Demand access to emergency contraception

The Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act requires hospitals that receive federal funds to provide medically accurate information about emergency contraception and ensures that every victim has access to emergency contraception without having to worry about the cost. Ask you senator to become a cosponsor, today!

More Than 3,000 People Have Signed Up For the First Online Abortion Class

Starting next week, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will commence the first online course on abortion care that’s ever been offered by a U.S. school. The doctor who’s leading the class, which will be offered through the online platform Coursera, estimates that more than 3,000 people have already signed up for it.

Expanding Access to Emergency Contraception

It is refreshing to see a bill proposed in Congress that supports women’s reproductive justice, especially after the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case and the many anti-abortion (i.e. 20 week abortion ban) and anti-contraception (i.e. Blunt Amendment) bills that have come before Congress.

Abortion Restrictions and Domestic Violence Linked

However, Turnaway women who ended the relationship were more likely to maintain contact with their former partners; this study suggests that abortion restrictions keep women in contact with men who are physically abusive to them and prolong domestic violence.