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Abortion Rights

  1. abortion rights
    Here We Go: Supreme Court Accepts First Big Post-Kavanaugh Abortion CaseThe Court could begin the long march back to a pre–Roe v. Wade era by validating laws designed to shut down abortion providers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. politics
    What’s Become of All the Extreme Abortion Bans From This Year?Seven states tried to ban abortion in the first trimester earlier this year. Here’s what’s happened in the months since.
    By Amanda Arnold
  3. abortion rights
    U.S. Abortion Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since Roe v. WadeBut restrictive, anti-choice laws didn’t cause the decline, experts say.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  4. abortion rights
    Trump’s Newest Abortion Restriction Won’t Take Effect Just YetClinics have been given a few months to comply with the onerous “domestic gag rule.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  5. power
    Planned Parenthood Ousts New President After 8 MonthsDr. Leana Wen says her employment was terminated at a secret meeting.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. reproductive rights
    Trump Ban on Abortion Provider Referrals To Go Into Effect ‘Immediately’The Trump administration is now enforcing the ban on family planning clinics providing abortion referrals to patients.
    By Marie Lodi
  7. book excerpt
    Not Your Grandmother’s Illegal AbortionPeople are training to provide manual vacuum aspirations, “menstrual extractions,” and other methods of abortion as bans proliferate.
    By Jennifer Block
  8. first person
    The Best Abortion EverIn the rural county where I live, it used to be impossible to get an abortion. The year I was 41, I needed two of them.
    By Sarah Miller
  9. reproductive rights
    New York Becomes the First City in the U.S. to Directly Fund AbortionsThe city has allocated $250,000 to help low-income women terminate their pregnancies.
    By Lisa Ryan
  10. abortion rights
    Finally, Some Good News for Abortion RightsThe governor of Maine just signed a bill allowing nurse practitioners and others to perform abortions.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. abortion rights
    Missouri Forces Abortion Doctors to Perform ‘Invasive’ Vaginal Exams“It feels like we are an instrument of the state in sanctioning sexual assault.”
    By Claire Lampen
  14. abortion rights
    Dr. Tiller Was a Hero to His Abortion PatientsA tribute to George Tiller’s courage and compassion, from a woman who got an abortion at 34 weeks and her husband.
    By the Cut
  15. abortion rights
    Missouri’s Last Abortion Clinic Is Set to Close at MidnightUnless a judge intervenes, it will become the first state in the country with no provider.
    By Callie Beusman
  16. abortion rights
    Democrats Are Responsible for Louisiana’s Extreme Abortion BanEven though a majority of House Democrats voted against it, a Democratic legislator wrote it — and a Democratic governor will sign it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the cut on tuesdays
    Is This the Biggest Threat to the Anti-Abortion Movement?On this week’s podcast, we’re talking about self-managed abortion.
    By the Cut
  18. movements
    Boycotts of Georgia Will Only Make It RedderDon’t dismiss the South. The abortion fight won’t be won from New York.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  19. abortion rights
    Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is Already Being Challenged in Court“We said we would, and we did.”
    By Claire Lampen
  20. abortion rights
    Embryos Don’t Have HeartsThe so-called “heartbeat bills” passed in six U.S. states are based on a fundamental mischaracterization of how a fetus develops.
    By Katie Heaney
  21. the cut portfolio
    The Strange Hope of Knowing Things Will Get WorseAt Tuesday night’s abortion-rights rally, the mood on the ground called for widespread action.
    By Callie Beusman
  22. power
    Is Hollywood Really Boycotting Georgia Over the Abortion Ban?Abortion activists in the state say the protest could do more harm than good.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  25. abortion rights
    How to Join the Nationwide Abortion-Ban Protest TodayOver 400 #StopTheBans protests are taking place today. Here’s how to join one.
    By Amanda Arnold
  26. abortion
    Republicans Are Trying to Change the Subject From Abortion BansDemocrats running for president should beware right-wing talking points.
    By Irin Carmon
  27. abortion rights
    What the Hell Happened With Bernie Sanders’s Abortion Comments This Week?Sanders fell into a rhetorical trap about “sex-selective abortion.”
    By Hannah Gold
  28. the body politic
    Our Fury Over Abortion Was Dismissed for Decades As HystericalBut we were gaslit.
