Abortion Archives

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Some States Ignore Black Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates. Not New Jersey.

Auditi Guha

“We have failed to reach communities of color with services that we know have worked for a broader population, especially for Caucasians, especially for people of higher income."

Tennessee Democrat Hoping to Flip U.S. House Seat Opposes Reproductive Rights (Updated)

Ally Boguhn

Dawn Barlow offered more specifics about her views on abortion, including her support for the discriminatory Hyde Amendment, in a statement to Rewire.News.

[Photo: A pregnant Black women sits with his child on her lap as she participates in a pregnancy class]

How This DC Birth Center Is Building the ‘Answer for Black Women’

Miriam Zoila Pérez

D.C.'s Family Health and Birth Center is showing what it might take to improve the health and wellness of Black women and children.

Utah Democrat’s Abortion Stance Sparks Questions Ahead of Midterms

Nicole Knight

Ben McAdams' voting record as a state senator showed he opposed at least seven bills intended to restrict access to abortion care, including legislation in 2012 imposing a 72-hour waiting period, according to a Salt Lake Tribune tally.

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‘I Didn’t Tell a Soul’: Illegal Abortion Then and Now

Lauren Holter

Jo Baxter had an illegal abortion in 1965. Now she fears the country is reverting back to a time when women couldn’t legally end a pregnancy.

[Photo: An anti-choice activist waits outside of a clinic while reading a bible. The sign behind the activist is

Gavel Drop: Six Years of Clinic Protests Is Not Harassment, Says Federal Judge

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

And in other news, convicted rapist Brock Turner thinks his appeal should be overturned because he never wanted intercourse with an unconscious woman. He wanted "outercourse."

[Photo: A group of people rally outside in support of transgender rights]

Christian Law Firm Asks Supreme Court to Allow Workplace Discrimination Against Transgender People

Imani Gandy

If the Supreme Court decides to allow employers to discriminate against transgender people, all federal workplace protections for them could disappear.

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Pence-Era Indiana Anti-Choice Law Dealt Major Legal Blow

Teddy Wilson

The head of Indiana Right to Life says the state should appeal the federal judge's decision so "it will be argued before a Supreme Court bench that includes Judge Brett Kavanaugh."

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Michigan Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Take Aim at ‘Zombie’ Law Banning Abortion

Ally Boguhn

An excerpt provided exclusively to Rewire.News from Abdul El-Sayed’s civil rights agenda said he would move to repeal a 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan.

Patty Murray Rips Into Brett Kavanaugh From the Senate Floor

Ally Boguhn & Jessica Mason Pieklo

"Today I want to ... paint a picture of how much more unequal life would be for women in the United States of America should Judge Kavanaugh be confirmed."

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