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In 2013, the Texas state legislature enacted House Bill 2 (HB 2), one of the most draconian anti-abortion measures in the country. Among other provisions, it applied hospital-like building codes to any clinic providing abortion services, and required doctors who...

Opponents of reproductive choice have spent years attempting to frighten women by spreading misinformation about a non-existent link between having an abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer. There is no evidence of such a link, and no research...

It’s been another strange week in American presidential politics with the disturbing news that a foreign dictator may be attempting to influence our election. But what you may have missed in the news coverage of the Democratic National Convention was...

The first of the two major party national conventions got underway this week but amidst the high-profile coverage of plagiarism and party in-fighting, you might have missed what the New York Times Editorial Board named “the most extreme Republican platform...

One in six acute care hospital beds nationwide.1 More than 40 percent of all the acute care hospital beds in Alaska, Iowa, Washington, and South Dakota. Forty-six hospitals in communities with no other local hospital to turn to.

That’s right - we did it! Thanks to the support of countless people across the country, today the Supreme Court protected women’s rights and dignity by striking down the Texas measures as unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases that could profoundly impact women’s rights and access to essential reproductive health care services. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in both cases in March. This article gives you an update on...

I still remember how I felt when I saw the sign warning of potential traffic jams due to a special event at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It was early morning on July 19, 1996, and four NWHN colleagues...

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Today, the FDA announced major (and long overdue!) changes to the Mifeprex® (medication abortion pill) label.

Whenever I hear a pro-choice politician say, “No one is pro-abortion,” I want to shout, “Excuse me but I’m pro-abortion, and I am not alone.”  I’m pro-abortion in the same way I’m pro-organ transplant or any other medical procedure: when...

The National Women’s Health Network is pledging to #ReclaimRoe. Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights. And 43 years later we are still fighting anti-choice politicians who will...