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June 2, 2023
Prem Thakker
Elon Musk Calls to Imprison Therapists Helping Trans Kids
The Twitter CEO suggested throwing the medical professionals in jail, shortly after vowing to lobby for the criminalization of gender-affirming care.
May 26, 2023
Tori Otten
Poll: Half of Americans Don’t Know if the Abortion Pill Is Legal or Not
Republican attacks on mifepristone are succeeding.
May 26, 2023
Tori Otten
A Judge Has Temporarily Blocked South Carolina’s Extreme Abortion Ban
If it goes back into effect, the ban would block abortion before many people even know they’re pregnant.
May 26, 2023
Tori Otten
Indiana Board Reprimands Doctor Who Performed Abortion on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
Dr. Caitlin Bernard helped a rape victim after the fall of Roe, and now she’s being punished for it.
May 25, 2023
Tori Otten
South Carolina Governor Signs Draconian Abortion Ban Behind Closed Doors
With Governor Henry McMaster’s signature, abortion access in the South has been effectively wiped out.
May 23, 2023
Tori Otten
South Carolina Passes Extreme Abortion Ban, Wiping Out Access Across the South
South Carolina was one of the last states in the South that allowed abortion.
May 23, 2023
Tori Otten
Lauren Boebert Admits She Had Her Third Son Because Birth Control Was Too Expensive
Despite her experience, the Colorado congresswoman has made it a point to oppose contraception access.
May 22, 2023
Tori Otten
Nebraska Governor Signs Radical Bill Banning Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
A fun one-two punch of losing bodily autonomy.
May 22, 2023
Tori Otten
8 More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban, Saying It Almost Killed Them
“What happened to these women is indefensible and is happening to countless pregnant people across the state.”
May 16, 2023
Tori Otten
Three GOP States Are Pushing Radical Abortion Bans on the Same Day
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Nebraska are all desperately trying to pass bans at the last minute, despite recent failures.
May 12, 2023
Tori Otten
Alabama Republicans Want to Charge People Who Get Abortions With Homicide
House Bill 454 would take Alabama’s anti-abortion laws to the next level.
May 11, 2023
Tori Otten
It’s Now Legal in Florida for Doctors to Deny Health Care to Anyone If They Feel Like It
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a dangerous bill that would give virtually any health care provider (including insurance companies) the right to deny care.
May 11, 2023
Tori Otten
Louisiana Republicans Cruelly Reject Rape, Incest Exceptions to Abortion Ban
House Republicans heard directly from survivors—and then ignored them.
May 11, 2023
Critical Mass
Eleanor Cummins
Medical Mysteries Are the New True Crime
Why memoirs of sickness and elusive diagnosis increasingly read like detective stories
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
Wisconsin Republicans Are Fighting to Keep a 200-Year-Old Abortion Law on the Books
A nationally watched abortion lawsuit is making its way through Wisconsin courts.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
North Carolina Passes Nightmare Abortion Ban After Democrat Switched Parties
Basically as soon as Tricia Cotham switched parties, Republicans set their plan in motion.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
How North Carolina Republicans Rushed Through an Abortion Ban in the Dead of Night
Republicans quickly pushed through the ban after a Democrat switched parties.
April 28, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Break Ranks to Save Abortion Rights in Nebraska and South Carolina
At least a few Republicans are finally listening to what the people want.
April 25, 2023
Tori Otten
Nikki Haley Has the Gall to Pretend She’s a Moderate on Abortion
The 2024 Republican hopeful says she wants a “national consensus” on abortion. Her record says otherwise.
April 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
North Dakota Is Forcing Students to Watch Anti-Abortion Propaganda
The new requirement comes as the state cracks down even further on abortion rights.
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