Press Room

Abortion is still legal in DC. Abortion is still legal in Maryland. Our doors are open.

May 3, 2022

This vote marks the first time in 30 years that the MGA has passed legislation specifically intended to protect the right to abortion access statewide.

 

March 30, 2022

This generous gift comes at a time when access to sexual and reproductive health care is under attack like never before, especially access to abortion.

March 23, 2022 • Virginia

Supporters, activists, and champions of reproductive rights from across the metropolitan DC region gathered to celebrate PPMW’s tremendous impact in the community.

Sept. 28, 2021

Available to those with an address in DC, Maryland, or Virginia up to eight weeks and six days after the start of a person’s last menstrual period. PPMW  is just the second Planned Parenthood affiliate in the nation to offer this at-home care.

Sept. 10, 2021

Planned Parenthood is fighting the Texas ban in the courts as well as other cases challenging abortion restrictions in other states.

Sept. 3, 2021

In a step forward for reproductive rights and autonomy for DC, the U.S. House passed a FY2022 spending bill without the harmful, long-standing DC Medicaid abortion ban.

July 30, 2021 • District of Columbia

Also known as the Dornan Amendment, the ban prohibits the District of Columbia from using locally-raised tax dollars to cover abortion care for people enrolled in D.C. Medicaid.

June 29, 2021

As the oldest and largest provider of reproductive health services in the region, PPMW sees firsthand how lack of D.C. statehood creates health care disparities — worsening the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, denying residents reproductive freedom, and creating real harm.

June 22, 2021 • District of Columbia