NARAL Pro-Choice America recently changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All. Our name may be new, but our mission of protecting and expanding reproductive freedom remains the same.

Content note: This email will touch on stories of people who died as a result of abortion bans. If you need to avoid reading about these experiences today, please take care of yourself and skip this email.

John, Tuesday marks three years since the conservative justices on the Supreme Court ended our federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade.

In that time, we've witnessed so much suffering. Abortion bans do not make us safer—abortion bans kill people. They harm our families and communities.

We cannot ignore the reality that many people were already living in states with severe abortion restrictions before 2022. But losing Roe has further worsened the crisis—triggering more state abortion bans to go into effect and resulting in new barriers, burdens, and denials of care.

Since Roe fell in 2022:

• More than 14,000 people traveled out of state for abortion care in 2023.


• Infant deaths in 14 states with abortion bans were 5.6% higher than they would have been had the bans not been enacted.


• Maternal mortality rates, already 3 to 4 times higher for Black women than white women, have been exacerbated by the current crisis.


• Over 100 women have been denied emergency abortion care (that we know of). Just this month, Trump rescinded guidance that affirmed federal law protects emergency abortion care.

We have heard devastating stories of women who have died because they were denied or delayed critical abortion or miscarriage care.

Josseli Barnica experienced a miscarriage, but was denied care for 40 hours due to Texas' extreme abortion ban. After finally being treated and discharged from the hospital, she developed sepsis and died three days later.

After being told having another baby would kill her, Candi Miller was afraid to visit a doctor for her pregnancy because of Georgia's abortion ban. Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable.

Porsha Ngumezi died after a miscarriage at 11 weeks when Texas's abortion ban deterred doctors from providing the lifesaving procedure she needed. Despite her critical condition and a known blood-clotting disorder, she was given less effective treatment for her symptoms.

For signs of a miscarriage and sepsis, Nevaeh Crain sought emergency care three times over 20 hours before finally being admitted to the hospital, at which point her care had been delayed so long that doctors were unable to save her.

Amber Thurman was forced to travel out of state for an abortion. Once she returned home to Georgia, she experienced rare and severe complications and sought medical care. But due to Georgia's abortion ban, doctors delayed care—resulting in her death.

These are the names and stories we've heard about, but there are so many more stories of harm that haven't reached national attention or never will. After stories rose to national attention, anti-abortion extremists in states like Georgia dismantled the accountability measures that led to these stories being publicized in the first place.

Please take a moment to share these stories with your community to uplift the harsh reality of abortion bans.

Make their stories known. Share with others about the toll of abortion bans. Help to keep it from happening to more people.

Thank you,
Reproductive Freedom for All