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Reproductive Rights
The Silent Anguish of Pregnant Women Who Struggle With Addiction
The criminalization of pregnancy and the lack of resources available to a vulnerable population struggling with drug addiction exacerbates the problem.
Screeching to the Choir: Anti-Abortion Terrorism and Christian Fundamentalism
Like a social thermostat, the virulence of the antiabortion movement has intensified with every victory in women's rights, its rage stoked with each instance of female empowerment and self-determination.
The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
Despite consistent public opinion to the contrary, conservatives and the religious right have patiently and relentlessly campaigned against Roe v. Wade for decades.
What If You Could Only Get an Abortion If Two Doctors Approved It?
A restriction was placed on abortions in New Brunswick that bans Canadian health insurance from paying for it unless it is done in a hospital, and with the approval …
What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Abortion
“I stayed silent about my abortion for four years. After the Supreme Court's new round of assaults on reproductive rights, I'm speaking out.”
Gulf Residents Are Already Turning to DIY Abortions
Welcome to the post-Roe world, where your options are wait in line for a legal abortion or take the procedure into your own hands.
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.
Not a Good Day to Be a Woman or a Public Employee
Let's celebrate our freedom to be serfs!
“It’s a Basic Healthcare Issue”: Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards Reacts to Birth Control Ruling
In a closely watched case, the US Supreme Court has ruled most private companies that claim religious objections can refuse to provide birth control in their employee health plans.