Press Releases: NIRH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 Contact: Liza Dee, [email protected] Statement from Andrea Miller, president, National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) NEW YORK – Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to expand employers’ ability to deny birth control coverage to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2020 Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, [email protected] The National Institute for Reproductive Health’s (NIRH) Annual Midyear Report Highlights State Actions to Protect and Advance Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in the First Half of 2020  NEW YORK – During the first half of 2020, many states took action to protect access to reproductive health [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 Contact: Liza Dee, [email protected] Amid devastating cuts across the board, funding for abortion care is preserved (New York, NY) -- Last year, New York City became the first city in the country to fund abortion care, dedicating $250,000 to the New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) to help people cover [...]

June 1, 2020 Contact: Kelly Novak, [email protected] Coming off of a horrifying week in which we witnessed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, we want to honor the frustration, pain, and outrage of the communities that have been harmed by police violence, overpolicing, and state-sanctioned brutality grounded in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2020 Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, [email protected] Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the single remaining abortion clinic in Missouri will continue to offer essential health care for patients across the state and region Statement from Andrea Miller, President, The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) MISSOURI - Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for [...]

Just like you, we at NIRH and the NIRH Action Fund are closely monitoring the rapidly changing public health crisis around COVID-19, and thinking proactively about how we can prevent transmission while we support our friends and loved ones. We wanted to share with you some of the ways we are adjusting to this new [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2020 Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, [email protected] Statement from Andrea Miller, president, National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and NIRH Action Fund NEW YORK – Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement today after the Virginia House of Delegates passed the Reproductive Health Protection Act, following passage [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2020 Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, [email protected] NIRH and NIRH Action Fund Invest More Than $800,000 in Advocacy and Political Activities in 25 States, Including 19 Cities and Counties New York – With the Supreme Court poised to further undermine abortion rights, and many state lawmakers moving to ban abortion altogether, the National Institute [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 4, 2020 Contact: Liza Dee ([email protected], 860-304-2294) Statement from Andrea Miller, president, National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and the NIRH Action Fund New York – In an extreme State of the Union address tonight, President Trump continued to wage war on abortion access by spreading misinformation in an effort to [...]