
Lauren Holter
Lauren Holter is a freelance reporter who primarily covers reproductive rights and politics. Twitter: @LaurenHolter
Lauren Holter is a freelance reporter who primarily covers reproductive rights and politics. Twitter: @LaurenHolter
“The Democratic establishment needs to ask itself why it’s constantly willing to compromise on abortion rights and further harm communities that are most impacted by restrictions."
Jessica Cisneros supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law and repealing the Hyde Amendment.
Though political analysts don’t expect Bill Weld’s candidacy to pose a serious threat to Trump’s re-election, his platform sheds light on how polarized the abortion debate has become within the two major political parties.
An abortion network official told Rewire.News her organization is “totally committed to continuing what we are doing. Period.”
Democratic governors in Illinois, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and California are seeking to expand health-care access and LGBTQ protections.
Voters in Alabama, Oregon, and West Virginia will weigh in on abortion-related ballot measures this year.
The future of reproductive rights in six states likely hinges on who is elected governor in November, as a state’s top lawmaker is instrumental in the decision to keep pre-Roe abortion bans intact or codify abortion rights into law.
Jo Baxter had an illegal abortion in 1965. Now she fears the country is reverting back to a time when women couldn’t legally end a pregnancy.
Just eight states have laws that explicitly protect the right to legal abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, and states such as New York have stalled on similar laws.