In The News
PLI’s Aimee Arrambide in Newsweek
Posted on February 19, 2017
Texas Legislators Double Down, Break Glass Table, in Next Big Abortion Fight By Lucy Wescott Eight months after the Supreme Court struck down abortion restrictions in Texas, state legislators appear to be doubling down...
Gloria Totten Op-Ed in Rewire
Posted on February 8, 2017
Abortion Rights Advocates Working to Turn the Tide in States and Localities Rewire, Feb 8, 2017, 6:35pm Gloria Totten A good offense really is the best defense. Many of us have been fixed to...
News in Teen Vogue
Posted on January 25, 2017
Bills to Be Introduced in 18 States Protecting Reproductive Rights “We’re not going to stay on the defense and we’re not going to let the federal government drive abortion strategy in our state.” Jennifer...
News story in The Atlantic
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How Activists Are Protecting Reproductive Rights Under Trump Taking a page from the anti-abortion lobby, pro-choice groups are pushing proactive legislation at the state level. The Atlantic, January 25, 2017 In deep-red Kentucky, a...
Op-Ed on Ohio Heartbeat Bill
Posted on December 13, 2016
Ohio’s heartbeat bill is unconscionable and unconstitutional by Gloria Totten, published in The Hill Unfortunately for women, Trump’s vision for America is already alive and well in the Buckeye State. Emboldened by the election,...
News Story in The Hill
Posted on November 30, 2016
Abortion foes plot wave of legislation in the states Opponents of abortion rights are planning to push a raft of new rules and restrictions after their allies scored big wins in state legislative chambers...
Reuters News Story
Posted on October 31, 2016
Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, marking a turning point for abortion in the United States, data reviewed...
Column in The Hill
Posted on October 13, 2016
Americans overwhelmingly support abortion rights by Gloria Totten, President, Public Leadership Institute Political candidates, consultants and the media generally misunderstand the politics of abortion rights. They tend to believe either that most voters oppose...
Op-Ed in the Austin American-Stateman
Posted on July 11, 2016
Texas can’t get enough of harassing women over abortion by PLI President Gloria Totten and Program Manager Aimee Arrambide After last month’s milestone decision by the Supreme Court to strike down anti-abortion laws in...
Op-Ed in The Hill
Posted on July 2, 2016
Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution by Aimee Z. Arrambide, JD, PLI Program Manager & Reproductive Rights Policy Specialist My father was an obstetrician-gynecologist in Texas. Shortly after Roe v. Wade, until he passed away...