News and Updates
Ending the Hyde Amendment Is Essential to Achieving Justice for Black Women
As a Black woman, I’ve spent much of this year watching my own people suffer. Black women are grieving the loss of their fathers, mothers, and children in mounting numbers because of COVID-19. Black women are facing…
Ending the Hyde Amendment is no longer on the backburner
Since news broke of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I’ve seen headline after headline declaring the end of Roe v. Wade. Most certainly, we have reached an inflection point, as we face one of the…
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…
