Truthout
Reproductive Rights
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/SEG1-1-400x300.jpg)
Alabama Passes Near Total Ban on Abortion
The bill's only exception is grave risk to the mother's life -- not cases of rape and incest.
![Pro-choice activists, politicians and others associated with Planned Parenthood gather for a news conference and demonstration at City Hall against the Trump administrations title X rule change on February 25, 2019, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0511-Prochoice-400x300.jpg)
Women of Color Call on Congress to End Ban on Federal Abortion Funding
Now is the time for new lawmakers to seize opportunities to take bold action by ending policies like the Hyde Amendment.
![A woman's face is obscured by a white bonnet as she wears a red robe](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-1026662202-400x300.jpg)
Amid GOP Hypocrisy, Alabama Advances US’s Strictest Abortion Bill
Anti-choice activists hope to see this bill land in front of the Supreme Court.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/guest-cecile-400x300.jpg)
Georgia’s New “Fetal Heartbeat” Bill Criminalizes Women Who Seek Abortions
On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans.
![The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0507-north-carolina-400x300.jpg)
North Carolina Seeks to Quadruple Taxpayer Funding for Anti-Choice Clinic Group
Pro-choice advocates have called on North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to investigate anti-choice clinics.
![A woman carrying a pro-choice sign speaks into a bullhorn while walking in front of pro-lifers](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0430-pro-lifers-400x300.jpg)
Doctors Want to Test “Abortion Reversal” — and Anti-Choicers Aren’t Happy
No matter what the study reveals, abortion opponents will keep claiming the procedure is reversible.
![Reproductive rights defenders in Ohio are fighting at the city level to protect access to abortion.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1072290294-400x300.jpg)
Is It Time to Take the Abortion Battle Hyperlocal?
Reproductive rights defenders in Ohio are fighting at the city level to protect access to abortion.
![The 6-1 ruling would protect the rights of women in the state of Kansas in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1133538553-400x300.jpg)
Kansas Supreme Court Guarantees Right to Abortion
The 6-1 ruling would protect the rights of women in the state of Kansas in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/SEG2-Wen-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Anti-Choice Agenda Is Killing Thousands in the US and Globally
A second federal judge has blocked a gag rule that would have stripped federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
![From New York to California, abortion clinics have recorded a surge in anti-choice protests this year.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0423-rhode-island-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Choice Protests Explode as State Lawmakers Protect Abortion Rights
The pushback against efforts to safeguard abortion rights has ramped up in 2019.