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

Culture & Conversation What the Crap?!

2020: The Year Republicans Wanted You to Just Die Already

Dec 22, 9:00am Imani Gandy

And if you're a Black or brown person, well, we're screwed.

[PHOTO: Back of woman sitting behind a laptop]

Analysis Human Rights

What Sex Work in the Time of COVID-19 Looks Like

Dec 7, 8:45am Shreya Bansal

Sex workers are still doing in-person work despite the risks—and relying on their tight-knit community more than ever to survive.

[PHOTO: Person lying in bed in the dark looking at cellphone]

Culture & Conversation Sexual Health

COVID-19 Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have the Best (Virtual) Sex of Your Life

Dec 7, 8:36am Caroline Reilly

Our guide to sexting, phone sex, and FaceTime sex—because you don't have to be in a sexual slump just because you can't hump.

[PHOTO: Exterior of South Dakota State Capitol building]

Analysis Abortion

When COVID-19 Hit, Abortion Access Ended in South Dakota

Dec 7, 8:30am Susan Rinkunas

For seven months, two public health crises enveloped in South Dakota: the COVID-19 pandemic and no abortion care.

[Photo: A digital illustration of a person sitting in front of a desktop computer for Thanksgiving dinner. On the computer screen is a video chat happening between multiple people.]

Culture & Conversation Human Rights

Is There a TERF at Your Thanksgiving Gathering?

Nov 23, 8:40am Caroline Reilly

A trans-exclusionary radical feminist, or TERF, comes in many forms. We'll help you identify one and how to engage.

[PHOTO: Joe Biden sits behind a desk reading his briefing]

Analysis Human Rights

Trump Made Disability Rights a Partisan Issue. Can Biden Fix That?

Nov 10, 9:00am Robyn Powell

Disability rights have traditionally been considered a bipartisan issue. Swift and significant action will undo the damage of the last four years.

Commentary My Body. My Rules.

Justice Samuel Alito Is Being a Baby About Medication Abortion: A GIFsplanation

Oct 13, 10:08am Imani Gandy

Pregnant people can get abortion pills at the pharmacy. Alito wants to make it impossible for them to do that.

[PHOTO: Trump at the podium with Amy Coney Barrett as a big crowd is seated in front of them]

Culture & Conversation Family

Amy Coney Barrett Exposed Her Kids to COVID-19. Black Moms Have Been Jailed for Less.

Oct 7, 11:31am Danielle Campoamor

Republicans have propped up Amy Coney Barrett's identity as a mother to make her more palatable to a public that wants a COVID-19 relief package than a Supreme Court confirmation.

[PHOTO: Trump speaking at the White House]

Analysis Abortion

What Is ‘Pro-Life’ About Letting 200,000 People Die of COVID-19?

Sep 24, 1:25pm Danielle Campoamor

Trump's promise of an executive order based on a lie shows that being "pro-life" has become nothing short of a parody under his administration—especially during a global pandemic.