Abortion
We believe that women should have option to choose abortion. Today they can, thanks to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. But even though access to abortion is legal, our right to it is far from safe. Anti-choice groups attack our right to choose at every opportunity.
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The War on Women Infographic
Do you think that it's wrong for politicians to interfere in women's personal, private medical decisions? Check out our infographic and share it with your friends.
Tell Boehner: Zero Anti-Choice Votes in 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives held eight anti-choice votes in 2011- the highest number in a decade! Tell Speaker Boehner to stop the War on Women in 2012.
Featured Efforts
"Crisis Pregnancy Center" Campaign
CPCs mislead and manipulate women, especially women facing an unintended pregnancy. Learn More »
Stories
Andrea, 42
In 2002 my life was saved by an emergency abortion and surgery at a city hospital in NYC. I was uninsured and bleeding to death from an ectopic pregnancy.
Belladonna, 56
After two live births and one miscarriage, I tried to have a third child. After four sequential miscarriages, I had had enough.
The Problem
Anti-choice people want to outlaw abortion, regardless of the woman's situation. They will stop at nothing to make it harder for women to access abortion. They even target the doctors who provide abortion care.
Anti-choice people use many of the following tactics to reach their goals:
- Violent tactics that intimidate doctors and patients
- Bans on safe abortion methods that protect women's health
- Restrictions on low-income women's access to abortion and other health care
- Dangerous laws that jeopardize young women's health and safety
- "Crisis pregnancy centers" that intentionally mislead women
- "Personhood" measures that would ban abortion
- Distortions of science to instill fear
- Restrictions on women's access to RU 486
- Refusal clauses that deny women basic health services
Our Solution
We will always have to fight to keep abortion safe and legal. This means defeating attacks in Congress and in the states.
We also believe in reducing the need for abortion. This means we support improving access to birth control and teaching young people comprehensive sex education.
Finally, we always are sure to separate anti-choice myths from facts.
News & Updates
Young Women on Choice
NPR hosted an interesting discussion with three college students about what reproductive rights means for them today.
Roe is No Carnival
A Washington Post writer mocked the Roe v. Wade anniversary as a carnival. The chair of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation’s board of directors responds.
