Mandatory Ultrasound Removed from Indiana TRAP Law, but Will Probably Still Close Lafayette Clinic

With the second ultrasound eliminated via amendment, have reproductive rights advocates lost their advantage?

Support for Abortion Rights at Record Levels, but Opposition Still Thrives

Dear Politicians: There Is No Such Thing As a “Recreational Abortion”

Iowa Democrat Jack Hatch opposes GOP efforts to restrict Medicaid funding for abortion because, he claims, they are "medically-needed" abortions versus "recreational abortions." Whaaaat?

New Hampshire Democrats: Women Don’t Need to “Sleep On” Their Decisions

A House panel disagrees that women need to "sleep on their decision" before terminating a pregnancy.

Exactly How Long Do CPCs Need for Counseling? In South Dakota, a Reeaally Long Time

When legislatures write laws to enforce other laws that the courts have blocked, you know they really just want to ban abortion any way they can.

Anti-Choicers Get Real About Their Loathing of Female Sexuality

Time to dispense with the phony concerns for "life." Now anti-choicers are just straight-up admitting they don’t think women should be having sex for any other reason but procreation.

Anti-Choicers Fail in Effort to Re-Zone New Kansas Clinic

South Wind Women's Center will not be rezoned out of opening, despite anti-choice efforts.

Mike “Two Times” Pence to Steal “Governor Ultrasound” Title From McDonnell

Arizona Federal District Court Blocks Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood

A federal district court in Arizona made it official this week and entered a permanent injunction that blocks a law designed to strip Planned Parenthood clinics in the state of funds by banning Medicaid funding for non-abortion health care provided by doctors and clinics that also perform abortions.

Confronting Abortion Stigma

Abortion stigma is a form of gender discrimination and punishment, and it represents social control of both women who need abortions and providers who provide them.