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The Conservative Crusade to Define Who Counts as a Person

The conservative legal movement's hate campaign against LGBTQ+ communities is also a larger and ongoing project against our democracy.

What It Means for Trans Mutual Aid Groups and Abortion Funds to Work Together

Derek P. Siegel & Josie Pinto

For well-resourced abortion funds in states where access is less restricted, there's significant potential for collaboration.

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How Republicans Are Trying to Create a False Reality on Abortion

Rachel Wells

Republicans debating over term limits is a distraction from the party's goal of enacting a federal ban despite abortion being widely popular.

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When Will Abortion Workers Get Their Hot Union Summer?

Garnet Henderson

Repro workers are exhausted; "burned out" isn't strong enough. And what are they getting in return? Union busting, layoffs, and poverty wages.

Protester holding pink sign that reads Pro Union Pro Choice. It is winter

Labor Rights Are Reproductive Rights

Crystal Grabowski

Burnout and sustainability are, ultimately, about labor rights. What could an abortion care workforce that can sustain itself look like?

Medication Abortion Could Land Back Before the Supreme Court

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Will the justices step back into the fight over medication abortion access? The Biden administration wants them to.

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Why Aren’t Disabled Stories Included in Abortion Ban Conversations?

Kelsey Rhodes

Disabled people exist beyond a long list of inequitably impacted communities, but our needs are largely being ignored in the reproductive rights space.

Texas Abortion Policy Doesn’t Stay in Texas

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The Lone Star State wants to restrict the right to travel to prevent people from getting abortion care—infringing on yet another constitutional right.

Image of a pro-abortion protest with a sign reading 'not your body, not your life, not your choice.

Introducing My Column! Which Still Needs a Final Name!

Garnet Henderson

Welcome to my column, which will be something like a cross between my reporter’s notebook and my Twitter feed. Coming to your screens every other week.