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Jul 12 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING: A federal district court in #Arizona has blocked a “personhood” law—one that would grant rights to fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs—from being used to criminalize abortion services.
After #SCOTUS overturned #RoevWade, abortion providers in Arizona stopped services, unsure whether the "personhood" law would allow state officials to inflict a total abortion ban on Arizonans.
In 2021, the Center and its partners filed a lawsuit to challenge a harmful abortion ban that put providers and pregnant people at risk of being prosecuted. #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential
“The court made the right decision today by blocking this law from being used to create an unthinkably extreme abortion ban," said Center Senior Staff Attorney Jessica Sklarsky.
“The Supreme Court’s catastrophic decision overturning Roe v. Wade has unleashed chaos on the ground, leaving Arizona residents scrambling to figure out if they can get the abortion care they need."
"People should not have to live in a state of fear when accessing or providing essential healthcare. We will continue our fight to preserve abortion access in Arizona and across the country.”
Read our full statement and learn more about Arizona’s abortion ban here: bit.ly/3yWzHSV

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Jul 7
#BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit on behalf of the last abortion provider in #NorthDakota seeking to block the state’s trigger ban, which would prohibit nearly all abortions in the state now that #Roe has been overturned.❗The ban is set to take effect on July 28.
If the trigger ban is allowed to go into effect, abortion providers could face a maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential
Our client in this case, Red River Women’s Clinic, argue in the lawsuit that the trigger ban is unconstitutional under the North Dakota Constitution, which guarantees North Dakotans the rights of life, liberty, safety, and happiness, all of which protect the right to abortion.
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Jul 5
#BREAKING: Florida’s harmful 15-week abortion ban remains in effect.

Shortly after a state trial court officially issued an order blocking the abortion ban, the state appealed the ruling, triggering an automatic stay of that injunction under Florida state law.
The law, which has been in effect since July 1, has already had devastating consequences on the health and futures of Floridians by forcing them to continue carrying pregnancies against their will. #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential
“Everyone deserves the ability to access the abortion care they need, and we’ll continue fighting for that right with every tool at our disposal..."
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Jun 24
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
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Feb 18
#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...”
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Dec 16, 2021
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.
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Dec 14, 2021
🚨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.
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