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Reproductive Rights
RNC Passes Resolution Urging GOP to Make Abortion Bans a Top Priority for 2024
The party is doubling down on its anti-abortion stance despite the vast unpopularity of abortion bans.
Minnesota Becomes First State to Pass Abortion Protections Bill After “Dobbs”
The bill protects pregnant people's right "to continue the pregnancy and give birth, or obtain an abortion."
Ron DeSantis’s Attack on Black Studies Is Textbook Proto-Fascism
Florida’s unapologetically racist governor, Ron DeSantis, has effectively declared war on the Black freedom movement.
Virginia Democrats Defeat Glenn Youngkin’s 15-Week Abortion Ban
The defeat of three anti-abortion bills came just weeks after Democrats won a critical state Senate race.
House GOP Is Passing Bills Based on Outright Lies About “Pro-Choice Violence”
Meanwhile, clinics are getting firebombed and assaults against abortion providers increased by 720 percent since 2018.
South Dakota Threatens Felony Charges for Pharmacists Prescribing Abortion Pills
All six states that share a border with South Dakota also restrict abortion access in varying degrees.
Activists Call for Mass Rallies on Sunday to Protest Abortion Bans
Nancy Davis, a survivor of Louisiana’s abortion ban, will be leading the march in Baton Rouge.
We Need to Build an Abortion Rights Movement That Demands More Than “Roe”
Abortion access can’t be left in the hands of the Democratic Party. We must wage this struggle in the streets too.
We Need Art That Helps Us Imagine the World We Want to Win Post-“Roe”
Art takes us into possible futures where we have the right to determine our sexual and reproductive lives with dignity.
States With Abortion Bans Are Also “Economically Disempowering” People: Report
States with abortion restrictions tend to have lower minimum wages, unionization levels and rates of Medicaid expansion.