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Repro Wrap: Here Comes the Fall-Out From the Supreme Court’s Reproductive Rights Rulings
It's been a massive seven days when it comes to reproductive rights in the courts.
Four Good (and Not So Good) Ways to Protest the Hobby Lobby Decision
Since the Hobby Lobby ruling came down, many who oppose the verdict have been searching for ways to express their unhappiness with it.
Supreme Court Backs Hobby Lobby – and Corporate Personhood
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government may not require certain businesses to provide their employees with health insurance that covers contraception which offends the owner's religious beliefs.
Louisiana’s New Abortion Law Is the First Step in Turning Private Physicians Back Into Illegal Abortion Providers
While clinics are being shut down throughout the country by restrictive and medically unnecessary state laws, patients may soon learn that their last hope - their own private physician …
Dangerous Combo: Violence in Pregnancy and HIV in South Africa
An estimated one in four South African women experience intimate partner violence in the 12 months leading up to childbirth.
Banning Home Births: The Next Wave of Reproductive Control?
There is a growing movement to regulate both midwives and home births.
Forty-one Years After Roe, Women’s Rights Are Still at Risk
As we mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we should acknowledge the right's battle to eliminate a woman's right to choose as well as the proactive measures coming …
41 Years After Roe v. Wade, Here Are a Few Reminders of What Abortion Is Not
Today's anniversary should serve as a reminder for anti-choice legislature: abortion is a legal right.
Repro Wrap: Your Boss May Get to Veto Your Birth Control and Other News
The Supreme Court has agreed to review complaints over the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which will allow them to decide whether private corporations have the …
As Texas Clinics Shut Down, Organizers Help Rural Women Seek Abortions
Organizers are working to provide transportation to women in rural areas of Texas, where most abortion clinics have been closed.