Abortion

Ohio Democrats Ignored My Warning and Fell Into an Anti-Choice Trap

Mallory McMaster

Sure, Democrats stood against the Ohio GOP's total abortion ban, but they fell for an anti-choice resolution that conflates abortion care with infanticide.

We Can’t Let the Trump Administration Dismantle Women’s Rights Around the World

Anu Kumar

Let’s be clear: Blocking universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion, is an attack on democracy.

Legislative Lowlights: Total Abortion Bans Are Flying Through State Legislatures

Brie Shea

Republicans' total abortion bans, supported by anti-choice Democratic lawmakers, keep running into legal roadblocks.

Tennessee City Officials Are Using Zoning Rules to Erode Access to Abortion

Rachel Wells

Anti-choice commissioners in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, have vowed to use zoning alterations to stop a new clinic from offering surgical abortions.

Abortion Care Is About to Get Much More Accessible in Maine (Updated)

Auditi Guha

Maine Democrats are pushing legislation to allow qualified advanced practice clinicians such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide abortions.

Dear Alyssa Milano: Will You Be My Co-Conspirator?

Imani Gandy

Firing off some tweets, circulating petitions, giving speeches, and raising awareness about various issues is a perfectly admirable and safe endeavor. But if you really want to help LGBTQ people, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and everyone who lives in the intersections of those identities, we need you to do more.

Texas Republican Could Expose Abortion Providers to ‘Even Worse’ Harassment

Dennis Carter

Texas Republicans' vast regulatory scheme for abortion providers stands in stark contrast to the almost total lack of oversight for anti-choice pregnancy clinics.

Fifth Circuit Tries to Force Supreme Court to Take on Abortion Rights Next Term

Jessica Mason Pieklo

In a one-page order issued Wednesday, the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upped the ante in the fight over abortion rights in the courts.

For Years, an Anti-Choice Restriction in Texas Devastated Access to Early Abortion Care

Laura Huss

New research about the effects of HB 2 suggests that regulations targeting medication abortion can and will result in people unable to access the care they need.

Georgia Democrats Respond to GOP’s Total Abortion Ban With ‘Testicular Bill of Rights’

Ari Bee

Georgia Democratic Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to change the discourse around Republicans' total abortion ban with legislation that would strictly regulate men's reproductive health care.