Abortion Archives

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5 People Share Why Their Abortion Was Beautiful

In response to a recent Rewire News Group piece titled, “Abortion Isn’t Beautiful,” five people describe how their experience with abortion was beautiful.

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The Women of the Supreme Court Are Sick of These Nonsense Objections to Birth Control

Jessica Mason Pieklo

After nearly a decade fighting over the birth control benefit, the women justices of the Supreme Court have had enough.

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My Abortion Made Motherhood Possible

Regina Mahone

This is something worth celebrating—it’s also reproductive justice, actualized.

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Teens Face Extra Barriers to Abortion. This New Site Can Help.

Dennis Carter

A new site tells young people exactly how to navigate judicial bypass, the workaround for state laws that remove their bodily autonomy and agency.

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Abortion Is Available Again in Texas. But You’ll Have to Get in Line.

Paige Alexandria

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's push to ban abortion during the COVID-19 outbreak could mean long waitlists for care will become the norm across the state.

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I Had Trouble Confirming COVID-19 Abortion Policies—and I’m a Reporter

Dennis Carter

Dedicating entire workdays to clarifying state policy on abortion care often left me with one troubling question: Can the layperson figure this out for themselves?

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Abortion Isn’t Beautiful

Nicole Walker

In this excerpt from Choice Words, Annie Finch's anthology of abortion literature, author Nicole Walker contemplates the beauty—or lack thereof—in abortion.

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Meet the Trump Judge Arguing the Government Can Execute People Any Way It Wants

Lisa Needham

The success of these judges, it turns out, is in part attributable to cold, hard cash.

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Why We Need Literature on Abortion

Annie Finch

In this excerpt from Choice Words, Annie Finch's anthology of abortion poems, stories, and essays, she reflects on how literature on abortion is necessary on both a personal level and a larger societal one.

Playing Games With Abortion Access During COVID-19

Rewire News Group Staff

What is especially disgraceful about this latest assault on reproductive rights is that we ended up where we started.

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