Press Releases

January 29, 2025 | Press Releases

For immediate release: Donald Trump reimposed the devastating Global Gag Rule last Friday, following a televised address to anti-choice campaigners at a march in Washington, DC. The Global Gag Rule prevents foreign organizations from receiving US aid if they provide abortion services, referrals, or counseling, or if they advocate for…...

January 27, 2025 | Press Releases

We are disgusted by the decision by the Trump administration to commit the United States to a global agreement to undercut global reproductive freedom and autonomy. The so-called “Geneva Consensus Declaration” is an agreement among some of the most oppressive governments in the world with disgraceful human rights records. It’s…...

January 17, 2025 | Press Releases

For immediate release: Population Connection Action Fund is one of more than 100 organizations around the world that have added their name to a statement1 opposing the expected reinstatement of the devastating Mexico City Policy, aka Global Gag Rule, within days of the new administration taking office. The Global Gag Rule…...

November 6, 2024 | Press Releases

Make no mistake, the election results are a huge setback for women’s reproductive health and for efforts to address overpopulation. In the immediate aftermath of any victory or defeat, it’s all too easy to fall prey to exuberance or despair. Elections are snapshots. In this instance, they reflect the dismaying…...

July 22, 2024 | Press Releases

For immediate release: Vice President Harris has a long record of defending and expanding reproductive health and rights for everyone. She’s been the voice and face of the Biden-Harris administration on these issues since the Dobbs decision. In the Senate, she supported efforts to end the Global Gag Rule and…...

June 26, 2024 | Press Releases

The decision leaked today, if accurate, is a cynical delay designed more to protect the political prospects of MAGA Republicans than the health of pregnant people needing emergency care. The Supreme Court had the chance — indeed the duty — to make clear that EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and…...

April 9, 2024 | Press Releases

The decision by Arizona’s Supreme Court to uphold a 19th century abortion ban in the state is horrifying and infuriating. There’s one person to whom most of the blame belongs: disgraced former president Donald Trump. We are hopeful that the people of Arizona will enshrine reproductive freedom in the state…...

January 9, 2024 | Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We are grateful for the action taken today by the Biden-Harris administration to repeal the Trump-era Refusal of Care Rule. The old Trump rule, which was blocked by courts across the country, would have allowed health care workers to deny care to people who needed it under…...

October 25, 2023 | Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Johnson has no business being in Congress, let alone being the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a leader of the failed effort to overturn the 2020 election and keep the loser in power. He is a rabid opponent of reproductive freedom and…...

September 15, 2022 | Press Releases

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and 25 other Republicans in the U.S. House introduced a bill yesterday to give legal protection to pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions to which they have a personal objection. It is of course designed to deny service to women seeking contraceptives, medication abortion, and other…...