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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.”

For Reproductive Freedom, Going Back to ‘Normal’ Is Not an Option

Jill E. Adams

Now is the time to take responsibility for both the past and the present, and to demand change.

When Will These Attacks on Abortion Rights End? You Won’t Like the Answer.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Legal precedent means very little to judges and justices personally opposed to abortion rights, as we've seen during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Right’s Desperate Attempts to Hijack ‘My Body, My Choice’

Ilyse Hogue

In using the message to protest efforts to protect our collective health and well-being, conservatives are exposing themselves and jeopardizing literally thousands of lives.

Correcting the Record on Abortion During COVID-19: A Q&A With Dr. Erin King

Regina Mahone

"You can’t wait one week, two weeks, five weeks. You’ve got to do it right then. It’s got to be accessible."

How the Trump Administration Could Use COVID-19 to Defund Planned Parenthood

Imani Gandy

Anti-choice activists are pushing bad faith arguments to get the Trump administration to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.