Tag: Reproductive Rights

Historic Coalition of Women’s and Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Stop COVID-19 Order that Intends to Ban and Criminalize Abortion

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  Media Contacts: NOW Foundation: Kimberly Hayes, press@now.org Feminist Majority Foundation: Corinne Long, clong@feminist.org Legal Momentum: Sam Bennett, sambennett@legalmomentum.org _____________________________________________________________________________________ Washington, DC – An historic coalition of women’s rights, civil rights, human rights, and reproductive justice groups including the National Organization for Women Foundation, the Feminist Majority Foundation and Legal Momentum, joined by 18 other Read more …

After 60 Years of Unsatisfactory Birth Control Options, Hope Emerges

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 I distinctly remember the feeling of waking up after the morning after the 2016 election — confused, disappointed, angry and panicked. In my high school that day, one of the most common topics of conversation amongst my group of peers was what long-lasting contraceptive we should get that we could rely on to last us Read more …

While The Courts—And Anti-Abortion Extremist Governors—Play Politics, Women’s Lives Are In Danger

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Washington, D.C. — Governors have just one job that matters today—to keep their citizens safe, healthy and protected from the coronavirus.  But anti-abortion politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott, as well as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, are using the pandemic as an excuse to fuel their personal vendetta against abortion care.    They Read more …

Louisiana abortion case heard by Supreme Court

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“This law isn’t about legal access to abortion,” Hawkins said. “This law is about whether or not abortion clinics should be held to the same safety standards as other surgical facilities throughout the state of Louisiana.”