Some religious Republicans once championed abortion reform, but later GOP politicians saw that they could clinch victory by courting conservative voters for whom abortion was the most important issue. And some Democrats shied away from reproductive rights because they blame abortion for previous electoral defeats.
Some House Republicans believe the ACA replacement legislation doesn’t do enough to make reproductive and other health-care services inaccessible to people with low incomes.
The three-day San Francisco event focused on making it easier for abortion providers, abortion funders, and patients to connect with each other, despite a political climate that remains hostile to legal abortion access.
Cutting off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid reimbursements really means cutting off Medicaid recipients from Planned Parenthood, and for those patients, one year can mean a death sentence.
In a recent column, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist distinguishes abortion from other types of health care—a common false dichotomy but a peculiar stance from a global health advocate.
GOP legislators were forced by the courts to repeal a ban on medication abortion via telemedicine—a move that reportedly made anti-choice lawmakers cry.
There are many wonderful adoption stories in the world, but almost none of them feature the perspective of the birth mother. In the season finale of CHOICE/LESS, Angelique Saavedra tells her powerful and heart-rending story so that other birth mothers know they don't have to be invisible—their experiences matter.
Margaret Johnson, a member of the Texas League of Women Voters, called the anti-choice legislation "a not-so-subtle way to give medical personnel the opportunity to impose religious beliefs on women."
"There have been times," said 20-year-old Llondyn Elliot, "where I could not afford prescriptions or doctors' visits, and because of lack of funds was not able to access care."
