Abortion Archives

Republican Voters Just Handed the U.S. Senate More Control Over the Future of ‘Roe’

David S. Cohen

A judicial storm is brewing.

[Photo: Anti-choice protesters stand with the word

In Alabama, Fertilized Eggs Are Now People

Imani Gandy

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Alabama is poised to criminalize abortion across the board—including in cases of rape, incest, or when the health of the pregnant person is at risk.

[Photo: The dome of the Denver Capital building with flags flying to the left of it.]

Republicans Lost Their State-Level Death Grip Last Night

Dennis Carter, Auditi Guha & Jason Salzman

Democrats on Tuesday seized government trifectas in six states, while breaking Republican supermajorities in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan.

[PHOTO: A line of people facing away from the camera bend over white voting booths as they fill out ballots.]

Gavel Drop: Before Election Day, a Flurry of Action on Voting Lawsuits

Brie Shea

Some Native American voters in North Dakota are likely to be disenfranchised at the ballot box tomorrow.

[Photo: A female patient sits on a bed talking to a doctor.]

Oregon’s Anti-Choice Ballot Measure Is Dangerous and Discriminatory

Kim Clark

Oregon's Measure 106 is on the wrong side of history, and must not be allowed to pass. Not in Oregon. Not now. Not ever.

[Photo: People standing in line in front of a polling location.]

Midterms 2018: Abortion on the Ballot in These States

Lauren Holter & Iowa’s GOP Governor Suddenly Supports Expanding Access to Contraception

Voters in Alabama, Oregon, and West Virginia will weigh in on abortion-related ballot measures this year.

[PHOTO: A human-like being with fangs, a bloody mouth, and a head with wisps of white hair.]

Five Times ‘American Horror Story’ Was Spot on—or Way off—With Reproductive Horrors

Brandi Collins-Calhoun

Forced commitment to a mental health hospital, rape, denial of abortion, a coat-hanger abortion, a pastor who holds a woman hostage and lets her bleed to death as punishment for an abortion: The FX show has it all.

[PHOTO: Hand belonging to a man in robe pounds a wooden gavel.]

Gavel Drop: Evangelical Group Hints That It May Target Iowa Judges

Brie Shea & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Because they have "notorious opinions" that support things like abortion rights.

[Photo: U.S. Food and Drug Administration website tab.]

The FDA Is Investigating Self-Managed Abortion Care Website

Erica Martinson

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.

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