Tag: abortion

Six Months After Dobbs Decision, Nevada Remains Safe Haven for Abortion Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 22, 2022 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 Six Months After Dobbs Decision, Nevada Remains Safe Haven for Abortion Rights LAS VEGAS, NV – Today would have marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. Less than a year after the Court overturned that decision in the […]

**VIDEO INCLUDED** Advocates Respond to Misinformation Around Abortion Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5th, 2022 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 **VIDEO INCLUDED** Advocates Respond to Misinformation Around Abortion Law **Link to Recording** NEVADA – Today, community advocates and organizations gathered virtually for a press conference responding to the misinformation around abortion laws in Nevada. The goal of anti-abortion politicians is to ban or severely […]

Supreme Court Endangers Millions in Final Dobbs Opinion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2022 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 Supreme Court Endangers Millions in Final Dobbs Opinion NEVADA – Following the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court has finally issued its official opinion this morning. The decision effectively overturns the […]

U.S. Senate Vote to Protect Abortion Access Fails Following Leaked SCOTUS Opinion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY, 11 2022 PRESS CONTACT: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 U.S. Senate Vote to Protect Abortion Access Fails Following Leaked SCOTUS Opinion NEVADA – Today the U.S. Senate voted on a modified version of the Women’s Health Protection Act, as a response to the outcry about the future of abortion rights following last […]

Battle Born Progress Statement on the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 22, 2022 CONTACTS: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 Maria-Teresa Liebermann-Parraga, [email protected], 702.235.7104 Battle Born Progress Statement on the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Abortion rights hang by a thread as the anti-abortion extremists and Supreme Court continue chipping away at Roe  LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, is the 49th anniversary of […]

Battle Born Progress Responds to Supreme Court Decision Leaving Texas Abortion Ban in Place  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2021 CONTACTS: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 Maria-Teresa Liebermann-Parraga, [email protected], 702.235.7104 Battle Born Progress Responds to Supreme Court Decision Leaving Texas Abortion Ban in Place   LAS VEGAS, NV – This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision on two legal challenges to the Texas law, S.B. 8, […]

SCOTUS Holds 50 Years of Abortion Access in the Balance in Critical Mississippi Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2021 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 SCOTUS Holds 50 Years of Abortion Access in the Balance in Critical Mississippi Case NEVADA – This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The case concerns a Mississippi law banning […]

Battle Born Progress Responds to Supreme Court Denial of Emergency Request to Block Texas Abortion Ban

The Court’s action is an example of why we must address the filibuster and work to enshrine Roe into federal law   LAS VEGAS, NV – In the cover of night, the Supreme Court of the United States denied an emergency request to block a new Texas law, S.B. 8, which outlaws abortion after 6 […]

STATEMENT on U.S. Supreme Court Deciding to Protect Abortion Access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2020 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected], 702.752.0656 STATEMENT on U.S. Supreme Court Deciding to Protect Abortion Access   LAS VEGAS, NV – This morning, on a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to strike down a Louisiana law that would have decimated abortion access in the state […]

Supreme Court Hears Case Threatening to Decimate Abortion Access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2020 Contact: Will Pregman, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo (formerly June Medical Services v. Gee). The case is a major abortion rights case challenging a clinic shutdown law in Louisana. The law requires abortion providers to […]