Abortion Archives

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A Teenager in Mexico Needed an Abortion After Being Raped. Getting One Was Legal, but Nearly Impossible.

Abortion bans throughout Mexico include exceptions for rape. Activists say despite some recent improvements, survivors still confront obstacles to accessing abortion care.

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Abortion Patients Across the South Are Traveling to North Carolina for Care

Erin Heger

Extreme abortion bans, like the near-total ban passed this year in Georgia's Republican-majority legislature, are contributing to an increase in the number of people leaving their states to seek abortions.

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Abortion Doulas, With or Without the Title, Provide a Critical Service

S. Nicole Lane

“I'm an abortion doula because I see it as a way to ensure a world that is more healed, more just, and more free.”

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’13 Reasons Why’ Missed an Opportunity to Show a Major Hurdle for Teens Seeking Abortion

Paige Alexandria

At Jane’s Due Process, I hear from teens nationwide experiencing the burden of parental consent laws.

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Witness Against Anti-Choice Activists Says She Was Harassed After Testifying

Helen Christophi

The witness had been surreptitiously filmed in 2015 by anti-choice activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt as part of a smear campaign against abortion providers and fetal tissue researchers.

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Matt Bevin Ramps Up ‘Dangerous’ Abortion Rhetoric in Re-Election Bid

Ally Boguhn

The Kentucky governor accused his Democratic opponent of taking “blood money” from the owners of the state’s last abortion clinic.

Tennessee Lawmakers Cut Off My Mic, but I Won’t Be Silenced

Cherisse Scott

I will not stop speaking up about reproductive justice—nor should any of us, especially those of us who identify as people of faith.

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California Students Get a Second Chance for Expanded Abortion Access Bill (Updated)

Sony Salzman, Federal Court Blocks North Dakota Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Patients About Abortion Reversal & Federal Court Blocks North Dakota Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Patients About Abortion Reversal

The California bill would require public universities to provide medication abortion at student health centers on campus.

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‘We Are Headed Toward a Public Health Crisis’: Title X Clinics Grapple With Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’

Erin Heger

Family planning officials in states with anti-choice restrictions see the new Title X rules as yet another barrier to health care for people with low incomes.

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Federal Court Blocks North Dakota Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Patients About Abortion Reversal

Imani Gandy

The notion that medication abortion can be reversed has been gathering steam over the last several years, even though there is not a shred of scientific evidence to suggest that abortion reversal is possible.

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