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
Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for ‘Quillette’ Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for ‘Quillette’
The online magazine of the “intellectual dark web” is repackaging discredited race science.
Dec 5, 2019 / Donna Minkowitz
How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter
Consultants advised me not to talk about my work for Planned Parenthood. But I didn’t want to win an election if I could not be myself, and supporting reproductive freedom is found...
Dec 3, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Anna Eskamani
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 Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era
The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.
Dec 3, 2019 / Editorial / Emily Douglas
The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map
There’s a nationwide movement of abortion clinics, abortion funds, doula networks, and organizing efforts fighting to close the gap between the right to an abortion, and access to ...
Dec 3, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / The Nation
Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment
When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.
Dec 2, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump 61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump
A new CNN poll finds a 21 percent gender gap, as women form the vanguard for presidential accountability.
Nov 27, 2019 / John Nichols
What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like
Last night’s moderators showed us what American political life would look like if women’s concerns were routinely at the center of the conversation.
Nov 21, 2019 / Joan Walsh
When It Comes to Being Gay-Friendly, Women’s Sports Are Ahead of the Game When It Comes to Being Gay-Friendly, Women’s Sports Are Ahead of the Game
Women’s leagues have become much safer spaces for queerness, while men’s sports are still trapped in a culture of repression.
Nov 20, 2019 / Payal Dhar