    By Rebecca Traister
  29. new york
    Buy Pastries, Support Abortion RightsOn May 19, Café Altro Paradiso will host its third-annual bake sale benefiting Planned Parenthood NYC.
    By Amanda Arnold
  30. so you want to be president
    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
  31. abortion rights
    The Assault on Abortion Rights Is Tyranny of the MinorityMost GOP voters want Roe v. Wade upheld. And banning abortion in all circumstances is opposed by a majority of voters in every U.S. state.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. how to help
    Here’s How You Can Become an Abortion-Clinic EscortA tangible step you can take to defend reproductive rights.
    By Amanda Arnold and Susan Rinkunas
  33. abortion rights
    Abortion Is Under Attack. Misinformation Isn’t Helping.Abortion is still legal in every state. It’s crucial women know that.
    By Callie Beusman
  34. abortion rights
    What You Can Do to Help Women in States With Extreme Abortion BansWhere to give and volunteer.
    By Amanda Arnold
  37. abortion rights
    Alabama’s Extreme Abortion Ban Has Been Signed into LawBut it will face legal challenges before it can take effect.
    By Amanda Arnold
  38. abortion rights
    Alabama’s Governor Has a Terrible Record on AbortionAlabama’s extreme abortion ban is in the hands of a politician who’s proven herself anti-abortion.
    By Amanda Arnold
  39. abortion rights
    The Most Important Things to Know About Alabama’s Abortion BanThe bill is explicitly meant to challenge Roe v. Wade.
    By Hannah Gold
  40. abortion rights
    We Have No Idea How Scary Our Abortion Future Will GetSo-called heartbeat bills should be swatted away by the Supreme Court. But will they?
    By Irin Carmon
  41. abortion rights
    Alabama Just Passed the Harshest Abortion Ban in the CountryIn the latest draconian attack on reproductive rights in the South.
    By Amanda Arnold
  42. abortion
    Unplanned Is a Movie That Could Get Someone KilledThere’s a dangerous call to action lurking in the anti-abortion film’s narrative.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  43. abortion rights
    Texas Lawmakers Want to Make Abortion Punishable by DeathA proposed bill would allow the state to convict women who receive abortions with homicide, which carries with it a possible death penalty.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  44. reproductive rights
    Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Is Even More Terrifying Than It SeemsGovernor Brian Kemp is expected to sign it into law soon.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  45. abortion rights
    These Stars Won’t Film in Georgia without a Fight If the Abortion Ban Passes“We cannot in good conscience continue to recommend our industry remain in Georgia if H.B. 481 becomes law.”
    By Bethy Squires
  46. power
    Arkansas and Utah Have Passed 18-Week Abortion BansIf they’re signed into law, they could become the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country.
    By Kimberly Truong
  49. culture
    Would You Wear a ‘Thank God for Abortion’ T-Shirt?Artist Viva Ruiz has made a feminist slogan tee that actually feels daring.
    By Svetlana Kitto
  50. lawsuits
    A Man Is Suing an Abortion Clinic on Behalf of a FetusAn Alabama court recognized the aborted fetus as a “person” with legal rights.
    By Amanda Arnold
  51. abortion rights
    11-Year-Old Rape Victim Given C-Section After Being Denied AbortionOne of the doctors who performed the C-section says she “almost became sick” when she first saw the girl.
    By Amanda Arnold
  52. supreme court
    Brett Kavanaugh Knows Exactly What He’s DoingUnpacking his duplicitous dissent in the Louisiana abortion ruling.
    By Irin Carmon
  53. abortion rights
    Whose ‘Womb’ Is This Anyway?Donald Trump speaks about abortion as though women have nothing to do with it.
    By Irin Carmon
  54. abortion rights
    A False War Over Late AbortionThe hypocrisy of Republican outrage over Kathy Tran’s bill.
    By Irin Carmon
  55. abortion rights
    Maybe the Only Way to Know What’s Wrong With Abortion in America Is to Have OneExperience showed me how much I didn’t know.
    By Nona Willis Aronowitz
  56. 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
  57. abortion rights
    Anti-Choice March for Life Attempts Pivot to ScienceUnsurprisingly, it didn’t go too well.
    By Ella Cerón
  58. reproductive rights
    Judge Strikes Down Mississippi’s Awful Abortion Ban, Calls It ‘Pure Gaslighting’He called the 15-week ban “clearly unconstitutional” in a blistering opinion.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
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