Reproductive Rights

Missouri Abortion Rights

With Abortion Winning on the Ballot, Will Republicans Double Down on a Failing Strategy? With Abortion Winning on the Ballot, Will Republicans Double Down on a Failing Strategy?

The GOP is increasingly ditching labels like “pro-life” and calling for abortion “limits” rather than bans. But some activists and state officials in Missouri continue to bet on t...

Nov 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Molly Morrow

A blurred motion shot in a hospital corridor.

How Do You Put a Price on the Loss of Autonomy From Forced Sterilization? How Do You Put a Price on the Loss of Autonomy From Forced Sterilization?

California has created a compensation fund for victims of state-sponsored, non-consensual sterilization, which happened in prisons for decades. But as the deadline looms, many who ...

Nov 9, 2023 / Amy Littlefield

Andrea Miller seated at a gala event.

Remembering Andrea Miller, a Reproductive Justice Movement Visionary With a Plan Remembering Andrea Miller, a Reproductive Justice Movement Visionary With a Plan

Miller understood that the potential for bold change on abortion access was in the states, not in the federal courts.

Nov 8, 2023 / Amy Littlefield

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on November 2, 2023.

The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson

The new speaker of the House combines Christian nationalism and MAGA.

Nov 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Ohio abortion rights protest

Ohio Voters Could Soon Enshrine Abortion Rights in Their State Constitution Ohio Voters Could Soon Enshrine Abortion Rights in Their State Constitution

On November 7, Ohio will vote on Issue 1, which would guarantee access to abortion. “Every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”

Nov 3, 2023 / StudentNation / Molly Morrow

Three people standing at the front of a room in front of the letters

A Weekend at Abortion Camp Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Abortion Access A Weekend at Abortion Camp Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Abortion Access

In the year after Dobbs, the movement has been operating in triage mode, and Abortion Camp was conceived as a conclave where activists could come together to have honest conversati...

Oct 26, 2023 / Rebecca Grant

Silence Is Complicity

Silence Is Complicity Silence Is Complicity

Let’s speak out against white supremacy, human trafficking, bigotry, sexual abuse, gun violence, oppression, mass shootings, domestic violence…

Oct 13, 2023 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

family, two adults and a baby, marching in climate strike new york city

Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics

From Comrades with Kids to Red Sprouts, millennials find new ways of support.

Oct 12, 2023 / Raina Lipsitz

Former Washington Nationals player Sean Doolittle pitching

Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires

How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball.

Oct 6, 2023 / Peter Dreier

Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Women’s March LA on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible

A Nebraska mother and daughter were put behind bars for self-managing an abortion, but not because of what the law says is illegal.

Oct 4, 2023 / Elizabeth Ling

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