#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge #SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge
Today's national day of action hopes to draw attention to the lives of black women and girls lost to police violence.
May 21, 2015 / Blog / Dani McClain
Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well
A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.
May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman
If he really believed in “the right to be left alone,” he’d fight for women to have as much control over their bodies as their phone records.
May 12, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing
Are these two “culture wars” issues really that similar?
Apr 22, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill
Do you know the key moments in the struggle for gender equality?
Apr 7, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation
Indiana Just Sentenced a Woman Convicted of Feticide to Twenty Years in Prison Indiana Just Sentenced a Woman Convicted of Feticide to Twenty Years in Prison
We’ve reached a point where desperate women who end their pregnancies before viability are being locked up.
Mar 30, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment
The 1970s-era legislation has been haunting politics and restricting abortion access for far too long.
Mar 25, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
Who Has Abortions? Who Has Abortions?
We can, and should, support trans men and other gender-non-conforming people without erasing women from the fight for reproductive rights.
Mar 13, 2015 / Subject to Debate / Katha Pollitt
Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities
A new report offers the most extensive study of reproductive healthcare in a state prison system to date.
Feb 13, 2015 / Blog / Dani McClain
Don’t Be Fooled: Republicans Are Still as Extreme on Abortion as Ever Don’t Be Fooled: Republicans Are Still as Extreme on Abortion as Ever
GOP leaders replaced one abortion restriction for another in a demonstration of pure pandering.
Jan 22, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter