WASHINGTON, D.C. November 6, 2023 — Tomorrow, Ohio voters will decide the fate of abortion rights as they vote on Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom in their state. In the months leading up to this pivotal moment, voters have contended with anti-abortion forces and government officials spreading disinformation and interfering […]
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Planned Parenthood Condemns 5th Circuit Ruling in Mifepristone Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 16, 2023 — Today, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al, turning back the clock on access to mifepristone. If allowed to take effect, the 5th Circuit’s decision would reimpose several restrictions on […]
Planned Parenthood Celebrates FDA Approval of First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, for over-the-counter use for people of all ages. Opill will be the first birth control pill offered over-the-counter in the U.S. In May, an FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended the birth control pill be made available without a […]
Planned Parenthood Responds to SCOTUS Granting Stay in Mifepristone Case
WASHINGTON D.C. — This evening, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the stay requested by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Danco in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al. allowing mifepristone’s FDA approval to remain unchanged as the case proceeds through the Fifth Circuit Court […]
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 […]
Planned Parenthood Responds to District Court Decision in Texas Mifepristone Case
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, in an unprecedented and deeply harmful move, a federal judge in Texas declared in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone unlawful, threatening the 22-year approval of one of two medications used in the […]
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 […]
Kansas Voters Protect Abortion Access by Rejecting Constitutional Amendment
OVERLAND PARK, KS — Tonight, in a definitive statement of support for reproductive freedom in the state, Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have eliminated any right to abortion in the state’s constitution and opened the door to dangerous abortion bans. The vote, which comes just over a month after the U.S. Supreme […]
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 […]
Georgia Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Immediate Effect
UPDATE: In a highly unorthodox move, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an immediate stay of a lower court’s injunction of Georgia’s six-week ban, rather than waiting the normal 28-day period for the official mandate to be issued. This means the state’s six-week ban takes effect today, pushing abortion out of reach for Georgians […]
House Passes Two Bills to Protect Abortion Access
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 — Today, in the first Congressional vote since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the U.S. House of Representatives once again passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), as well as the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA-27), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Federal Court blocks enforcement of Texas’s extreme abortion ban for now
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction (PI) requested by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to block enforcement of Texas’s six-week abortion ban, S.B. 8. With the law now blocked, no lawsuits under S.B. 8 can be filed, accepted, or ruled on by state court clerks […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]