Roe v. Wade

More medical professionals, including nurses and midwives, would be permitted to perform certain early abortions under a new bill unveiled on Tuesday. In a press conference at the Capitol that served both to introduce the bill and to mark the 40-year...

Jan. 22, 2013 - Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill: Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed a woman's right to abortion. On this day we remember the countless women who died from unsafe...

Jan. 22, 2013 - In honor of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are proud to offer the documentary Voices of Choice: Physicians Who Provided Abortions Before Roe v. Wade, online, in full, for the first time. A 24-minute film created by PRCH in 20...

Jan. 8, 2013 - January 22, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which legalized abortion nationwide. Roe has had a dramatic impact on the health and well-being of American women; abortion is now safer and...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. January 22, 2013 - An abortion discussion among families is always tough. Unfortunately it has gotten tougher and riskier as the Christian Right, the Catholic Church, and their conservative Republican allies have made abortion a pol...

Jan. 17, 2013 - On the eve of the 40-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, UC Berkeley School of Law today announced the formal launch of its new Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ). Founded by Professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kristin Luker...

Jan. 14, 2013 - Approaching the 40th anniversary of the decision that legalized abortion, Dr. Linda Prine describes its provision as part of a continuum of care. On January 22, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Suprem...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2013 - Advocates for Youth, the Center for American Progress and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health were pleased to join a diverse group of 70 additional organizations asking President Obama to omit all restrictions o...

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ATLANTA, Dec. 24, 2012 – The Superior Court of Fulton County last Friday temporarily suspended a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The law would have criminalized virtually all abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, with only an extr...