David S. Cohen

David S. Cohen, associate professor at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, is co-author of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism and a forthcoming book, Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America. He is a board member of the Women’s Law Project and the Abortion Care Network. You can follow him on Twitter at @dsc250.

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Abortion Providers Are Acting as Travel Agents. That’s Wrong.

David S. Cohen & Carole Joffe

The spread of COVID-19 will only further complicate the efforts to get abortion patients to clinics safely and efficiently.

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Anti-Choice Activists Are Fighting a Losing Battle Against Medication Abortion

Carole Joffe & David S. Cohen

Medication abortion is a gamechanger for pregnant people, particularly when other forms of abortion are difficult to access or even unavailable.

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A Movement of None: The FBI’s Bogus ‘Pro-Choice Extremist’ Label

David S. Cohen

Well, technically, there was ONE man who threatened anti-abortion leaders—but he had no connection to pro-choice groups.

Republican Voters Just Handed the U.S. Senate More Control Over the Future of ‘Roe’

David S. Cohen

A judicial storm is brewing.

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The Fifth Circuit Ruling on Louisiana’s Admitting Privileges Law Shows the Limits of ‘Whole Woman’s Health’

David S. Cohen

The lesson from this case shows just how high the stakes are over the Supreme Court confirmation battle.

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Scenario 3: The Right’s Incremental Push to Make Abortion Illegal, With Kavanaugh’s Help

David S. Cohen

While banning abortion outright is not supported at all by the law now and would absolutely not be the consequence of overruling Roe v. Wade, there will no doubt be efforts from the right to move that position into the mainstream of legal thought.

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Revisiting Dr. George Tiller’s Legacy in the Trump Era

David S. Cohen

As legislators mount political attacks on reproductive health services, it is always worth remembering that every abortion provider is just one motivated anti-abortion extremist away from being targeted.

A Small Ray of Light in Political News: Nevada’s Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

David S. Cohen

Indiana was the last state to ratify the amendment way back on January 18, 1977.

Abortion Providers Facing Violence Are Likely on Their Own Under Trump

David S. Cohen

With Jeff Sessions confirmed Wednesday as the new U.S. attorney general, there is slim hope that clinics can rely on the Justice Department to enforce policies fighting anti-choice terrorism.

The Lesson We Should Take From ‘Gosnell’

David S. Cohen & Susan Frietsche

If abortion care had been treated like any other medical care, the atrocities that took place at Kermit Gosnell's medical office could have been avoided, and the women of West Philadelphia who were treated by him could have sought care from competent professionals instead.

David S. Cohen

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