Abortion

‘Voters Deserve Better’: Two Nights of Debates, Zero Questions About Abortion

Ally Boguhn

Though CNN’s moderators failed to address reproductive rights during this round of debates, some candidates did bring it up on their own.

Missouri and the Fight for Abortion Rights: How Past Became Prologue

Angela Bonavoglia

Missouri’s historic battle for abortion rights presaged in important ways where we are today, and what will be required of reproductive rights advocates in the future.

Legal Abortion Is Under Siege in Missouri. Here’s the Latest Attempt to Protect It.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Reproductive rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging several pre-viability abortion bans set to take effect at the end of August. 

A Win and a Warning for Abortion Rights in Arkansas

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The decision blocks three anti-abortion measures, including a ban on abortions at 18 weeks, from taking effect in Arkansas. But with Trump's takeover of the federal courts, will the win last?

Anti-Choice Apps Are Violating Google and Apple Privacy Standards

Alys Brooks

A nonpartisan watchdog group argues the apps don't follow guidelines for templated apps, include extensive tracking, and don't follow privacy rules laid out by Apple and Google.

Telemedicine Abortion Is Safe, No Matter What Anti-Choice Lawmakers Claim

Auditi Guha

Medication abortion provided via telemedicine has the same health outcomes as medication abortions provided at a clinic, according to new research.

Tennessee Republicans Aren’t Done Trying to End Most Legal Abortion

Rachel Wells

An August hearing could reveal what's next in the Tennessee GOP's attempt to pass a six-week abortion ban that stalled this year in the state senate.

Why I Joined Abortion Activists in Milwaukee to Counter-Protest Operation Save America

Meg Stern

As a clinic escort in Louisville, I know what it's like for my local provider to be targeted by the anti-abortion extremists.

Another State Could Soon Insert Anti-Abortion Propaganda Into Public Schools

Erin Heger

Republican-backed legislation in Ohio would mandate that teachers use anti-choice talking points in sex ed classes.

‘Pro-Life My Ass’: Anti-Choice Lawmakers Don’t Value People

Erika Geiss

A Michigan state legislator calls out the theocratical thinking from abortion rights opponents who neither understand science, nor believe in human rights.