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Abortion
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Upend “Roe v. Wade”
A lower court's ruling in 2019 found that Mississippi's abortion restrictions were incongruent with federal precedent.
Critics Decry Unconstitutional Abortion Ban in Lubbock, Texas
“We will continue to advocate for our patients, no matter what,” a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood said.
Anti-Reproductive Rights Doctors Are Promoting a Treatment to “Reverse” Abortion
Health experts are calling for regulators to protect women from harmful methods supported by Christian right activists.
“Pro-Life” Texas Lawmaker Introduces Bill Imposing Death Penalty for Abortion
Republican lawmakers in 14 states across the U.S. have recently proposed legislation that would ban abortion outright.
Arkansas Lawmakers Pass Near-Total Abortion Ban in Bid to Force SCOTUS Review
The legislation in Arkansas is part of a broader trend of increasingly extreme bills restricting abortion access.
Democracy Is More Than the Vote. It’s Also Our Health and Reproductive Rights.
Many of the tactics used to undermine voting rights are also being leveraged against reproductive justice.
Anti-Choice Forces Use Pandemic as Pretext to Slash Abortion Access
States have tried to use COVID to ban abortion as a nonessential service.
Impeachment Won’t Stop Threat Trump’s Allies Pose to Global Reproductive Rights
The ultra-conservative networks that supported Trump are playing long games with global ambitions.
The Capitol Insurrection Was Fed by the Anti-Abortion Movement
The escalation from rhetoric to violence was all too familiar for reproductive justice advocates.
Why Supporting Families Who Have Abortions Later in Pregnancy Is My Life’s Work
The most comforting thing I can do is sit with my patients as they grieve, pray or cry.