Reproductive Rights

Mike Pence and Donald Trump

The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big

You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.

Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination

Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination

If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identit...

Feb 1, 2017 / Breaking News / Sarah Posner

Women's March on Washington

The Women’s March Succeeded Because It Spoke to Women’s Outrage The Women’s March Succeeded Because It Spoke to Women’s Outrage

The success of the marches should put the critique of “identity politics” as divisive dead end to rest, once and for all.

Jan 23, 2017 / Katha Pollitt

Donald Trump.

Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions

The reinstatement of the “Global Gag Rule” means poor women in foreign countries will have narrower access to contraception and other health-care services. 

Jan 23, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

The question remains whether the energy displayed Saturday will carry over into other ongoing local struggles.

Jan 23, 2017 / Dani McClain

Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March

Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March

Over 500,000 people flooded the streets of the nation’s capital to protest everything President Trump stands for.

Jan 22, 2017 / Photo Essay / Tracie Williams

Abortion access

Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power

Just as the pro-choice movement is getting proactive, Washington will get even more hostile.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Sanctuary City Immigration

This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care

The fight against Donald Trump’s scary, damaging agenda has already begun.

Jan 13, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred? What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

Three writers consider what the 2016 election reveals about the state of feminism today.

Jan 12, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Melissa Murray, Kathleen Geier, and Catherine Powell

war on women protest

This Is What Could Happen to Reproductive Rights Under the Trump Administration This Is What Could Happen to Reproductive Rights Under the Trump Administration

It’s going to be ugly.

Dec 14, 2016 / Rebecca Grant

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