Abortion Archives

[Photo: United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference.]

Trump Administration Announces New Expansion of Global ‘Gag Rule’

Katelyn Burns

Trump first implemented and expanded the global gag rule on day one of his administration.

[Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks stoic as he stands during an event.]

Trump Officials Attend Hungarian Conference to Promote Women Having More Babies

Katelyn Burns

The Hungarian "conference demonstrates the insidious connections between authoritarian governments, far-right nationalists, and anti-choice movements who conspire to strip women and gender diverse people of their rights."

[Photo: Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant looks on during a meeting.]

Like Their 15-Week Ban, Mississippi Republicans’ Near Total Abortion Ban Will Likely Be Blocked (Updated)

Auditi Guha & Trump Administration Fails to Roll Back Support for Landmark Women’s Rights Agreement at United Nations

Mississippi Republicans are the latest to sign a near total abortion ban into law, with court challenges to follow.

[Photo: Pro-choice protesters hold up signs during a rally.]

Anti-Choice Democrats Betrayed New Mexico When They Protected a Law Criminalizing Abortion

Marshall Martinez

A group of state senate Democrats sided with Republicans to prevent the repeal of a 50-year-old law that makes abortion a felony.

No, We Shouldn’t Be Excited About the Fall of ‘Roe’

Yamani Hernandez & Oriaku Njoku

In one article, a prominent pro-choice advocate and author offers a take that is breathtakingly insulting and obtuse, particularly for us as Black women and reproductive justice leaders living and working in the Midwest and the South, where abortion access is most threatened.

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Hulu’s ‘Shrill’ Is as Delightful as It Is Real About Fatphobia and Abortion

Kelsea McLain

The new series explores some of my identities, and I’m happy to report the show succeeded in the best possible ways.

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Georgia’s Total Abortion Ban Would Give Rights to a Fertilized Egg

Ari Bee

GOP legislation that would create a total abortion ban in Georgia includes language that would define a “natural person” to include “a member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb.”

[Photo: A woman sits during an exam at a reproductive health clinic.]

You Can’t Redefine Reproductive Health Without a Reproductive Health Provider

Dr. Jennifer Conti & Trump Administration Fails to Roll Back Support for Landmark Women’s Rights Agreement at United Nations

As a physician whose job it is to care for my patients, I won’t stop asking why this administration is so fiercely invested in controlling reproductive decisions domestically and abroad.

[Photo: Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking member Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) confer during a hearing.]

Senate Democrats Call for Hearing on Trump’s Domestic ‘Gag Rule’

Katelyn Burns

Democrats on the HELP committee join a growing chorus of congressional criticism of the "gag rule," which is set to go into effect on May 3.

[Photo: The United Nation sign in Geneva.]

Trump Administration Fails to Roll Back Support for Landmark Women’s Rights Agreement at United Nations

Katelyn Burns

U.S. officials have reportedly been quietly building an international anti-choice coalition to oppose access to abortion care and reproductive health services worldwide during this week’s United Nations proceedings.

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