Since April 2023, the medication abortion drug, mifepristone, has been the center of several high-profile court cases and rulings. Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in medication abortion and miscarriage management. More than half of the abortions ...
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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 ...
The First Anniversary of Dobbs
It is the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, when the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, on June 24, 2022, catapulted abortion rights into the headlines and opened the floodgates of restrictions in 24 states across the ...
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 ...
Conversations with Doug Duin
Executive Producer Kia Guarino sat down for Conversations with Doug Duin to discuss the ongoing attacks and court rulings on Mifepristone and medication abortion. It was very clear in the Texas case, at the lower court, that they were willing to ...
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 ...
Pro-Choice Washington Hosts Reproductive Freedom Rally
For Immediate Release: January 19, 2023 Contact: Ryan@prochoicewashington.org Olympia – On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Pro-Choice Washington will host a reproductive freedom rally on the north steps of the Washington State Capitol. ...
Pro-Choice Washington Statement on Club Q
As a Queer person, parent, and activist, I am united in grief, horror, and rage with LGBTQIA+ communities and our allies over the unacceptable violence and loss of life that occurred at Club Q in Colorado Springs on November 19, 2022. At Pro-Choice ...
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 ...
Pro-Choice Washington Statement on Senator Lindsey Graham’s Proposed National Abortion Ban
On September 13, Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a national abortion ban that would prevent access to care after 15 weeks of pregnancy in all 50 states, including Washington state. This shows that the conservative lawmakers who fought to ...
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 ...
Pro-Choice Washington Statement on Idaho and Texas EMTALA Cases
State leaders across our country continue to decide that patients should die rather than receive an abortion, which is a proven and safe medical procedure. On Tuesday, August 23, a federal judge in Texas ruled that patients can be denied abortion ...