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Abortion
May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Sick Reason Texas Teachers Are Suing for Right to Punish Students
Professors want to mark students who miss class to get an abortion as having an unexcused absence.
May 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Texas GOP Official Begs Party to Stop Focusing on Abortion
“What are we going to do, stone women next?”
May 23, 2024
Talia Jane
Louisiana Republicans Pass Most Draconian Law Yet on Abortion Pill
The alarming bill classifies the abortion pill as a “controlled dangerous substance”—and it’s all but guaranteed to become law.
May 22, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Both Biden and Trump Are in Denial About Abortion Politics
Media narratives about how abortion will help or hurt each candidate ignore a simple truth.
May 21, 2024
Talia Jane
Trump Makes Horrifying Pledge to Cut Access to Contraception
It was never just about abortion.
May 17, 2024
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Eric Alterman
How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again?
How the media has failed, and what the Democrats need to do
May 17, 2024
Grace Segers
Republicans Are Doubling (and Tripling) Down on Abortion Restrictions
Their extreme proposals are in open defiance of voters’ wishes.
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How Abortion Bans Put Black Women in the Most Danger
More than half of Black women have little to no abortion access.
May 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
GOP Senate Candidate Pushes Unhinged Conspiracy Theory on Abortion
David McCormick agreed that Democrats don’t actually care about reproductive health.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Texas Top Court Has Horrific Judgment Over Failed Reproductive Surgery
The Texas Supreme Court told a woman she could not collect financial damages over her doctor’s negligence.
May 9, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Dobbs
Was a Gift to Domestic Abusers
Homicide is a leading cause of death in the perinatal period. But just as troublingly, abusers can use abortion bans to prevent partners from leaving or retaliate against them if they do.
May 6, 2024
Grace Segers
Inside a Rare Abortion Clinic in Montana
All Families Healthcare is one of only five clinics statewide—and surrounded by states that restrict or outright ban abortion.
May 2, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Stop Reading Tea Leaves. We Know What Trump Intends on Abortion.
A Time magazine interview includes all of the former president’s usual evasion. But, as ever, there’s a through line.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Arizona Can Repeal Abortion Ban After Shocking Defection
Two Republican state senators broke ranks to overturn the 160-year-old law.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Florida Republicans Just Wrecked Abortion Access for the Whole South
The Sunshine State has implemented a six-week abortion ban.
April 30, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
What Florida’s New Abortion Ban Will Cost—Literally
Abortion funds are struggling to prepare for much more expensive travel and procedures.
April 27, 2024
Jason Linkins
Don’t Worry, Mike Pence, Trump Will Sign Your Abortion Ban
The former vice president thinks his former boss has betrayed the anti-abortion movement. He is, unfortunately, very wrong about that.
April 26, 2024
Susan Rinkunas
Sam Alito Thinks We’re All Stupid
The justice snapped that “nobody’s suggesting” pregnant women don’t deserve medical care in E.R.s. Actually, lots of people would put the fetus before her.
April 25, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
This 1873 Law Could Be Used to Ban Abortion. Why Not Repeal It?
Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act. But others are hesitating.
April 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Anti-Choice Lawyer Gives Away the Game in SCOTUS Abortion Case
Turns out, the case isn’t actually about a conflict between state and federal law, but a desire to deny certain types of care.
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