Reproductive Rights

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Masters of the Uterus Masters of the Uterus

Conservative men celebrate the restoration of their natural role.

May 21, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Brian Kemp and Renee Unterman signs away women’s reproductive rights

Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality

Why a spate of restrictive new bills will hurt poor and minority women the most.

May 17, 2019 / Laila Lalami

Pro-Choice Supreme Court Celebrate

There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law

For Democrats, this must be the hill we fight on—and even die on, if necessary.

May 16, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...

May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Brett Kavanaugh with Ted Cruz

A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade

As a Republican-majority court threatens the legal right to abortion, it’s time for states to step up.

May 7, 2019 / Editorial / The Nation

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.

May 7, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

Pro-choice Rally in New York

Take Action Now: Oppose Trump’s Abortion Extremism Take Action Now: Oppose Trump’s Abortion Extremism

Organize this week against the Hyde Amendment and phony crisis-pregnancy centers.

Apr 30, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Crash Test Dummies

How Women Are Made Invisible by Design How Women Are Made Invisible by Design

When a “generic male” is the measure of all things, women suffer the consequences.

Apr 9, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political

As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political

To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is.

Mar 27, 2019 / Feature / Dani McClain

Abortion clinic Mississippi

Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies

None of the people decrying the lack of manners in American politics has batted an eye over the truly outrageous charges of “infanticide.”

Mar 27, 2019 / Joshua Holland

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