Reproductive Rights

Regrets Only Regrets Only

The Supreme Court's recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Curbing Abortion Rights Curbing Abortion Rights

Newcomer Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito showed their true stripes by supporting a landmark late-term abortion ban.

Apr 18, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert

A Win for Women A Win for Women

Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.

Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone

Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote

The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives....

Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.

Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota

An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.

Oct 22, 2006 / Editorial / Kate Michelman

Single-Issue Solipsism Single-Issue Solipsism

NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?

Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots

In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...

Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law

Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...

Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans

Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA

In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...

Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

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