FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2024 Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation on today’s arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court: Access to safe, effective medication abortion care is essential to ensuring people can make decisions about their bodies and lives based on what’s best for their individual circumstances. This case has no basis in science and is part of a broader attempt to ban abortion nationwide. If the Supreme Court upholds the 5th Circuit’s ruling, it will create unnecessary barriers for patient ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2023 Contact: Ben Currey, naf@berlinrosen.com The nation’s leading abortion hotline tracks travel requests pre and post-Dobbs NATIONAL – Today, the National Abortion Federation, released data from their National Abortion Hotline that shows the increase in demand for travel assistance since the Dobbs decision overturned abortion protection in the country. The National Abortion Hotline is the leading multi-lingual abortion assistance hotline that has helped abortion seekers plan and fund their care, including for travel services like hotel rooms and ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2023 Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com Today, Ohio voters decisively passed Issue 1, enshrining the right to abortion and the broader spectrum of reproductive health care into the state’s constitution. Advocates worked tirelessly to put this question on the ballot and mobilize support, and today Ohioans helped deliver a monumental victory for abortion rights.  Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President & CEO of the National Abortion Federation Today, Ohioans affirmed that people have the fundamental right to make their own medical decisions abo ..read more

For Immediate Release: July 13, 2023 Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Board of Directors announced that Brittany Fonteno has been named President and CEO. Fonteno will lead the organization beginning on September 1. Fonteno joins NAF from Planned Parenthood Arizona, where she was the President & CEO. Fonteno is the seventh person to lead NAF since it was founded in 1977 and is the organization’s first Black CEO. Statement from Lorie Chaiten, JD, NAF’s Board Chair:  “We are thrilled to announce that Brittany Fonteno will be join ..read more

For Immediate Release: June 7, 2023 Contact: Claire Connolly, naf@berlinrosen.com The nation’s leading abortion hotline reported a 235% increase in plane or bus trips and a 195% increase in hotel room bookings in the year following Dobbs NATIONAL – Today, the National Abortion Federation, which operates the National Abortion Hotline—the leading multi-lingual abortion assistance hotline in the U.S.—released updated numbers about travel funded by the Hotline since the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022. Compared to the same period last year, the Hotli ..read more

For Embargoed Release: May 11, 2023 6am ET Contact: Claire Connolly, naf@berlinrosen.com The National Abortion Federation’s 2022 Violence & Disruption Report found a sharp increase in violence in protective states as clinics in ban states closed  NATIONAL—Today, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released its 2022 statistics on violence and disruption against abortion providers and clinics. The report shows increases in major incidents like arsons, burglaries, death threats, and invasions overall; a sharp increase in violence and disruption in states that ..read more

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2023 Media Contacts: press@prochoice.org; 202-918-7768 Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer at the National Abortion Federation: We are relieved that medication abortion with mifepristone remains available. But this is just a temporary reprieve; we know that the fight is far from over. Mifepristone has been proven over decades to be safe and effective, yet anti-abortion extremists will stop at nothing to ban people from accessing it, just for the sake of fulfilling a political agenda. These attempts to restrict mifepristone are not based in ..read more

For Immediate Release: April 14, 2023 Media Contacts: press@prochoice.org; 202-918-7768 Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law a six-week abortion ban—replacing the state’s 15-week ban, and further threatening access for millions of Floridians. The six-week ban will take effect only if the Florida Supreme Court rules to undermine or eliminate Florida’s constitutional right to privacy in a pending case. Statement from Melissa Fowler, National Abortion Federation’s Chief Program Officer: “This decision is not surprising, but it is devastating nonetheless. This near-to ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2023 Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com Today, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a federal Trump-appointed judge in Texas ruled in a lawsuit filed by far-right hate group the Alliance Defending Freedom, and put on hold the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. The ruling will not go into effect for seven days to give the government time to appeal. Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer at the National Abortion Federation: Today’s ruling is appalling, though not in the least bit surprising to any of us in the fight for reproductive freedom. This is a pai ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2023. Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com This morning, Democratic legislators in the U.S. House introduced the EACH Act, which guarantees insurance coverage for abortion. The EACH Act would repeal the Hyde Amendment and allow patients to use their insurance—including Medicaid—to cover abortion care. This is the first legislation introduced in this Congress that would expand reproductive rights.  Statement from Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer at the National Abortion Federation:  We applaud the members of Congress who have led the way on t ..read more