Why Abortion Doulas Matter, Even When We’re Just Showing Up Why Abortion Doulas Matter, Even When We’re Just Showing Up
Doulas not only support people having abortions but also demystify abortion in the wider world.
Dec 9, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Alice Markham-Cantor
Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho
An Ohio House bill would require doctors to perform a procedure that is medically impossible—or face murder charges. Other bills just as nutty are being enacted across the country.
Dec 3, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
How Abortion Played on the Air in Virginia How Abortion Played on the Air in Virginia
The state’s 2019 state legislative elections flooded airwaves with bad-faith claims about a Democrat-sponsored later-abortion bill, among others.
Dec 3, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Joan Walsh
Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans
A group of progressive attorneys is refusing to enforce new abortion laws. But in a legal landscape so hostile to choice, is deliberate inaction enough?
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Cynthia Greenlee
How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom
From remaking the judiciary to repealing Hyde to removing the global gag rule, Trump’s successor has their work cut out for them.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Ilyse Hogue
Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore
In Virginia, Democrats won back the statehouse despite Republicans’ blatant lies.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures
Janet Folger Porter was once deemed too radical even for conservatives. Now she’s behind a wave of “heartbeat” bans sweeping the states.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
What Does Reproductive Justice Activism Look Like As Clinics Close? What Does Reproductive Justice Activism Look Like As Clinics Close?
As abortion access in Ohio erodes, reproductive justice groups are bringing new activists to the fight.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Dani McClain
How Abortion Funds Showed America That ‘Roe’ Is Not Enough How Abortion Funds Showed America That ‘Roe’ Is Not Enough
The movement for abortion access—not just rights—has arrived, and it’s winning fights across the country.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Amy Littlefield
The Pro-Choice Movement Has Won the Culture War The Pro-Choice Movement Has Won the Culture War
Abortion has never been less taboo than it is today.
Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Moira Donegan