Abortion Archives

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Ohio’s Dangerous Abortion Ban Pits Disability Rights Against Reproductive Rights

Robyn Powell

Anti-choice activists must stop using people with disabilities as pawns in their mission to undermine reproductive rights.

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The Economic Impact of Denying Abortion Care May Be Bigger Than You Think

Auditi Guha

Women who were denied an abortion are three times more likely to be unemployed than women who were able to access one.

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Mississippi Woman Criminally Charged for Pregnancy Outcome After Home Birth (Updated)

Teddy Wilson

“What's happening to Mrs. Fisher and her family is the latest in a line of women of color having their pregnancies and specifically pregnancy loss criminalized."

[Photo: People rally outside of the U.S. Capitol in support of Planned Parenthood.]

South Dakota GOP Wants to Force Abortion Patients to Visit Fake Clinics (Updated)

Nicole Knight & New Hampshire Republicans: Ban Abortion Care at Eight Weeks

"This bill attempts to make an extreme law—one that does not exist anywhere else in the country, and has already been declared to likely be found unconstitutional—even more extreme."

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Gavel Drop: The Koch Brothers Want to Steal the Next Supreme Court Seat

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

And in other news, abortion restrictions are being challenged in Louisiana and Montana, and our national immigration agency just keeps being deplorable.

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The Next Head of Planned Parenthood Should Be a Black Feminist

Imani Gandy

White supremacy and misogyny are a rot in the Trump administration, and that rot is spreading.

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Vote on 20-Week Abortion Ban Part of Republicans’ Questionable Midterms Strategy

Christine Grimaldi

The Senate GOP's unconstitutional 20-week ban was always destined to fail, but anti-choice advocates and their allies in Congress pushed ahead for the sake of politics.

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Pro-Choice Advocates Hit Back Against Abortion ‘Reversal’ Deceit

Nicole Knight

“We have to make a public statement and really raise public awareness that this is misleading information, not based on science, and it’s politically motivated purely to deceive, pressure, and shame our patients."

[Photo: Natalie Weaver (Left), her daughter Sophia (center), and her husband (right).]

Right-Wing Media Twisted This Mother’s Pain to Fit Its Anti-Abortion Agenda

Maureen Shaw

After social media trolls targeted her daughter’s disability, one advocate’s fight to right the wrong became a proxy fight over abortion care.

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New Hampshire Republicans: Ban Abortion Care at Eight Weeks

Auditi Guha

The drive to ban the medical procedure eight weeks into pregnancy is the latest iteration of state and federal level policies designed to erode abortion access.

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