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If Mississippi Were Truly Pro-Life It Would Stop Banning Abortion

Erica Hensley

Mississippi has a health-care crisis. By asking the Supreme Court to ban abortion, attorneys for the state are deepening it.

In Texas, Abortion Snitches Don’t Get Stitches—They Get $10,000

Imani Gandy

Through SB 8, Texas has deputized anyone to be an Abortion Enforcer. And the chilling effect is real.

People Don’t Know If Abortion Is Legal in Texas. That’s a Problem.

Paige Alexandria

Extreme abortion laws like SB 8 in Texas create "immense confusion for people needing abortion care" in the state, advocates say.

Louisiana’s Democratic Governor Gave the Anti-Abortion Movement What It Wants

Rewire News Group Staff

Gov. Edwards could have vetoed bills that force doctors to lie to their patients and make it harder for young people to safely get abortion care. He didn't.

As Doctors, We Must Do Better to Provide Health Care for Trans and Nonbinary Patients

Dr. DeShawn Taylor

Providing accessible, gender-affirming health care is essential to reducing the inequities experienced by the transgender community.

Justice Stephen Breyer, for the Love of God, Please Retire

Imani Gandy

The more Justice Stephen Breyer lingers around on the Supreme Court, the more goodwill he'll burn. Why not go out on a high note?

Colorado Makes Abortion and Birth Control More Accessible

Rewire News Group Staff

Colorado expanded access to reproductive health care for survivors of sexual violence and undocumented immigrants.

Alabama Spent 8 Years Fighting to Put Minors Seeking Abortion on Trial

Rewire News Group Staff

The "lawyers for fetuses" law was blocked by a district court in 2017. The courts are still fighting over it in 2021.

2021 Is Already the Worst Year for Abortion Rights on Record

Rewire News Group Staff

States enacted 90 abortion restrictions in the first six months of 2021, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Birth Control Doesn’t Cause Abortions—and Conservatives Know It

Imani Gandy

Don't mock Marjorie Taylor Greene and others for pretending birth control is an abortifacient. They're just repeating the lie until it becomes the truth.