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
Newswire article Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Statement by NARAL on Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court As President Obama today fulfilled his constitutional duty to act on filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court, NARAL Pro-Choice America called on Senate Republicans to do their job and hold a hearing on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. As chief judge on the District of Columbia Circuit... Read more |
Newswire article Wednesday, March 02, 2016 NARAL Statement on SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt Today Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, released the following statement in advance of the United States Supreme Court oral arguments on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt - the most consequential case for abortion rights in this country since Roe v. Wade : “The Supreme Court, and this... Read more |
Newswire article Thursday, February 25, 2016 NARAL Statement on Gov. Sandoval as Potential Supreme Court Nominee In response to reports that Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV) is under consideration to possibly fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue issued the following statement: "We find it hard to believe that President Obama, who shares the value of reproductive... Read more |
Newswire article Thursday, February 04, 2016 Texas Study Further Reveals Damage of Excluding Planned Parenthood from Women’s Health Programs A study published on Wednesday reveals that following Planned Parenthood’s exclusion from the Texas Women’s Health Program, fewer low-income women were able to access highly effective reversible contraceptives and the number of Medicaid births increased. The study, from the Texas Policy Evaluation... Read more |
Newswire article Wednesday, January 20, 2016 New NARAL Pro-Choice America’s ''Who Decides'' Report Finds Nation On Precipice In The Fight To Protect Reproductive Rights Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America and NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation released the 25th edition of Who Decides? The Status of Women’s Reproductive Rights in the United States . In a presentation given today , NARAL Pro-Choice America revealed that while the nation once again earned a “D” and 27... Read more |
Newswire article Wednesday, September 30, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America on Fifth Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood in Two Months Statement from Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America: "Here we go again. Another day, another vote to defund Planned Parenthood. Rinse and repeat. There is only one word to describe anti-choice Republicans' attempt to end legal abortion in this country at this point: obsessed. It would... Read more |
Newswire article Friday, September 25, 2015 NARAL Pro-Choice America on Speaker Boehner's Resignation: The GOP Just Got More Extreme Said Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America: "Today's anti-choice minority in the GOP is so extreme, even a staunchly anti-choice Speaker Boehner cannot withstand the pressure of trying to prevent them from sabotaging their entire party in the eyes of voters. The fact that they would... Read more |
Newswire article Tuesday, September 15, 2015 NARAL to GOP Candidates: Keeping Digging With 7 in 10 Americans supporting abortion rights, the extreme rhetoric and actions coming from the 2016 GOP field on rolling back women’s reproductive freedom is only hurting them with general election voters. While we expect leading candidates to continue to race each other to the bottom with... Read more |
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 |
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 |