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One year ago. Sandra Castro was working as a patient advocate at our Whole Woman’s Health clinic in South Bend, Indiana. In June of this year, extreme, anti-abortion politicians forced us to close that clinic. Below, Sandra reflects on a day in the life of our small, but mighty Indiana clinic and the legacy we … Read more

The fabric of human rights and access to abortion has collapsed in our country since our last newsletter. On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released their decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case. The fallout has been swift as some states work quickly to pass abortion bans while others move to … Read more

Nearly one month ago, the Supreme Court put our abortion rights in the hands of state lawmakers. Today, Indiana’s Senate leaders announced their plans to introduce a total abortion ban during special session next week. The ban would give exceptions to rape, incest, and the life of pregnant person, giving the state the power to … Read more

Did you see the recent data released by the Guttmacher Institute? It shows that for the first time in 30 years, there was an overall increase in abortions nationwide. This new data reveals that about 1 and 5 pregnancies ended in abortion in 2020 and after a three-decade decline, abortion procedures saw an 8% spike … Read more

The news on abortion rights and access has been nothing short of heartbreaking. If you’ve been aching for a win, we couldn’t be more excited to share this news: there was a huge victory for abortion rights in Minnesota yesterday! In Doe v. Minnesota, a District Court has permanently blocked numerous abortion restrictions and reaffirmed … Read more

Late last night, the Texas Supreme Court ruled to let the state’s abortion ban that’s been on the books for nearly a century take effect once more. After just 3 days of reprieve, abortion is again banned entirely throughout Texas. The Texas Supreme Court has failed to protect the health and safety of Texas families … Read more

7 states in 7 days – that’s how many U.S. states have banned abortion entirely since the Supreme Court ushered in a post-Roe world. That’s over 13 million Americans who no longer have the legal right to abortion in their home state. Nineteen other states are expected to ban abortion in the fallout of this … Read more

On the same day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released its latest report on the state of violence and harassment aimed at abortion clinics. NAF found significant increases in violence and disruptions last year — and we know that it will only get worse. The Supreme Court’s ruling and state bans will further … Read more

We told you we were going to keep fighting like hell to keep offering abortion care to everyone we possibly can. Yesterday, we took Texas to court to stop the state from enforcing its pre-Roe anti-abortion law that had forced us to close the four Texas clinics managed by Whole Woman’s Health. Today, a federal … Read more

The Supreme Court’s heinous ruling on Friday has gripped Americans with fear, and Texas is ground zero. Within hours of the decision, the Texas Attorney General put out an advisory stating that “abortion providers could be criminally liable for providing abortions starting today” based on the state’s “abortion prohibitions predating Roe.” Because of that pre-Roe … Read more