Happy Mother’s Day from the Free & Just team! We believe that everyone should have the freedom to start a family on their own terms. Today, we are extra grateful for the mothers in our lives and continue to celebrate them through all of the work that we do.

May 4-10 is World Maternal Mental Health Week. Pregnant women need and deserve mental health support both during and after pregnancy.

Read @nikkivinck.bsky.social's latest piece with @prismreports.org on the latest attack on medication abortion. "Even after Roe was overturned, anti-abortion extremists have continued their relentless crusade to further ban abortion nationwide.” prismreports.org/2026/05/04/m...

🚨“An abortion ban won’t happen all at once – mifepristone is just the next phase.” – @thehill.com l x @nikkivinck.bsky.social 🚨 In their biggest attack since the Dobbs decision, anti-abortion extremists are manipulating the courts to ban abortion nationwide. Read more ⬇️ thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Last year, 91,000+ people used telehealth to access mifepristone by mail—care that was paused after a May 1 lower court ruling following a lawsuit brought by Louisiana. Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, an OB/GYN physician's assistant, says the ruling was ideological; it had nothing to do with safety.

This morning, more than 250 Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate urged SCOTUS to defend federal law and protect access to medication abortion across the country. Health care decisions should be made between patients and providers, NOT judges and politicians.

Proud to help lead @housedemocrats.bsky.social, @energycommerce.bsky.social, @democrats-judiciary.house.gov, 212 House Dems & all 47 Senate Dems in an amicus brief to #SCOTUS urging them to reject the Fifth Circuit's decision & protect medication abortion access.

BREAKING: Senator Hawley’s bill to revoke approval of mifepristone has gained support from Republicans. A reminder to Senator Hawley and Senators who support this bill: medication abortion is not only safe and effective for decades – it’s extremely popular. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

🚨NEW data shows that Black women living in states with abortion bans are more likely to have preterm babies. Bans on care significantly worsen high maternal & infant mortality rates within the Black community — but anti-abortion extremists don't care. stateline.org/2026/03/18/a...

NEW: Last week, Sen. Hawley introduced a bill that would ban medication abortion. In response, Missouri storyteller Carrie Frail shared her story with @stltoday.com while spotlighting the attacks on care women are facing from anti-abortion extremists nationwide. www.stltoday.com/opinion/lett...

BREAKING: New data shows that residency applications decreased for programs in states where abortion is restricted across specialties and among both male and female applicants. Fewer residents mean fewer doctors and compromised care. www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbase...

Bounty hunter laws impact everyone. Anti-abortion, anti-trans extremists are endangering the lives of Americans everyday to enact their dangerous agenda — no matter the cost. rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/03/02/a...

🚨NEW: Abortion clinics are closing their doors, even in states where abortion is legal. At a time where many are forced to travel out of state due to bans and restrictions, these closures only make it harder to access care. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/18/h...

On a day celebrating America’s leaders of the past and present, let’s talk about the (second) first year of President Trump’s administration, and the damage that he has done to abortion rights and reproductive health care.

NEW DATA from @columbiamed.bsky.social: Pregnant women are dying at higher rates in states with abortion bans. This data reinforces what we have known all along: abortions bans are killing women & anti-abortion extremists don’t care. Learn more here ⬇️ obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Today marks one year since RFK Jr. was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Get up to speed on his year-long crusade against medication abortion.

RFK Jr. has a track record for pushing dangerous misinformation to ban medication abortion, EVEN IN STATES WHERE IT’S LEGAL. 🤨 Read Free & Just's latest marking 1 year of RFK Jr. & his weaponization of HHS to ban abortion care. ⬇️ www.freeandjust.us/press/rfk-jr...

ICYMI‼️ Free & Just storyteller, Amanda Zurawski, spoke with @washingtonpost.com about the role abortion will play in this year’s midterms. “Every day that these bans exist, more people are being hurt.” Read the full story here ⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🚨Pregnant and traveling for the holidays? Know your options (+ how you can prepare for potential risks!)

On Tuesday, Free & Just was joined by State Senator Sarah Eckhardt, Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Local Advocates in Austin to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Dobbs decision. Thank you to Sarah Harrison, Jessica, and Kaitlyn Kash for bravely sharing your own stories 🧡

Storytellers joined Free & Just for a press call yesterday to call out Texas lawmakers for trying to change their cruel abortion ban while quietly pushing new laws that will go even further to criminalize patients, providers, and families seeking care.

This week, @DemWomenCaucus honored Dr. Caitlin Gustafson, a family physician and obstetrician & president of the Idaho Coalition for Safe Healthcare, as we closed out Women’s History Month. We are so fortunate to have had the opportunity to bring her to DC for such an honor 🧡🩷

On Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, Free & Just honors the brilliant providers who not only offer care and a safe space to those that need it, but who also use their voices and their experiences with patients to advocate fiercely for reproductive freedom.

Last night, Trump put patients seeking life-saving emergency care in danger- and tried to hide it. While the rest of the country was watching President Trump’s joint address, Trump’s DOJ abandoned a case regarding a patient’s right to receive life-saving emergency care, including (1/2)

Leaving abortion bans ‘up to the states’ has killed women, and Trump knows it. That’s why he refuses to acknowledge the women who have died from preventable causes in states like Georgia and Texas. (1/2)

Meet Dr. DeShawn Taylor from Arizona, working to provide fully integrated and comprehensive women’s health and sexual health services, including abortion. As our final Black History Maker to be spotlighted this month, we invite you to get to know Dr. Taylor and read more from her

Meet Nancy & Bree, two women from South Louisiana who are making Black History every day. Join us in celebrating the incredibly necessary, brave, and hard work of these women by visiting their pages and following them - together, we can uplift each other in the fight for reproductive freedom!

Exactly 30 days into the Trump Presidency, PostRoeReality.com features both Trump’s Terrible Timeline, AND a map of every US state that has banned abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Visit PostRoeReality.com to stay educated and empowered all 2025 💪♥️

Meet Dana Pellebon, a powerful advocate and Black History *Maker*. Recently, Dana was featured in a viral YouTube series from @ jubilee with the opportunity to join 24 other abortion advocates as they discuss the issue with an anti-abortion proponent.

Black History is full of heroes, and we are fortunate to know some of the most powerful Black History *Makers* of our time. They use their voices to advocate for reproductive freedom in this pivotal moment in American history. Meet Shanette Williams:

Abortion storytellers like Gracie used their voices this year to fight for reproductive freedom. Link in bio to read more about her year of advocacy

Georgia officials have dismissed all members of the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women, in response to ProPublica's reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller.

Abortion storytellers aren’t backing down. Abortion bans hurt real people in devastating ways, and those people are speaking up- because lives depend on it.