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Rewire.News Will Be Here to Report on How COVID-19 Is Affecting Reproductive Health Care

COVID-19 is having a profound impact on family planning health services, including access to abortion care and birth control. Rewire.News remains vigilant in covering these developments.

[Photo: An illustration of many people in white medical face masks.]

Your Questions About Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Answered

Rewire News Group Staff

"The effect [of the COVID-19 outbreak] on people accessing abortion care is considerable, especially in those states that have limited access."

[Photo: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden looks on during an event.]

Joe Biden Says He Would Make ‘Roe’ Federal Law. Sort Of.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Did Biden announce his support for a strong statutory protection of abortion rights, or something else entirely?

[Photo: An illustrated collage of Utah Republican lawmakers overlayed on top of the word 'UTAH.']

Mandatory Ultrasounds. Abortion Bans. Utah, Are You OK?

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Utah anti-choice lawmakers are passing a bevy of abortion restrictions over the objections of voters. Why?

[Photo: Gov. Mark Gordon pauses during an interview.]

Wyoming Republicans Attack Later Abortion Care: Spotlight on the States

Dennis Carter

A punitive bill based on anti-choice myths about later abortion care has been sent to the Wyoming governor to sign.

[Photo: Representative Dan Lipinski pauses during an interview.]

Will Illinois Finally Vote Out Anti-Choice Democrat Dan Lipinski? (Updated)

Ray Levy-Uyeda

Illinois' 3rd District race functions not only as a test of an incumbent against an upstart candidate but also of whether voters believe abortion to be a fundamental Democratic value; we know Dan Lipinski certainly doesn’t.

[Photo: U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson pauses during a lecture.]

Joe Biden Says He’ll Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court. Here Are 6 Options.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

A look at Black women who former Vice President Joe Biden could nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court if he wins the presidency.

[Photo: President Donald Trump looks on during an event.]

In Coronavirus Funding Talks, Trump’s Anti-Abortion Extremism Is Laid Bare

Paige Alexandria

The Trump administration apparently held a coronavirus aid package hostage in order to push its radical anti-abortion agenda. It was cynical and dangerous.

[Photo: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) supporters hold signs as they march in a rally.]

What the Equal Rights Amendment Means to Abortion Providers

Lauren Young

"I think that if the ERA does become an amendment, then, theoretically, all of the anti-abortion legislation would fall."

[Photo: A split screen image of Sen. Steve Daines and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock.]

Montana’s U.S. Senate Race Could Be Crucial for Abortion Rights: Campaign Week in Review

Dennis Carter

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) is taking on incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) as the Democratic Party aims to claim the Senate majority.

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