Can the FDA and the DOJ—two departments typically unrelated in scope or matter— be united in a war to ban abortion?
NAF members know that abortion bans come in many forms. In some places, the threat of investigations and prosecutions is enough to stop access. In other places, requiring people to travel for an abortion blocks care altogether. In the process, anti-abortion politicians are finding ways to ban abortion without ever having to pass a formal, national abortion ban.
That’s why this year, on the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision, NAF released its policy position affirming abortion access throughout pregnancy, and committed to opposing viability and gestational limits in abortion laws. This is not only a commitment to expanding abortion access, but it’s a fight back against anti-science and policing trends in reproductive health care. Because we know in order to protect patients and providers from the whims of a Trump-Blanche DOJ, we have to eliminate legal lines that beg for enforcement.
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