It is not easy to sum up a job that has been one of the most challenging and most rewarding adventures of my career. Let’s start with this: On my first official day on the job as the executive director of a reproductive rights organization, Justice Amy ...
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Our Bold New Vision
In this vital moment for reproductive and human rights in America, Pro-Choice Washington is proud to announce our first ever five-year strategic plan. It's a bold vision for reproductive rights – one where all women, girls, trans, and ...
I had a medication abortion
SAMI ALLOY, Deputy Director In 2018, I had an early miscarriage of a wanted pregnancy after trying for years to conceive. Like the majority of US miscarriage and early abortion patients, I used the medication abortion protocol of mifepristone ...
50 Years of Roe: How We Got Here and Where We Go From Here
KIA GUARINO, Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington Today marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It’s easy to imagine what kind of celebrations today would have brought, if not for the past two years. And yet it’s ...
Make DMs Safe: Why abortion rights activists are taking on Big Tech
KIA GUARINO, Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington Today is Global Encryption Day, which brings to mind something that happened several months ago and a few issues we need to address around digital privacy. This past July, a Nebraskan woman and ...
Five Truths about Abortion Access in Washington State, from My Perspective as a Physician
By guest author: Anuj Khattar, MD, family medicine provider and Pro-Choice Washington Board member With the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the very real possibility that the right to bodily autonomy will be taken away from more ...
Five Myths about Abortion and Why We Need to Debunk Them
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last week, our understanding of the issues around abortion and reproductive freedom, and how we talk about them, is incredibly important. There are many misconceptions about abortion – ...
How We Talk About Abortion Matters – for Abortion Rights, Social Justice, and so Much More
I joined Pro-Choice Washington this February, just 11 weeks before the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson laid bare what many of us have long suspected: our fundamental rights to bodily autonomy are in peril, and we need to shift the culture ...
Pro-Choice Washington Executive Director Kia Guarino: Bans Off Our Bodies Rally Speech
May 14, 2022 - Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA "Hello and welcome. My heart is full looking out at all of you here. We have been out here for decades, and we could see this train coming for miles and miles. And today, at this ...
What does this have to do with abortion? Intersectionality and reproductive freedom
Trigger Warning: discusses infertility and police violence Reproductive Freedom in Washington Today We have been active as an abortion rights advocacy organization in Washington since 1975. In 1991, following decades of activism, we helped ...
Two ways COVID-19 improved abortion access. What does this mean going forward?
As we enter 2022, I am mentally and emotionally preparing myself for a future without federal abortion rights. The Supreme Court will likely decide on Mississippi’s abortion ban in June, with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. If SCOTUS upholds ...
Your Vote Matters: Local Elections and this Pivotal Moment in WA Reproductive Rights
Have you ever thought: Does my vote really count? Who cares about a School Board position? What does a City Council member even do? This month’s election results should make it clear that your vote matters and local ...
