Reproductive Rights

Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges

Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges

In her new book, Bridges found that healthcare provided through private markets leaves more room for discrimination and unequal care to take root than in a public program like Med...

Apr 2, 2026 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

The Whodunit Investigating the Death of “Roe”: Q&A With Amy Littlefield

The Whodunit Investigating the Death of “Roe”: Q&A With Amy Littlefield The Whodunit Investigating the Death of “Roe”: Q&A With Amy Littlefield

Our abortion access reporter’s new book reports on the grassroots social movement that amassed enough power to overturn legal abortion, despite being a minority point of view.

Mar 31, 2026 / Sophie Mann-Shafir

Reproductive justice advocates rallied on the day that Representative Barbara Lee introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act on July 8, 2015.

How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination

A long-shot campaign to restore public funding for abortion turned into the movement’s biggest success in a generation.

Mar 9, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

Federal agents detain a nine-months-pregnant woman after exiting a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Septeber 11, 2025.

ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition

We are seeing yet another example of state-sanctioned violence against the reproductive futures of those deemed outside the national body.

Feb 26, 2026 / Ira Memaj

Supporters of abortion rights rallied outside the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.

What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe” What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe”

The anti-abortion movement was methodical and radical at the same time. The abortion-rights movement must be too.

Feb 10, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

No One Asked You director Ruth Leitman and Lovering Health Center executive director Sandi Denoncour at the Portsmouth screening in October.

How a Community Rallied to Save My Abortion Film How a Community Rallied to Save My Abortion Film

When a New Hampshire venue canceled a screening of my documentary, citing safety concerns, local volunteers built a theater overnight.

Dec 31, 2025 / Ruth Leitman

Why We Need Kin: A Conversation With Sophie Lucido Johnson

Why We Need Kin: A Conversation With Sophie Lucido Johnson Why We Need Kin: A Conversation With Sophie Lucido Johnson

The author and cartoonist explains why we should dismantle the nuclear family and build something bigger.

Dec 23, 2025 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care

Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care

We must be vigilant in keeping law enforcement out of exam rooms.

Dec 12, 2025 / Lourdes A. Rivera and Dr. Jamila Perritt

Stand Up!

Stand Up! Stand Up!

Believe in science.

Nov 25, 2025 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era.

Nov 25, 2025 / Regina Mahone

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