Abortion Archives

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Abortion Patients Get Big Win From the FDA

Mariana Ardila

The Biden administration is allowing patients to receive medication abortion pills by mail for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Let’s Talk About Abortion Access.

Dr. Jamila Perritt

When abortion care is inaccessible, Black maternal health as a whole suffers.

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Ohio’s Abortion Ban Never Took Effect. People Think Abortion Is Illegal Anyway.

Jessica Bryant

This is not by accident. Ohio lawmakers want you to think abortion is illegal and, at a minimum, want to make it virtually impossible for you to get one.

I Got an IUD. Why Didn’t Doctors Prepare Me for the Searing Pain?

Gina Tron

I learned that my experience is common. I also learned that anesthesia, or any prescribed pain management for IUD placement, is nearly nonexistent.

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How Medical Misogyny Fails Patients Who Report Pain

Rewire News Group Staff

Gabrielle Jackson's book Pain & Prejudice details how medical providers failed her as she tried to get answers about her pain.

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When Your Partner Tries to Control Your Reproductive Choices

Kylie Cheung

Reproductive coercion isn't widely recognized as domestic violence. In California, lawmakers are debating changing that.

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Dear Politicians, Put ‘Safe, Legal, and Rare’ in the Dustbin

Renee Bracey Sherman

I'm asking pro-choice politicians to evolve from this outdated mantra—it's no longer serving you. It never served those of us who have abortions.

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What My Endometriosis Taught Me About Miscarriage and Infertility

Rewire News Group Staff

Both getting pregnant and staying pregnant can prove difficult for people with endometriosis.

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The Supreme Court Needs to Tell Mississippi to Take a Seat

Imani Gandy

The justices are set to conference on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization yet again, but it shouldn't even be up for debate in the first place.

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Planned Parenthood Expanding Trans Health Care in Missouri

Susan Rinkunas

Missouri's first transgender health-care program aimed at expanding access to uninsured and underinsured people could save lives.

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