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Reproductive Rights

  1. life after roe
    Protests Break Out Across The U.S. As Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
    Yes, Abortion Bans Are Literally Killing WomenRepublicans continue to deny that restrictive laws harm patients. But a 28-year-old died as a direct result of Georgia’s ban, according to ProPublica.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  2. life after roe
    The ‘Pro-Life’ Policies Hurting WomenA Washington Post story on maternal health in Arkansas makes the case for reproductive justice.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. life after roe
    Eva Burch
    Why an Arizona Senator Spoke About Her Planned Abortion“I underwent a forced transvaginal ultrasound. We have a 24-hour waiting period. I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  4. life after roe
    Appeals Court Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available, But With Restrictions
    U.S. Saw Highest Abortion Rate in Over a Decade After DobbsThere were more than 1 million abortions in 2023, fueled in part by an increase in medication abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  5. life after roe
    Who Gets to Be a Person?The case of Brittany Watts, prosecuted after a miscarriage, shows a pernicious ideology at work.
    By Sarah Jones
  6. the inside game
    The 3 Most Important Races in the Post-Roe Midterms“The stakes have gone up because these races are fundamental to protecting democracy and abortion rights.”
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  7. life after roe
    Everything You Need to Know About the Abortion DebateThe Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. If you haven’t been following the abortion debate closely, it’s time to brush up on the basics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the law
    Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion BanAs expected, the conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling against the law.
    By Chas Danner
  9. the law
    What’s Next in the Legal Fight Against Texas’s Extreme Abortion BanA brazenly political court let Texas ban almost all abortions. Politics may be the only thing to stop it.
    By Irin Carmon
  10. texas
    Texas Is Already Creating Abortion RefugeesPregnant people in Texas are scrambling to get abortions in neighboring states, but clinics cannot handle the influx.
    By Melissa Jeltsen
  11. reproductive rights
    Imagining a Post-Roe AmericaThe Supreme Court now has an opportunity to gut its 1973 abortion ruling. A savage landscape of inequality and culture war awaits.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. power
    Arkansas Just Passed a Near-Total Ban on AbortionThe law — which is blatantly unconstitutional — would make it a felony to perform an abortion. There is no exception for rape or incest.
    By Bridget Read
  13. what now?
    We Could Lose Roe v. Wade Next Year. What Now?Don’t stockpile Plan B. Do donate to abortion funds. And start organizing immediately.
    By Bridget Read
  14. supreme court
    Pence Goes After John Roberts As ‘Disappointment to Conservatives’In an interview with a Christian right journalist, the VP promises that Trump will consummate a judicial counterrevolution in his second term.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. reproductive rights
    Will the Supreme Court Strike a Devastating Blow to Abortion Rights?Any day now, the Court could protect abortion rights — or open the floodgates for more restrictions.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  16. politics
    Trump Is More Proudly Anti-Choice Than EverWhy his unprecedented choice to speak at the anti-abortion rally “March for Life” is so worrying.
    By Bridget Read
  17. politics
    National Archives Apologizes for Censoring Protest Signs From Women’s MarchThe agency digitally altered protester’s signs to remove mentions of Trump and women’s anatomy in a failed effort to avoid controversy.
    By Chas Danner
  18. vision 2020
    Let’s Hear More About What 2020 Democrats Can Actually DoThe debates need to focus on how a Democratic president would use their power, and accomplish other goals that might be blocked by GOP lawmakers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. vision 2020
    My Existential Dread of 2020The long-awaited reckoning with Trumpism is about to arrive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. reproductive rights
    Abortion After the ClinicAs Republican lawmakers try to legislate it out of existence, the future of reproductive healthcare may be at home.
    By Irin Carmon
  21. reproductive rights
    Joe Biden Once Said He Doesn’t Think Abortion Is a RightNot surprising, given his history on the issue.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  22. kavanaugh watch
    Is Justice Kavanaugh As Bad As Democrats Feared?Conservatives’ salvation? Cautious operator? Here’s what we’ve learned so far about the impact Kavanaugh will have on the law, and Americans’ lives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. reproductive rights
    The Legal Fight Over Alabama’s Abortion Law BeginsOther, less drastic abortion laws are more likely to provide Supreme Court conservatives with the pretext to begin unraveling reproductive rights.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. reproductive rights
    Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Save Abortion RightsAmid state attacks on Roe, Warren unveiled a comprehensive strategy for expanding reproductive rights.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. reproductive rights
    ‘Insurrection’ Against Abortion Rights Is Growing Within the Federal JudiciaryIf and when the Supreme Court decides to unravel Roe v. Wade, lower federal courts and GOP state legislatures will supply the tools.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. reproductive rights
    Pompeo Expands Global Gag Rule, Which May Actually Increase AbortionsEvidence suggests cutting funding to groups that offer abortion services does the opposite of what Pompeo and other conservatives want.
    By Sarah Jones
  27. reproductive rights
    Republicans’ Extreme Abortion Rhetoric Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s DangerousEfforts to fire up the GOP base with outrageous, false claims about late-term abortions could also put abortion providers in real danger.
    By Sarah Jones
  28. reproductive rights
    New York Has Finally Updated Its Archaic Abortion LawThe law, which the state Senate’s GOP majority blocked for years, takes abortion out of the criminal code and allows some abortions after 24 weeks.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. reproductive rights
    There’s a New Push to Change New York’s Outdated Abortion LawWith a Democratic trifecta set to take power, abortion rights advocates are launching a campaign to finally pass the Reproductive Health Act.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. 2018 midterms
    Why the Pro-Life Democratic Politician Is DisappearingPartisan polarization and an increasingly progressive party have thinned the ranks of the anti-abortion Dems. The trend continued in the midterms.
    By Sarah Jones
  31. the kavanaugh hearings
    Why Aren’t Democrats Waging an All-Out War to Stop Kavanaugh’s Confirmation?As activists sound the alarm on the threat to Roe and other rights, many Democrats, taking a cue from party leaders, see confirmation as a done deal.
    By Irin Carmon
  32. The Abortion ‘Litmus Test’ May Actually Help DemocratsIt’s often assumed Democrats could win lots of “pro-life” voters with a more flexible position on abortion. That may get it backward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. An Idaho Lawmaker Learns a Valuable Lesson About the Female Reproductive SystemNo, a woman can’t swallow a small camera so her doctors can conduct a remote gynecological exam. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  34. reproductive rights
    Feds Drop Appeal, Allowing Anyone to Buy the Morning-After Pill It will soon be “available on store shelves, just like condoms.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. politics
    Cuomo Standing Up for Abortion Rights in New YorkRepublicans, Catholics not pleased.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. reproductive rights
    U.S. Appeals Ruling Making Plan B Universally AvailableObama scores points with anti-abortion groups.
    By Adam Martin
  37. reproductive rights
    Morning After Pill Now Slightly More AvailableBut not as much as a judge ruled it should be.
    By Adam Martin
  38. reproductive rights
    Judge Approves Morning-After Pill for All Ages Without PrescriptionA ruling today says anyone can get it.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. politics
    Rick Santorum Calls Obama’s Abortion Views ‘Radical and Extreme’On the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Santorum has an op-ed in a national newspaper.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. reproductive rights
    New York City Isn’t Immune to Recent Spate of Reproductive-Rights Legal BattlesA judge slaps down a law that would have required crisis pregnancy centers to detail what services they provide.
    By Noreen Malone
  41. shmashmortion
    Say Good-bye to Reproductive Health Care, LadiesA new bill plans on cutting all federal funding of family-planning services.
    By Julie Gerstein