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Reproductive Rights
Public Opinion Is Shifting in Favor of Abortion Rights. Will It Affect Policy?
Backlash to 15-week ban suggests people are becoming less tolerant of laws prohibiting second-trimester abortions.
GOP’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Midterm Tactic — But Not in the Way You Think
The proposed ban is a cynical gambit to enable GOP lawmakers to feign distance and appear more “moderate” than they are.
Here’s How We Stop the Republicans’ National Abortion Ban
We must harness our outrage in this moment to build a mass movement to protect and expand abortion access nationwide.
Lindsey Graham and Other GOP Senators Have Introduced a Nationwide Abortion Ban
The legislation, which is not expected to pass, would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks.
Michigan Supreme Court Puts Abortion Rights Initiative on the Ballot
The ruling overrides GOP election officials' decision to block the measure.
Michigan Judge Blocks State’s 1931 Anti-Abortion Law
The judge said the law is unconstitutional because it denies people their "right to bodily integrity and autonomy."
Ocasio-Cortez Says Men Must Speak Up in Fight for Abortion Rights
Men’s “vulnerability” on the issue “gives us the greatest hope of shifting things the fastest, soonest,” she said.
GOP Election Officials Block Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative in Michigan
Two officials' votes threaten a proposal that garnered a record-shattering 753,759 signatures from residents this year.
Idaho Abortion Ban Gives More Rights to Rapist’s Family Than the Pregnant Victim
A state law allows the family of a rapist to sue anyone who participated in aborting a fetus generated by the rape.
“Roe” Overturn Has Driven Spike in Young People “Very” Motivated to Vote
Forty-seven percent of young people in battleground states are now very motivated to vote, up from 38 percent in March.