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[Photo: An illustration of a clinic escort driving an abortion patient to a clinic.]

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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Abortion

‘Jane Against the World’: Writing a Young Adult Nonfiction on Abortion for Teens

Esther Gim

"I was terrified about doing this book," said author Karen Blumenthal. "I was afraid that there wouldn't be interest, especially at that level, that schools would have problems with it."

[Photo: A split screen image of Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, and Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services.]

Abortion

Anti-Abortion Groups Ask Trump’s HHS to Use COVID-19 Outbreak to Stop Abortion

Dennis Carter

Anti-abortion organizations had a list of suggestions for how the Trump administration could take advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak to cut off access to abortion care.

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Power

Indian Health Services Is Ill-Prepared for the Coronavirus Crisis. Indigenous People Will Suffer.

Dr. Melissa Riley

The Indian Health Service can barely keep up with broken bones and preventive care, according to Indigenous Women Rising.

Abortion

State Officials Try to End Legal Abortion During COVID-19 Crisis

Dennis Carter

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on April 10 issued an executive order banning all "elective" medical procedures, including abortion.

[Photo: An illustration of a Black woman wearing a face mask. People are coughing around her.]

Power

When the Country Sneezes, Black Women Catch the Flu. What Happens With COVID-19 in the United States?

Dorianne Mason

Truly investing in the health and well-being of Black women would reform our health-care system and obviate the inevitable scramble to address public health crises like COVID-19.

[Photo: A stressed doctor leans his head against a glass wall.]

Abortion

‘I Feel Very Powerless’: How Abortion Providers Are Dealing With COVID-19

Lauren Young

Abortion providers face a complex interplay of questions about how to balance their own health, the need to physically distance, and the potential of COVID-19 to limit patients’ ability to travel for abortion services.

[Photo: A Black father and son do homework together.]

Power

Are You Home Schooling Your Kids? Don’t Forget Sex Education.

Cassandra Corrado

Sex education is education—and if you’re braving math, science, and history to help your kid with their lessons, you should do the same for sex ed.

Abortion

I Saw an Anti-Abortion Protester Cough and Joke About COVID-19 (Updated)

Kelsea McLain

"Would be a shame if I was sick."

[Photo: An image with a red overlay of a woman wearing a mask as she rests her forehead on her hand in a worried way.]

Abortion

How the Coronavirus Is Affecting Abortion Access in a State Hostile to Abortion Rights

Paige Alexandria

In Texas, abortion access is already threatened as a result of extreme anti-choice legislation—the barriers people face are compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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