NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America and its network of state affiliates are dedicated to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom for all Americans. NARAL works to guarantee that every woman has the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. In recognition of its work defending our constitutional right to choose, Fortune Magazine described NARAL as "one of the top 10 advocacy groups in America."
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 22, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls for Swift Passage of OTC Birth-Control Bill Introduced Today in House of Representatives Today, Reps. Tammy Duckworth, Patrick Murphy, and Joe Crowley introduced the Affordability Is Access Act, a bill that would build on the contraception coverage guarantee in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by ensuring that health plans cover the sale of all over-the-counter birth-control pills that... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 22, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America Stands with Planned Parenthood Sasha Bruce, Senior Vice President at NARAL Pro-Choice America released the following statement: “Simply put, millions of women turn to Planned Parenthood every year for health care and when they are looking for a judgement-free environment to make critical medical decisions. Planned Parenthood has... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, July 10, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America: Bad Bosses Receive SCOTUS-Mandated Guidance on For-Profit Exemptions on Hobby Lobby Rule Sanctioning Discrimination Today, the Obama administration issued a final rule that defines a “for-profit corporation” to clarify those companies allowed to deny their employees birth control coverage now required by law under the Affordable Care Act. Said Sasha Bruce, senior vice president at NARAL Pro-Choice America: “The... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, June 23, 2015 As Congress Advances Legislation Promoting Discrimination in DC; Rep Norton, Local Business Leaders and NARAL Pro-Choice America Fight Back On Tuesday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of the Nation’s Capital held a press conference to support the over one hundred small business owners who are against any Congressional... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, April 03, 2015 New NARAL TV Ad Campaign Hits Sens. Kirk, Johnson, Ayotte, Burr on Obstructing Human Trafficking Bill Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new TV ad campaign in Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and North Carolina hitting the Republican senators in those key 2016 Senate races for holding up the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act in Congress over language to ban abortion coverage. The ads... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, March 17, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America Supports Leahy Amendment to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act In response to anti-choice senators' inclusion of controversial anti-abortion language in the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, NARAL Pro-Choice America released the following statement: "It is despicable that anti-choice politicians chose to use a bill designed to protect victims from... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 22, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America: Switching From One Bad Abortion Ban Bill To Another Will Not Solve The GOP's Political Problem Statement from Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, on today's action in the House: "The Tea Party-led Congress is desperately trying to save face after being forced to abandon their abortion ban bill yesterday. So what do they do? They substitute a bill that is equally bad policy. H... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 15, 2015 New Report: State Pro-Choice Laws on the Rise, but More Than Half the States Still Get an ''F'' on Protecting Women's Reproductive Rights Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America and NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation released the 24th edition of Who Decides? The Status of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States . The report, published each year, provides individual letter grades on the status of women's reproductive rights for all... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Rick Hodges’ Confirmation to Head Health Department Puts Lives at Risk Today, the Ohio Senate voted 24-8 to approve the nomination of Rick Hodges to lead the Ohio Department of Health. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio opposed the confirmation of Hodges, as his experience fails to meet the minimum qualifications as stipulated under the Ohio Revised Code (section 121.10), and... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 12, 2014 NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio: Rick Hodges’ Confirmation to Head Health Department Puts Lives at Risk Today, the Ohio Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services Committee is expected to approve the nomination of Rick Hodges to lead the Ohio Department of Health. The nomination now moves to a floor vote in the Ohio Senate. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio opposes the confirmation of Hodges, as his experience... Read more |