Press Releases

Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity in response to the 2024 general election results: “We may feel disoriented and heartbroken, but the reality is this is the same country it’s always been —one where white supremacy and misogyny run rampant, abortion access is not a guarantee, and … Read More

Atlanta — On Saturday, October 19, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark (HD 108), and local activists and artists came together in Atlanta to celebrate the voices of young Latine, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), … Read More

In July 2022, the state of Georgia banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and made the previously routine, and lifesaving, act of performing a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a felony in all but a few circumstances. On September 30th, 2024, Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney issued an order striking down the previous ban and … Read More

In July 2022, the state of Georgia banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and made the previously routine, and lifesaving, act of performing a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a felony in all but a few circumstances. The following month, a 28-year-old Black woman and mother, Amber Nicole Thurman, died after seeking an abortion … Read More

The country’s leading Reproductive Justice Organizations: National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), and URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity have come together to form RJ COLLAB+.  RJ COLLAB+ presents the Joy and Justice Tour, a multiracial celebration of … Read More

Washington DC – Today, URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity and WURGE: Workers of URGE have finalized a first collective bargaining agreement. The staff union won voluntary recognition in December 2020 through the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, IFPTE Local 70, and this first contract represents years of dedicated work and collective solidarity. The three-year … Read More

Leaked as a draft yesterday, and officially released today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Moyle v. United States case, allowing emergency abortion care to continue through the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), despite Idaho’s extreme abortion ban. Emergency abortions can remain in Idaho for now, yet the door is still … Read More

Washington, DC – Marking the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, leading reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations have launched the ‘Abortion Access Now’ campaign, pledging a $100 million investment to advance abortion rights and access across the United States. The funding will help build a long-term federal strategy to codify the right to abortion, … Read More

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration allowing the abortion pill, Mifepristone, to continue to be used for abortion and miscarriage care. Mifepristone is a safe and effective drug backed by over 20 years of scientific evidence and has been used by more than 5 million people. This decision … Read More