News and Updates
Statement: More Than 40 Groups Condemn Inclusion of the Hyde Amendment in U.S. House Spending Bill
Today, 44 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations released the following statement in response to the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that includes the Hyde Amendment.
Why Abortion Access During COVID-19 Is Being Unfairly Limited
There also remains the problem of how people will pay for abortions during an unprecedented economic crisis. According to Kelsey Ryland, director of federal strategies at All* Above All, an abortion-rights activism group, the largest burden will fall…
What it takes to get an abortion during the coronavirus pandemic
Abortion-rights advocates say that opponents, and governors of states like Texas, are just using this moment to score political points. “I can’t emphasize enough how shameful it is to take advantage of this pandemic to…
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Leaves Abortion Providers Out in the Cold (Updated)
Kelsey Ryland, director of federal strategies for the reproductive justice group All* Above All, called Senate lawmakers “ruthless” for inserting anti-abortion language into the stimulus bill. “They are exploiting an emergency relief bill to further…
Republicans are using the pandemic to push anti-abortion and anti-trans agendas
“Our communities across the country are doing everything we can to keep ourselves and our families safe, and our elected officials should be doing the same — not blocking health care for communities that already…
In Coronavirus Funding Talks, Trump’s Anti-Abortion Extremism Is Laid Bare
“It’s immoral to use the declaration of a global pandemic to turn people who need abortions into pawns for cheap political points,” Yamani Hernandez, executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, said Thursday in a…
