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Reproductive Rights
It’s Long Past Time for the US to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave
We must see low-income parents, caregivers and child care providers as human beings with essential needs.
Clashes Over Access to Birth Control Could Divide GOP’s Fragile House Majority
After the Supreme Court tossed “Roe,” 195 House Republicans voted against the Right to Contraception Act.
Even Abortion Ban States Push for Further Restrictions on Reproductive Health
Statehouses are preparing for next year’s legislative sessions — most for the first time since “Roe” was overturned.
Post “Roe,” Advocates Fear for the Future of Contraceptive Self-Determination
A climate of misinformation and fear has people feeling they are making their contraceptive choices under duress.
For-Profit Abortion Telemedicine Start-Ups Are Proliferating in Wake of “Roe”
As for-profit telemedicine companies replace shuttered clinics, advocates worry about who will have access to abortion.
If DeSantis Wins 2024 Primary, It’s the Trump Nightmare With a Different Name
Ron DeSantis isn't “moderate.” His anti-abortion policies are extreme.
Abortion Protected Democrats in Midterms, But Democrats Won’t Protect Abortion
Democrats have successfully positioned themselves as the defenders of abortion, but refuse to actually protect it.
Republicans Are Going After Veterans’ Access to Abortion Care
Republicans have threatened legal action if Veterans Affairs hospitals don't abide by abortion bans in their states.
Abortion Access and Funding Have Always Been a Struggle in US Territories
Access to abortion in U.S. territories isn't even a discussion within the mainstream reproductive rights movement.
Abortion and Investment Helped Democrats Turn the Tide in State Legislatures
Democrats' gains were perhaps most significant in the state legislatures where they’ve been on defense for a decade.