Recent election cycles have demonstrated that it’s more important than ever to get involved with the political process. It’s time to demand more from our elected officials who WE pay to represent us and our communities! We strongly encourage you to learn more about how to advocate for policy change on local and national levels and you can count on Yellowhammer Fund as a resource for Alabama residents as well as our nationwide supporters who want to take action and make a difference here in our home state and at the federal level. Be on the lookout for action forms and updates from us! We’ll keep you posted!
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Policy Updates
3/8/2023
3/2/2023
A nationwide ban on Mifepristone would affect abortion access in EVERY state. Mifepristone has been FDA approved for over 20 years and it has been used by millions of Americans to successfully end their pregnancies. Now we could see a nationwide ban on Mifepristone: a Trump-appointed judge in Texas will be ruling on a lawsuit challenging the FDA approval of Mife, which would affect abortion access in ALL 50 states. Click here to learn more.
9/19/2022
Advocacy Action Alert: Take Action Against a Nationwide Abortion Ban!
Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a nationwide abortion ban in the US Senate that would ban ALL abortions past 15 weeks in the U.S.
Click here to act now and urge your US Senators to vote NO on a nationwide abortion ban!
3/21/2022
Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) update: In 2021, the US House passed WHPA but it was NOT passed by the US Senate in a recent vote on 2/28/2022.
Meanwhile, the Texas 6 week abortion ban has been in place for over 200 days and states across the country have proposed copycat bills with Idaho being the first state to have its own TX copycat ban pass through their legislature.
1/26/2022
The Texas abortion ban (SB 8) has been in effect for nearly 150 days and counting and Alabama’s legislature has introduced a copycat bill (HB 23) that’s modeled after the TX ban. The Deep South is already living in a post-Roe reality and it doesn’t matter what the courts decide until abortion is federally protected.