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HHS says it’s out of coronavirus funding
Abortion rights advocates have been pushing a repeal on the restriction. But they also point to two, albeit smaller, victories in the past year: President Biden’s budget omitted Hyde Amendment language. And House Democrats passed their own long-term funding…
‘We deserve better’: Why some advocates are disappointed Biden’s State of the Union speech didn’t mention the word ‘abortion’
Biden has used the word “abortion” a handful of times in writing during his presidency, including in a recent proclamation marking Women’s History Month and statements about the Texas law. Morgan Hopkins, the interim executive director of campaigns and strategies…
Joe Biden: Abortion Rights ‘Under Attack As Never Before’ (Yahoo)
The president’s hesitancy to discuss abortion care is disappointing to many lawmakers and advocates who support abortion rights. “We commend President Biden for alluding to the abortion care crisis we’re in, but it’s not enough,” Morgan Hopkins,…
Joe Biden: Abortion Rights ‘Under Attack As Never Before’
“We commend President Biden for alluding to the abortion care crisis we’re in, but it’s not enough,” Morgan Hopkins, interim executive director of campaigns and strategies at All* Above All, a reproductive justice organization, told HuffPost…
We have a new FDA Commissioner—here’s what reproductive rights advocates are hoping for
“After reviewing decades of research showing medication abortion is safe and effective, the FDA recently took a significant step to permanently lift some of its unnecessary restrictions so that more people, especially people of color…
Senate Republicans block abortion bill as Democrats harden stance on the issue
“Our movement has made it politically not feasible to not support abortion access anymore,” said Morgan Hopkins, director of political strategies at the abortion rights group All Above All, pointing to Casey and Cuellar.
