National Abortion Federation: Milestones

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MILESTONES

1977		National Abortion Federation is founded following the first national symposium on abortion after Roe v. Wade.

1978		NAF publishes definitive medical guidelines, Standards for Quality Abortion Care.

1979		NAF opens the nation's first toll-free abortion hotline (1-800-772-9100).

1980		NAF initiates annual Risk Management Seminars.

1990		NAF convenes first national symposium on provider shortage.

1993		NAF establishes Medical Students for Choice.

1995		NAF creates the Patient Partnership, which puts a human face on public policy debates.

1996		NAF publishes the country's first Clinical Policy Guidelines setting the standards for abortion care in North America.

1997		NAF founds Midwives for Choice, Nurse Practitioners for Choice, and Physician Assistants for Choice.

1998		NAF successfully advocates for the creation of Department of Justice's National Task Force on Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers.

1999		NAF develops the authoritative textbook, A Clinician's Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion.

2000		NAF launches fully-accredited, national, continuing medical education programs on the use of mifepristone (RU-486).

2001		NAF works with the FBI to solve anthrax threat case, which results in the capture of domestic terrorist Clayton Lee Waagner.

2002		NAF launches an international medical education program to improve care women receive in developing countries.

2003		NAF completes first five-year cycle of member quality visits.

2004		NAF successfully challenges the federal abortion ban in National Abortion Federation et al. v. Ashcroft for its failure to protect a woman's health.

2005		NAF issues the second edition of its Clinical Training Curriculum in Abortion Practice, recognized as the standard for abortion training for medical students.

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