Abortion Archives

[Photo: Students participate in a protest against gun violence outside the White House in D.C.]

What If Buying a Gun Were Like Getting an Abortion?

T.S. Mendola

It’s worth asking: What would a world look like where “pro-life” activists were as rabidly committed to protecting schoolchildren as they are to defending blastocysts?

[Photo: A woman with red tape on her mouth with the word

Anti-Choice Group Could Be Forced to Show How It’s Spending Millions in Taxpayer Money

Auditi Guha & Anti-Choice Group Could Be Forced to Show How It’s Spending Millions in Taxpayer Money

Officials from Equity Forward are aiming to shed light on how an anti-choice group has used tens of millions in state funding.

[Photo: A doctor holding medical records talks to a female patient.]

Iowa State Senate Passes ‘Unconstitutional’ Total Abortion Ban

Nicole Knight & Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Federal courts blocked "heartbeat bans" in Arkansas and North Dakota laws, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the states’ appeals.

[Photo: Anti-choice protesters walk from St. Patrick's Old Cathedral to Planned Parenthood in Manhattan.]

Why I Believe It’s Important to Reclaim the Space in Front of Abortion Clinics

Christine Pardue

Putting my body in the street has raised the stakes for me.

[Photo: A Planned Parenthood activist writes down information on a clipboard while speaking to people in a rally.]

Planned Parenthood’s $20 Million Midterm Strategy Designed to Halt GOP’s ‘Unprecedented Assault’ on Reproductive Rights

Teddy Wilson

"This is an initial investment in the midterm election in races where we think we can be a decisive factor."

[Photo: A pro-choice escort waits at the doors of a Planned Parenthood as pro-life activists rally during a protest.]

This Is Why St. Louis Clinics Deserve a Buffer Zone (Updated)

Allison Klinghammer & Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Harassment at clinics from “sidewalk counselors” is just one more hurdle to accessing abortion care for those in St. Louis, Missouri.

[Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President Mike Pence (L) listen during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Congress at the Cabinet Room of the White House.]

Pence Sees an End to Legal Abortion as Google Searches for Self-Induced Abortion Climb

Nicole Knight & Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Online searches for methods of do-it-yourself abortion have increased amid a rash of laws eroding access to legal abortion care in the United States.

[Photo: A Red Rose Rescue poster that reads

Why a Trespassing Trial This March Has Caught the Attention of Activists on Both Sides of the Abortion Movement (Updated)

Sofia Resnick

In the fall of 2017, radical anti-abortion activists debuted the Red Rose Rescues, bent on disrupting what they see as a stale political movement. Their goal is to be able to stop individual abortions without violating federal law. And so far, they are getting away with it.

[Photo: Gov. Phil Bryant looks on during a meeting of the National Governors Association at the White House.]

An Unprecedented Abortion Rights Attack Is Moving Fast Through the Mississippi Legislature (Updated)

Teddy Wilson

This is the first bill introduced in the United States that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks' gestation, and appears to be the first bill introduced as part of a legislative effort by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which aims to "eradicate Roe."

[Photo: Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a podium with dozens of of Democratic members of the House of Representatives standing behind her.]

Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Christine Grimaldi

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s legislation is unlikely to advance through the GOP-held U.S. House of Representative, but it underscores what advocates for reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality have called a license to discriminate.

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