Tag: reproductive justice
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 …
Appeals Court Ruling Is Still an Attack on Medication Abortion
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–A ruling from the most conservative federal appeals court in the U.S. has allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available, but with severe restrictions that continue the attacks being waged on women’s bodily autonomy. This dangerous overreach by ultra-conservative judges is based not on science, medicine, Read more …
A Texas Court Could End Medication Abortion Overnight
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes The fight is on to save medication abortion. The time is now. A lawsuit in Texas, heard before one of the most conservative judges ever appointed by Donald Trump, could lead to an immediate ban on a key drug used in medication abortions—the method used in more Read more …
NOW Recognizes 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON — This weekend, we should be celebrating 50 years of a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. Instead, last year’s decision sent us back to square one. While Roe was a watershed moment that catapulted women closer to achieving full equality, Dobbs reversed half a century of Read more …