Abortion Archives

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Using Anti-Choice Law to Criminalize Pregnancy Is Nothing New

Lynn Paltrow

Six states have laws on the books making it a crime to self-induce an abortion or obtain one without the involvement of a medical professional.

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Abortion Care Is Still Legal in Georgia

Jill Heaviside, Oriaku Njoku, Abortion Care Is Still Legal in Georgia & Abortion Care Is Still Legal in Georgia

It's important that those who are pregnant and choosing abortion services both in Georgia and across the country know that abortion is still legal in every state.

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How a Pence-Era Abortion Restriction Could Undermine a Key Reproductive Rights Victory at the Supreme Court

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Anti-abortion advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in on a restriction requiring patients to obtain an ultrasound 18 hours before getting an abortion.

[Photo: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin makes a statement to the press.]

Can Kentucky Democrats End an Era of ‘Absolute Hell’ for Abortion Access?

Ally Boguhn

Support for reproductive rights varies among Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls in Kentucky, where one of the country's least popular governors is up for re-election in November.

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Family Research Council: The Extreme Anti-Choice Group Molding Trump’s Reproductive Rights Policy

Laura Huss & Kat Jercich

The Family Research Council has ingratiated itself with the administration, which could mean devastating consequences for the country's most vulnerable people.

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Women of Color Want to See Moral Leadership From Congress Against the Hyde Amendment

Marcela Howell, Sung Yeon Choimorrow & Jessica González-Rojas

Now is the time for new lawmakers to seize opportunities to take bold action by ending policies like the Hyde Amendment.

[Photo: Representative John Becker speaks during an interview.]

Someone Tell This Ohio Legislator You Can’t Move Ectopic Pregnancies Into the Uterus

Imani Gandy

Ohio Rep. John Becker has sponsored a bill that defies science.

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In Alabama, an Anti-Choice Protester Tried to Run Over an Abortion Clinic Escort

Auditi Guha

Abortion rights supporters say they are seeing ramped-up efforts from anti-choice protesters who "believe that they can operate with impunity."

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Pro-Choice Advocates Don’t Expect Louisiana’s Democratic Governor to Stop Near Total Abortion Ban

Auditi Guha & Legislative Lowlights: Texas Republicans Want Fetuses to Have Lawyers

Louisiana's senate judiciary committee amended the bill last week so that it would only take effect if a near total abortion ban in Mississippi is upheld in court.

Legislative Lowlights: Texas Republicans Want Fetuses to Have Lawyers

Brie Shea

The latest wave of anti-choice measures includes a bill backed by Alabama Republicans that would make abortion a felony offense.

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