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Message from Maggie: Why We Defend Buffer Zones
Over the past forty-five years, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) has documented more than one million acts of anti-abortion violence, harassment, and disruption, including 11 murders, 26 attempted murders, 42 bombings, 196 arsons, 491 incidents of assault and...
A Message from Tara: Why We Do CPC Accountability Work
It’s been a big year for our crisis pregnancy center (CPC) accountability work. As co-author of Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in Nine States and a follow-up brief outlining how CPCs are poised to function as anti-abortion...
Today is Latina Equal Pay Day
Today is equal pay day for Latinas. Last week was equal pay day for Native American women. And equal pay day for Black women was before that, in September. You may be wondering why there are so many equal pay days. The answer is that the gender wage gap only...
From WLP Attorney Sophia: Why I Talked to NYT Magazine About My Judicial Bypass Work
I recently spoke with the New York Times Magazine about my work helping young people access abortion care for a feature story published in print yesterday. Young people have always faced barriers to reproductive healthcare, especially abortion. Since losing Roe, it’s...
Today is Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day
On average, Native American women are paid only 51 cents to every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men. This wage gap includes both full-time, year-round workers and as part-time workers. Nearly three out of ten Native American women worked frontline jobs through...
