NARAL Pro-Choice America history

Only one year after NARAL's formation, the New York state legislature voted to legalize abortion, and the new law went into effect on July 1, 1970.

To reflect the Court's repeal of restrictive laws, NARAL became the National Abortion Rights Action League in late 1973.

NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation was established in 1977 to provide a policy and educational component to the work of our sister organization, NARAL Pro-Choice America.

After the 1980 elections resulted in an anti-choice president and the loss of pro-choice senators, NARAL increases its grassroots organizing and targeting in an effort to block anti-choice legislation and the ratification of a so-called "human rights constitutional amendment."

In 1991 the NARAL Foundation unveiled a new campaign to take some of the focus off abortion and emphasize the necessity of keeping available a full range of reproductive health services.

Reproductive Health Services) and 1992 (Planned Parenthood v.

NARAL helps organize the Women’s Rights rally on October 7, 1995 in New York City to protest the arrival of anti-choice Pope John Paul II.

The organization once again changed its name in 2003, becoming NARAL Pro-Choice America.

In 2007 the Court also upheld a federal ban on a rarely used abortion method known as intact dilation and evacuation.

Nancy Keenan, formerly the Montana Superintendent of Schools, became President of NARAL, and served until February 2013.

In November 2021, NARAL announced the hire of their current president, Mini Timmaraju, who is the first woman of color to lead the organization.