Earlier this month, the Trump administration dropped the lawsuit initially brought by the Biden administration against Idaho, which claimed that the state’s abortion ban violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) – the federal law that requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to patients who present to their emergency rooms. In Idaho, read more
Two Texans have been arrested and charged with performing abortions at a Houston-area reproductive health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban. The clinics where the arrests took place provide healthcare to a primarily Spanish-speaking, low-income community. Our statement by Lexi White, Director of State Strategies at All* Above All: … Continued
The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice is dismissing its case against Idaho’s law, withdrawing legal defense of EMTALA that was taken up under the Biden Administration. If the court order allowing emergency care goes away, lives will be in danger who need abortions in Idaho once again. This also threatens the enforcement of EMTALA when … Continued
All* State Strategies Director Lexi White testified yesterday in Colorado with our partners COLOR and COBALT in front of the State Senate Judiciary Committee in support of two bills, one to improve their shield law and the other to ensure that Coloradans receive the emergency medical care they need. Our statement by Lexi White, abortion … Continued
Anti-abortion politicians in the Senate have confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK’s confirmation is part of a broader strategy to stack the Trump/Vance administration with extremists who will implement their anti-abortion agenda and further jeopardize public health. Our statement by Nourbese Flint, abortion rights expert and … Continued
A bold roadmap to address systemic inequities and advance reproductive freedom for all. Washington, DC, January 22, 2025 – Today, on the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, All* Above All, a leading abortion justice organization, launches the groundbreaking Abortion Justice Playbook– a comprehensive guide to dismantling systemic barriers to abortion care and advancing equity … Continued
Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, released the following statement in response to the deaths of two Black women in Georgia as a result of the state abortion ban: “The news of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller’s deaths this week shook me to my very core. As a mom, a daughter, and a sister, … Continued
Today, the House introduced a spending bill that includes the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old policy rider that bans insurance coverage of abortion for people enrolled in Medicaid. The spending bill comes just days after the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which has decimated the landscape for abortion nationwide. Our president Nourbese Flint released the following statement: “It comes … Continued
Today, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the EMTALA emergency abortion care case. All* Above All, President Nourbese Flint shared this statement in response: Today the court took the politically convenient route by temporarily upholding federal protections for pregnant people five months. Let’s be clear—the bar is in hell. This case should never have been … Continued
Today, the Supreme Court ruled to dismiss the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA case brought by anti-abortion extremists in an attempt to further restrict medication abortion care. All* Above All President Nourbese Flint shared this statement in response: “Let’s be clear – today’s decision is not a win by any stretch of the imagination. This case … Continued