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Pro-Choice Washington Blog

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 ...

June 1, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington in the News

Blue states expand who can provide abortions as they brace for a flood of patients

“If we aren’t prepared for what’s going to happen … the inequities that we see when access to reproductive care is not available for everybody will be exacerbated, and that has already historically excluded communities,” Kia Guarino, executive director of ...

May 17, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington Blog

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 ...

May 16, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington in the News

The Fight for Abortion After Roe Falls

“[We’re] a lot more focused on broader health equity and justice issues, because that’s essential for a location like Washington, where we have basic abortion protections,” said Kia Guarino, the executive director of the former NARAL affiliate Pro-Choice ...

May 16, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington in the News

The Blue State Flail

“'We may be in a place of relative comfort but that isn’t the case in Washington at large,' [Kia Guarino, Pro-Choice Washington Executive Director] says; access varies across our state, and travel barriers can come in many different forms. Much hinges on ...

May 6, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington in the News

Pro-choice, pro-life providers respond to leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

"And we need to understand that everybody is impacted by this decision, not just women and not just activists, but really the whole country," - Kia Guarino, Executive Director, Pro-Choice WashingtonKing 5 News ...

May 3, 2022

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Statement

Statement from Pro-Choice Washington Executive Director Kia Guarino on Leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Draft Opinion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Kia Guarino, 206-624-1990 SEATTLE (May 2, 2022) – Pro-Choice Washington Executive Director Kia Guarino released the following statement tonight after a United States Supreme Court draft majority opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson ...

May 2, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington Blog

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 ...

April 13, 2022

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Issue Update

Sanctuary States and Progressive Policies that Protect Abortion

Recent statements from the Supreme Court have made it clear that Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned this year. With an escalating number of abortion restrictions being issued across the country, several states have also recognized their role ...

March 29, 2022

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Issue Update

The Onslaught of Abortion Bans in America: What you need to know and why 

For the first time in 50 years, half of our country could lose access to abortion care. Due to decades of carefully orchestrated state-level action by conservative groups, we are now seeing an unbelievable onslaught of abortion bans. Two states - Texas ...

March 18, 2022

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Statement

Joint statement from the State Abortion Access Network on the nomination of Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson

Cleveland, OH - The following press statement is issued jointly by the 13 organizations that make up the State Abortion Access Network — Avow, Cobalt, Pro-Choice Connecticut, Pro-Choice Maryland, Pro-Choice Minnesota, Pro-Choice Missouri, Pro-Choice North ...

March 3, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington Blog

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 ...

February 2, 2022

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We are thrilled to share the incredible accomplishments of our team this year, our first as a newly independent organization.

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