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Meet the Trump Judge Arguing the Government Can Execute People Any Way It Wants

Lisa Needham

The success of these judges, it turns out, is in part attributable to cold, hard cash.

Why We Need Literature on Abortion

Annie Finch

In this excerpt from Choice Words, Annie Finch's anthology of abortion poems, stories, and essays, she reflects on how literature on abortion is necessary on both a personal level and a larger societal one.

Playing Games With Abortion Access During COVID-19

Rewire News Group Staff

What is especially disgraceful about this latest assault on reproductive rights is that we ended up where we started.

‘I Know You Rider’ Author Leslie Stein on ‘Forging One’s Own Path’

Sarah Neilson

I Know You Rider, which comes out May 5 through Drawn & Quarterly, chronicles a year in which the author has an abortion and explores themes of friendships, art, nature, and love.

The GOP’s Abortion Obsession Sabotaged Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Response (Updated)

Emily C. Woods & Rafael Diaz

Pennsylvania Republicans felt it was appropriate to use this crisis as an opportunity to deprive people of their constitutional right to abortion care, pandemic be damned.

How We Can Fix the Supreme Court’s Illegitimate Conservative Majority

Marie Aberger

It’s not enough for our leaders to propose policies that protect reproductive health and LGBTQ rights. They also need a plan to protect those policies from Supreme Court conservatives.

Idaho’s New Anti-Trans Athlete Law: ‘It’s Hard to Imagine a More Invasive Thing’

Ray Levy-Uyeda

The goal of anti-trans legislation, experts say, is not equity but rather to codify discriminatory and invasive practices founded on nonscientific reasoning and personal prejudice.

How the Anti-Abortion Movement Repackaged Its Strategy for a Pandemic

Mary Ziegler

History shows there's nothing extraordinary about the strategy shaping COVID-19 abortion bans.

To Protect Abortion Rights for All, We Must Address the Inequities in Care That Are Killing Us

Dr. Jamila Perritt

Although the rapidly decreasing access to abortion will have a profound impact on many people, some communities will bear the brunt of these inequities. These same communities have been heavily affected by COVID-19 infection and death.

Why Teenagers Seeking Abortion Care Are Texting ‘Abby’

Jo Yurcaba

“I think that it is easy if you're looking at the headlines to think that clinics are closed or that courts are closed.”