the 2024 elections

We Won’t Stop Fighting to Protect Medication Abortion

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–Today’s action by the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain FDA approval of mifepristone while an appeal of a lower court’s ban moves forward and gives millions of women breathing room—for now. It is a radical and unprecedented step to invalidate FDA authority to fit an extreme political Read more …

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