Abortion Archives

‘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.

‘Reversing Roe’ and the Importance of Telling Complete Stories

Renee Bracey Sherman

The film’s directors said they wanted to show how abortion "has become so politicized that it is being used as a pawn to win presidencies.” But the film left a number of important stories regarding communities of color on the cutting room floor.

Senate Republicans Back Trump’s ‘Junk’ Health-Care Plans in Floor Vote

Katelyn Burns

Health care has emerged as a key issue in this year’s midterm elections, as GOP elected officials scramble to deal with a significant shift in the popularity of Obamacare.

Inside the Mass Movement Against Brett Kavanaugh (Updated)

Katelyn Burns

“The fact is that we’re not being heard and so we have to escalate this tactic, but the result is that we are getting through."

[PHOTO: Young woman sits dejectedly on floor of a nursery, in front of a cradle holding a smiling infant.]

Stop Saying That Making Abortion Illegal Won’t Stop People From Having Them

Diana Greene Foster

Criminalizing abortion or making it less accessible means that some women carry unwanted pregnancies to term.

House Republicans Jam ‘Personhood’ Language Into New Tax Bill

Katelyn Burns

“This is how extremist views creep into the mainstream," said Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus.

Nicole Chung Captures All the Beautiful Messiness of Adoption in New Memoir

Katie Klabusich

Chung exposes the raw pieces of her heart, allowing the reader to feel all the complex emotions that came with learning the details of her origin as an adult who still yearned to hear that her birth parents—her first parents, the ones who might look like her—wanted her, even if they couldn’t keep her.