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Alexis McGill Johnson: Planned Parenthood Responds to SCOTUS Delaying Dangerous Orders in Mifepristone Case

WASHINGTON D.C. April 14, 2023 — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an administrative stay allowing mifepristone’s FDA approval to remain unchanged until Wednesday, April 19 while the Court considers the Department of Justice and Danco’s applications for relief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]

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Abortion Access Restored in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, September 22, 2022 — Today, an Indiana circuit court granted a request from abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center to temporarily block abortion ban Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), immediately restoring abortion access in the state. The court granted a preliminary injunction (PI) against the ban that went into effect on September […]

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In Response to Abortion Access Crisis, Senate Appropriations Bill Proposes First-Ever $350 Million Federal Abortion Fund

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 — Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee, led by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), released critical fiscal year 2023 spending bills that make momentous gains for sexual and reproductive health. Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, responded with the following quote: “It has been just over a […]

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund Responds to Supreme Court Erasing the Federal Constitutional Right to Abortion

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022  — This morning, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and nearly 50 years of precedent, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion, and stripping people of the right to control their own bodies. It is as dangerous as it is shocking, and it opens the floodgates for states across the […]

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Planned Parenthood on Supreme Court Leak: Our Worst Fears Confirmed, Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Roe

Washington, D.C. — Tonight, Politico released a leaked draft majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that eliminates the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. In it, Justice Samuel Alito writes “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start” and “we hold that Roe and […]

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Planned Parenthood Files Lawsuit in Michigan to Block 90-Year-Old Felony Abortion Ban and Affirm a State Right to Abortion

LANSING, MI — Today, Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Michigan abortion provider Dr. Sarah Wallett filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the state’s 90-year-old felony abortion ban under the Michigan Constitution and state civil rights laws. Since Roe v. Wade has guaranteed the right to abortion at the federal level, Michigan’s ban has not […]

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Leading Health Organizations File Amicus Brief on Behalf of Abortion Providers Opposing Mississippi Ban

Today, on behalf of a diverse group of health care professionals, leading medical organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Jackson Women’s Health Organization — the last abortion provider in Mississippi — challenges […]

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In Win For Abortion Providers, Texas State Court Grants Restraining Order Against Texas Right To Life

AUSTIN — Today, the District Court for Travis County granted a temporary restraining order against Texas Right to Life and its associates, stopping them from suing abortion providers and health care workers at Planned Parenthood health centers in Texas under the newly in-effect “sue thy neighbor” abortion ban, S.B. 8. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the […]

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund Responds to Republican Elected Officials Asking SCOTUS to Overturn Roe v Wade

Today, after years of relentless attacks on their constituents’ reproductive freedom, shrouded in misleading claims of protecting women’s health and equality,  Republican lawmakers from across the country made their aims clear: They want the Supreme Court to allow states to ban access to safe, legal abortion. In separate amicus briefs filed today, 12 Republican governors […]

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Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice Groups Call On Biden-Harris Administration To Expand Access to Medication Abortion

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 — Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) joined a coalition of 55 reproductive rights, health, and justice groups to send a letter calling on the Biden-Harris administration to take immediate steps to increase patient access to medication abortion by removing medically unnecessary federal restrictions on mifepristone — one of two […]

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Alexis McGill: Health Care Champions in House Introduce Legislation To Repeal Harmful Helms Amendment

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 — Today, the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act was introduced, critical legislation to repeal the Helms Amendment and recognize abortion as essential health care by halting the U.S. policy that blocks the use of foreign assistance to expand access to abortion. We applaud Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), […]

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Public Comment Period Demonstrates Powerful Opposition to Expanded Global Gag Rule

WASHINGTON, November 16, 2020 — The public comment period on a Trump administration proposed rule that would expand the devastating global gag rule closed on Friday, but not before thousands took the opportunity to speak out against it. In September — despite multiple studies finding that the global gag rule disrupts access to critical health […]

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Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Flowers Explains Why Sex Ed in the U.S. Needs a Makeover

October 25, 2020 – This week, Dr. Sara C. Flowers, vice president of education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, spoke with Shape.com about the status of sex education across the United States, including Washington state’s Referendum 90, which for the first time puts K-12 sex education on the ballot to be decided by voters. […]

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Social Justice Groups Call for Action Following Reports of Gynecological Procedures on ICE Detainees in Georgia

WASHINGTON, October 2, 2020 — Weeks after nurse Dawn Wooten came forward with allegations of forced and coerced hysterectomies performed on immigrant women at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), Planned Parenthood Federation of America and leading social justice organizations based in Georgia are reiterating the need for immediate action to end these atrocities. Recognizing […]

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