Forty-four years after Roe v. Wade became the law of the land, it's become clear that it's not enough to technically have access to abortion care. People need to be able to exercise their constitutional rights without stigma and fear too.
Oregon joins others states, such as Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, and New York, where Democratic lawmakers are advancing bills to make insurance coverage of free contraception mandatory.
The study found that Texas counties where the distance to the nearest abortion clinic increased by 100 miles or more saw a 50 percent decline in the number of abortions.
Men need to show up at this week's Women's March on Washington, but not take center stage. Beyond the march, we need to make a consistent practice of acting in solidarity with the women in our lives and our world.
When the smoke of human kindness with which anti-choice legislators, scientists, organizers, advocates, and allies have cloaked themselves begins to dissipate, all that is left is the rank disdain for women that drives their movement—a movement that is chock full of people who regard the truth as something to be bent to suit their purposes.
