Reproductive Health Care Providers:
Abortion Is Essential

Read the full statement on our website.

State governments in Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, and other states are shamelessly exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to eliminate abortion access by labeling abortion as “non-essential” health care.

In response, Physicians for Reproductive Health and organizations representing reproductive health care providers, including the Abortion Care Network, the National Abortion Federation, Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America released the following statement:

“Today, we want to make it abundantly clear that abortion is not only health care; it is time-sensitive, essential health care — and must remain so during this public health crisis. 

“We, the national organizations representing the thousands of health center staff – physicians, nurses, medical assistants, doulas, and front line staff – around the country making abortion care possible, know that abortion care is essential health care. ACOG, alongside seven other medical societies, agrees that patients seeking abortion need timely access to care. Unnecessary delays should never be imposed by politicians...

“Medically unnecessary restrictions, groups of protestors, and politically-motivated mandates to block patients from necessary abortion care do not advance safety and health for anyone. This is the time for those who believe in access to comprehensive reproductive health care to come together.

The time is now." 

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