KYRFF IN THE MEDIA: recent press
The Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund will continue to speak out for Kentuckian’s right to make their own personal and private decisions about family planning.
We provide a platform to amplify for health care providers and advocates voices when it comes to reproductive freedom and the devastating impact of abortion bans.
Our founders, Dr. Ernest Marshall and Ona Marshall continue to speak out in the media against any attack on the right to choose.
2024 Media Campaign against Kentucky’s abortion restrictions.
In 2024, we launched a statewide media campaign to shine a light on the state’s lack of abortion care. Our campaign included a variety of digital ads, billboards in rural areas and mobile billboard trucks in major metropolitan regions, press conferences, and a variety of earned media appearances.
Below you can find a few clippings covering our efforts:
Abortion access advocacy group gathers in Bowling Green on Kentucky tour, via WBKO
Kentuckians Sound the Alarm: Abortion Bans Are Driving Doctors Out of State, via Ms. Magazine
Campaign Launched Against Kentucky’s Abortion Restrictions, via WMYT
Single Payer Radio | Women's Reproductive Rights in Kentucky, via WFMP
A Day at the Capitol
The Kentucky Physicians for Reproductive Freedom, a group convened by the Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund, had a successful day at the Capitol at the end of February. 2024. Physicians and allied health professionals held a press conference calling on lawmakers to repeal the abortion bans in Kentucky. We revealed a letter signed by over over 280 healthcare providers. You can sign the letter here.
Here are a few local press clips from the Day at the Capitol:
Citing Devastating Impacts on Patients, Kentucky Doctors Unite Against State Abortion Bans via Ms. Magazine
Physicians bring message to Frankfort: Abortion bans forcing us to violate our oath to do no harm via The Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky doctors' group launches public letter urging GOP-run Legislature to end abortion bans via Louisville Public Media
Viral Tweet Thread from Herald Leader reporter, Alex Acquisto