Stand With Standing Rock
Support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its fight to protect its waters and sacred places http://standingrock.org/news/call-for-support–stand-with-standing-rock/… Read More
Health Alerts for Women
Urge Congress to Protect + Support Title X Funding
Please tell your Congress Member to strengthen Title X Funds, which support Women’s Health Specialists and our family planning and sexual health programs. Click here to take action… Read More
Op-ed explores challenges, motivations for abortion providers in training
In an opinion piece for Fusion, Alice Hines discusses the experiences of an abortion provider in Kalispell,… Read More
Feticide Conviction Overturned, Work Continues to Free Purvi Patel
(Atlanta, GA) – Statement by Monica Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong on Purvi Patel’s feticide conviction being vacated: “In a week filled with anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric, women of color are celebrating today as news came out of Indiana that a Court of Appeals vacated Purvi… Read More
Liberal Mo. lawmakers to seek repeal of abortion restrictions
Three liberal Missouri lawmakers have announced… Read More
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-Choice Measures in Victory for Abortion Rights
In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court has struck down sweeping anti-choice restrictions in Texas, handing down a victory for reproductive rights in the most significant abortion case in a generation. The provisions at issue in the case required abortion clinics to meet the costly standards… Read More
California budget deal builds reserve, changes welfare rule
Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature have reached agreement on a budget for the coming fiscal year that repeals a long-criticized rule limiting welfare payments for people who have more children, as well as making an optional $2 billion deposit into the state’s… Read More
Pregnant with an IUD: The Story of My Abortion
It still isn’t clear what I should do about the tiny piece of metal inside me. It seems dangerous now. For so long it was a faithful friend, but now it’s a foreign object lodged next to embryonic cells inside of me — I can’t believe… Read More
Hormone Risk Throughout the Lifespan
Millions of women take hormones every day, and yet many don’t fully realize the risks. People often forget that the birth control pill, revolutionary, game-changing medicine, is in fact, a drug. In its early form, “the Pill” had such high hormone levels and negative side effects that women, and… Read More
BIG News from the FDA Today!
Today, the FDA announced major (and long overdue!) changes to the Mifeprex® (medication abortion pill) label. Since its approval in 2000, medication abortion has proven to be an extremely safe… Read More