Abortion

Kaitlyn Joshua speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024, in Chicago.

I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua. I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua.

As always, the DNC was an endurance grind. But my serendipitous encounter with a woman who embodies Harris’s reproductive justice agenda was the high point for me.

Aug 28, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Kamala Harris, Wisdom

Kamala Harris, Wisdom Kamala Harris, Wisdom

“Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body?” is a quote from Kamala Harris during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in 201...

Aug 26, 2024 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida

The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida

A six-week abortion ban in the state has unleashed widespread suffering. Now voters in the state have a chance to restore Florida as a haven for abortion care in the South.

Aug 26, 2024 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

Vice-President Kamala Harris claps and smiles at a podium in front of a banner reading

Now Is the Time for Kamala Harris to Flip the Script and Win Big on Abortion Now Is the Time for Kamala Harris to Flip the Script and Win Big on Abortion

The Democrats have a chance to become the party that wants to grant you the freedom to terminate a pregnancy and the freedom to raise the children you want.

Aug 21, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024, in Chicago.

Shawn Fain, Raphael Warnock, and AOC Emerge as the Future of the Democratic Party Shawn Fain, Raphael Warnock, and AOC Emerge as the Future of the Democratic Party

The convention in Chicago is both a forum for past fights and a showcase of tomorrow’s stars.

Aug 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer

NOT a Minor Issue

NOT a Minor Issue NOT a Minor Issue

While women’s lives are at stake, Trump stated that abortion was a “minor issue” in the upcoming election.

Aug 19, 2024 / OppArt / Robin McCarthy, Rose Deler, Andrea Arroyo, and Holly Ballard Martz

Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Arizona’s Abortion Access Measure Is More Bad News for Trump Arizona’s Abortion Access Measure Is More Bad News for Trump

The GOP has been desperately trying—and failing—to shift the public’s attention onto other issues.

Aug 16, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

We Get to Decide What Is Possible Under a Future Harris Administration

We Get to Decide What Is Possible Under a Future Harris Administration We Get to Decide What Is Possible Under a Future Harris Administration

I, Ilhan Omar, see a bright future under Kamala Harris. This is what it could look like if she wins.

Jul 31, 2024 / Representative Ilhan Omar

A protester at Trafalgar Square following the abortion ban in Texas, on October 2, 2021, in London, United Kingdom.

A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths

Texas leaders promised that the ban, enacted 10 months before Roe was overturned, would “save” newborn lives.

Jul 9, 2024 / Mary Tuma

Will Arizona Be MAGA’s Last Stand?

Will Arizona Be MAGA’s Last Stand? Will Arizona Be MAGA’s Last Stand?

Trump needs the state’s votes to win. But after its highest court revived an 1864 law that bans abortions, all bets are off.

Jul 2, 2024 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

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