Abortion

New Report Reaffirms Safety of Medication Abortion Drug

Nicole Knight

Abortion providers had hailed the revised label for Mifeprex as affirming a protocol they said they'd found safe and effective in practice.

Kentucky Republicans Ignore Court Decisions, Ban Common Abortion Procedure (Updated)

Teddy Wilson

Fifteen Democratic legislators in the Kentucky State House joined Republicans in approving a ban on an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation.

The Trump Administration Wants to Expand Access to Insurance That Discriminates Against Women

Dania Palanker

Short-term plans are riddled with limitations and exclusions, many of which are prime examples of the kind of egregious gender discrimination that was rampant in the individual health insurance market before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Ohio’s Ridiculous New Abortion Bill Likely Won’t Become Law. But It Still Scares Me.

Mallory McMaster

The incendiary language used in abortion bills like HB 565 is designed to make my community turn against me.

Lawmakers in Cash-Strapped Oklahoma Are Determined to Pump State Funds Into Fake Clinics

Teddy Wilson

Tamya Cox of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said it was “disappointing” that state lawmakers would consider directing state or federal funds to organizations that don't provide reproductive health care.

New Personhood Pushes Renew Threats to IVF

Angela Lawson

If personhood proponents have their way, they'll restrict the ways people with infertility can build the families they want and push us to illogical extremes.

Missouri Doesn’t Need More Anti-Choice Politicians. That Includes You, Democrats.

Pamela Merritt

I can’t imagine a world where party leaders welcome candidates just as long as they pinky swear not to legislate based on their personal views.

Ohio Republicans Go After ‘Roe’: ‘Abolish Abortion in Its Entirety’

Teddy Wilson

The GOP bill would allow physicians and those who undergo the common medical procedure to be charged with murder, which is punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty. 

Nebraska GOP Takes Trump’s Lead, Seeks to Deny Funds to Family Planning Centers

Erin Heger

The Nebraska GOP plan to deny Title X funds to health centers that perform, counsel about, or refer for abortion services would harm family planning health centers in the state, potentially setting them up to violate federal law.

Spending Bill Includes Family Planning Funds, but Trump Officials Continue to Undermine Programs (Updated)

Christine Grimaldi

Congress maintained funding for a key family planning program. But President Trump’s abstinence-only Title X chief, Valerie Huber, will decide what to do with the funds.