Reproductive Health Care and Access During a Pandemic

During a global pandemic, the need for accurate, timely information about reproductive and sexual health-care issues, including abortion care and birth control access, is more vital than ever.

News Media

Editor’s Note: How COVID-19 Has Upended Our Lives

Dec 7, 8:46am Jessica Mason Pieklo

We take a look back at the year of COVID-19 and its impact on abortion, sex, power, and parenthood.

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Our Wildest Memories of the Trump Era

Dec 10, 9:21am Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Covering the Supreme Court these last four years has been a real roller coaster.

Culture & Conversation Maternity and Birthing

Could the Pandemic Change How the Country Handles Childbirth?

Dec 7, 8:35am Melissa Anders

Amid fears of COVID-19, birthing centers have been filling a critical need for community-based care.

Analysis Law and Policy

Mitch McConnell’s Pandemic Priority Has Been Clear: Packing the Courts

Dec 7, 8:31am Lisa Needham

While Mitch McConnell was busy getting Trump judges approved, the Senate did nothing to protect people from the ravages of a global pandemic.

More on COVID-19 and Reproductive Health

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Analysis Family Planning

COVID-19 Strained Public Health Systems. In Mississippi, Health Officials Made It Worse.

Nov 8, 9:25am Erica Hensley

Some states used a rare loophole to divert family planning funds into the pandemic response, but the cuts were especially deep in Mississippi.

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Culture & Conversation Human Rights

Greek Life Is Even More of a Public Health Threat During COVID-19

Oct 18, 9:15am Julia Métraux & Katherine Li

Potential superspreader events like fraternity parties and a return to in-person classes put chronically ill and disabled college students more at risk.

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Analysis Family Planning

How Mississippi Leveraged the Pandemic to Further Decimate Reproductive Health Access

Sep 27, 11:01am Erica Hensley

Mississippi diverted federal funds for family planning into the state's pandemic response, leaving clinics without staff and patients without health care.

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News Human Rights

Editor’s Note: A Power Grab for All Your Rights

Sep 20, 8:33am Jessica Mason Pieklo

What's at stake at the Supreme Court starts with abortion—and ends with voting rights, marriage equality, and so much more.

Photo of a sign that reads safety guidelines wear your mask at all times

News Law and Policy

Massachusetts Won’t Issue a Mask Mandate for Schools

Aug 9, 9:20am Rewire News Group Staff

Expect to see conservative lawmakers seizing another opportunity to make this public health crisis about “personal freedoms."

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Culture & Conversation Family

First I Chose Abortion. Then I Chose Motherhood.

May 3, 8:25am Cynthia Gutierrez

I didn’t always want to be a mother. It’s a truth I don’t feel like I need to continue to hide.

[PHOTO: Pregnant person lays hand on top of her pregnant belly while doctor takes blood pressure]

Culture & Conversation Maternity and Birthing

I Gave Birth Alone During the Pandemic

Apr 5, 10:00am Victoria Yoffie

During a time of isolation at the height of vulnerability and panic, my providers dismissed my concerns about my physical state during recovery.

Analysis Race

The Devaluation of Black Women in Life and in Death

Mar 12, 9:30am Jallicia Jolly

The maternal health crisis and COVID-19 pandemic have reinforced the silencing of Black women’s pain—by the very people whose jobs it is to provide care.