January 16, 2023
URGE Launches Multimedia “Abortion Bans are Racist” Campaign on MLK Day
(Atlanta, GA) – Today, a day when we reflect on the dangerous legacy of white supremacy in the United States, URGE: Unite for Repr… Read more »
January 4, 2023
STATEMENT FROM URGE ON THE F.D.A. EXPANDING ACCESS TO ABORTION PILLS TO BE OFFERED AT RETAIL PHARMACIES
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that retail pharmacies can offer abortion pills with a prescription from a c… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Introducing Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom, a Cohort to Secure Explicit Abortion Access in the State Constitution
OHIO – Today the coalition, Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom, issued a press statement to introduce a ballot exploration committee… Read more »
December 8, 2022
STATEMENT FROM URGE ON THE PASSING OF THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT
Tonight, Congress has passed the Respect for Marriage Act, protecting same-sex and interracial marriages. This historic bill will… Read more »
November 9, 2022
STATEMENT FROM URGE ON THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
As ballots get counted across the country, and with abortion rights hanging in the balance in several key states, a clear message… Read more »
October 6, 2022
URGE Condemns Court Ruling on DACA
(Washington, D.C.) On Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in the case Texas v. Unite… Read more »
September 12, 2022
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY INEZ MCGUIRE MEETS WITH VP HARRIS, CIVIL RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & JUSTICE LEADERS AT WHITE HOUSE
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, September 12, 2022, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity Executive Director Kimberly Ine… Read more »
August 3, 2022
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity Applauds Defeat of Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment
(Wichita, KS) – On Tuesday, Kansas voters decisively rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have stripped away… Read more »
July 15, 2022
U.S. HOUSE PASSES WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT AND THE ENSURING ACCESS TO ABORTION ACT OF 2022 IN RESPONSE TO SCOTUS OVERTURNING ROE
Today, the United States House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) and the Ensuring Access to Abort… Read more »
