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Is Technology Really an Answer to Anti-Choice Restrictions?

Emma McGowan

Planned Parenthood's new app is just one of many tools and technologies available to connect users to abortion care providers.

Obria Group CEO’s Comments Show Anti-Choice Movement’s White Supremacist Underpinnings

Elizabeth King

Kathleen Eaton Bravo's remarks are straight from a fascist doctrine known as “replacement theory” or “white genocide,” favored by white nationalists the world over.

Groundbreaking South Carolina Bill: Compensate People for Forcing Them to Give Birth

Imani Gandy

The pre-filed bill would force a conversation in South Carolina—and hopefully nationwide—about whether anti-choice lawmakers who fancy themselves “pro-life” are actually that.

Amy Klobuchar Lauds Falling Abortion Rates in the US: Campaign Week in Review

Dennis Carter

Klobuchar (D-MN) pledged to support expanding contraception access as Republicans wage an assault on the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit. 

Trump’s Attempts to Address Violence Against Native Women Aren’t Enough to End an Epidemic

Ruth Hopkins

Native leaders say the Trump administration's plans to address the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls fall short if lawmakers won't recognize tribal authority or VAWA protections.

In Florida, Abortion Debate ‘Like Seeing Public Policy Meets the Twilight Zone’ (Updated)

Rachel Wells

A Florida Republican backing forced parental consent legislation has referenced the white supremacist "replacement theory" in advocating for restrictive abortion laws.

Supreme Court Confirms There Is No Fifth Vote to Protect Abortion Rights

Jessica Mason Pieklo

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a court decision that dismissed as immaterial doctors' ethical concerns and equated an embryo with a person.

An Oregon Couple Can Get Their Kids Back From Foster Care. But Many Disabled Parents Don’t Get That Chance.

Robyn Powell

At least 40 percent to 80 percent of parents in the United States with intellectual disabilities will lose custody of their children to the state.

Ballot Initiative Reveals Division Over How Colorado Democrats Talk About Abortion

Jason Salzman

Anti-choice activists in Colorado are pushing to ban later abortion care through a 2020 ballot initiative as Democrats try to unseat one of the U.S. Senate's most vulnerable Republicans.

Paper Genocide: The Barriers to an Accurate Count of Native People in 2020

Jen Deerinwater

The undercounting of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the census wreaks havoc on tribal communities today, and it will for generations to come.