The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization has OVERTURNED Roe v. Wade, decimating the right to abortion in the U.S. and opening the door for states eager to ban abortion outright. THIS DECISION IS WRONG. #AbortionIsEssential#SCOTUS
“The Court’s opinion delivers a wrecking ball to the constitutional right to abortion, destroying the protections of Roe v. Wade, and utterly disregarding the one in four women in America who make the decision to end a pregnancy...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“While public support for access to abortion is at an all-time high, the Court has hit a new low by taking away – for the first time ever – a constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“Utter chaos lies ahead, as some states race to the bottom with criminal abortion bans, forcing people to travel across multiple state lines & for those without means to travel, carry their pregnancies to term—dictating their health, lives, & futures...”—Nancy Northup, Center CEO
“Today’s decision will ignite a public health emergency...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“One day, the regressive and cruel Dobbs decision will be reversed for its brazen disregard for the rights of women and the rule of law...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“Until then, we will use every legal lever to ensure that every person’s right to make decisions about their body and their lives is realized, and that they have access to the full range of reproductive healthcare.” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
#BREAKING: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) announced that the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (#WHPA) on February 28. 👏 #WHPA is federal legislation that would protect the right to abortion. #ActForAbortionAccess
This historic vote will be the first time the Senate votes on standalone legislation to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law. We applaud @SenSchumer for taking this important step and the Senators who have championed this bill for years. 👏👏👏
A statement from Nancy Northup, Center CEO: “We are thrilled that the Senate is addressing the urgent need to protect abortion access across the nation. The Supreme Court has failed to stop the Texas abortion ban and is entertaining Mississippi’s quest to overturn Roe v. Wade...”
Good news alert! The FDA has announced it will take important steps to expand access to medication abortion care. 👏👏👏 It will permanently lift some of the medically unnecessary and harmful restrictions on mifepristone, a medication used for early abortion and miscarriage care.
Permanently lifting in-person dispensing requirements makes a huge difference for patients, including rural folks, people of color, and those working to make ends meet. This allows more people to access #MedAbortionIRL in ways that work best for them.
While this is a major step forward for abortion access, more needs to be done.
🚨OVER 100 DAYS🚨 That is how long most Texans have been without access to abortion care.
And just last week, #SCOTUS failed to put a stop to the state’s egregious abortion law, #SB8.
Here are the facts ⬇️
❗The average one-way driving distance for a Texan seeking an abortion is estimated to have increased by nearly 240 miles, a 14-fold increase.
❗A Denver abortion clinic saw a 520% increase in patients traveling from Texas following the enforcement of #SB8 in September. And just nine days after the law’s implementation the Oklahoma City @TrustWomen clinic had a significant increase in appointments from Texans.
🚨 #SCOTUS BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court has endorsed Texas's bounty hunting scheme in a case challenging Texas's abortion ban, #SB8.
While allowing the case to move forward on narrow grounds, the Court has NOT blocked the law, meaning abortion remains mostly inaccessible in TX. #BansOffOurBodies#AbortionIsEssential
In our case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, #SCOTUS once again failed to block Texas’s draconian abortion ban, which has decimated access in the state for the last 100 DAYS.
🚨HAPPENING NOW: We are rallying for EVERY person's right to access abortions outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
Follow along as lawmakers, advocates, and storytellers share why #AbortionIsEssential.
🔴 Watch the rally LIVE here:
And starting later this morning, listen as we present oral arguments before #SCOTUS in this critical case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: supremecourt.gov
#VICTORY: More than a decade after our client, Manuela, was unjustly sentenced to 30 years in prison for a crime she did not commit, she has justice. #ManuelaJusticiaYEsperanza
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights just announced a ruling in our case Manuela v. El Salvador, condemning the Salvadoran State for the arbitrary criminalization of our client Manuela, who attempted to access reproductive health services during an obstetric emergency.
In its ruling, the Court also deemed the country responsible for Manuela’s death while she was still a prisoner of the state from untreated Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Today we join her family in remembering Manuela and celebrating this long-awaited victory.