Abortion Archives

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The FDA Is Investigating Self-Managed Abortion Care Website

Anti-choice advocates, vowing to fight Aid Access, and are now considering advocating for Congress to intervene.

Iowa’s GOP Governor Suddenly Supports Expanding Access to Contraception

Ally Boguhn

Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), who has supported cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, has changed her tune on contraception in her re-election bid.

Arizona Democrats Could Finally Put a Check on GOP Power in Midterms

Nicole Knight

“I think it’s the best shot we’ve had in a couple decades,” said Chad Campbell, who led the state's Democratic minority in the house until 2014. “It’s not just one chamber, it’s both chambers in play.”

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Rae Carruth Is Free. But Patriarchy Has Us All Locked Up.

D. Danyelle Thomas

The former NFL player hired men to kill his child's mother because she refused to have an abortion. But the takeaway about murderous masculinity shouldn't be telling women to end pregnancies to stay alive.

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Gavel Drop: SCOTUS Gets Its First Abortion Rights Petition With Kavanaugh on the Bench

Brie Shea & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Weeks into the job, and Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will weigh in on whether the court should take an abortion rights case out of Indiana.

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As Concerns Around ‘Roe v. Wade’ Grow, Ben Jealous Says He’ll Safeguard Abortion Rights in Maryland

Ally Boguhn

Maryland Democrat Ben Jealous wants to cover abortion as part of his Medicare for All plan and protect the reproductive rights of incarcerated women.

There’s Now an Online Option for Self-Managed Early Abortion Care in the United States

Auditi Guha & ‘No Choice’: Pop-Up Travel Agency Brings Attention to Antiquated New York Abortion Law

Self-managed abortion is not new, but is vilified by right-wing and religious groups opposed to abortion rights as akin to the dangerous back-alley option.

Anti-Choice Activist Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Obamacare

Dennis Carter

The founder of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust admitted to conspiring to defraud Affordable Care Act programs of more than $27 million.

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Gavel Drop: The Leaf Behind Another Legal Challenge to Trump’s Immigration Policy

Brie Shea & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Possession of khat, a chewable plant stimulant that's popular in the Horn of Africa, may condemn a Somali immigrant in New Hampshire to indefinite detention. And in other news, hookworm is making a comeback—in Alabama and in court.

‘No Choice’: Pop-Up Travel Agency Brings Attention to Antiquated New York Abortion Law

Regina Mahone

Reproductive rights advocates continue the pushback against a state law banning abortion care after 24 weeks into a pregnancy.

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