Nation Topics - Gender and Sexuality | The Nation

After taking some hits, the movement for abortion rights is pushing back—and has some new tricks up its sleeve.

Exploding the myth of the “two Indias,” the brutal attacks on women have shown that there is only one, where social Darwinism reigns. 

Refusing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, Republicans are leaving rape victims with few options.

Long waits and too few providers are consigning more and more women to illegal abortions.

Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.

But will it decide that the petitioners have standing?

The New York Times columnist is so obsessed with women’s fertility, it’s too bad he can’t get pregnant himself.

If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?

Her death is a warning: It could happen here.