reproductive health movement

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EXCLUSIVE: Why does Planned Parenthood contract with the arms manufacturer Raytheon?

Few demands for divestment in the repro rights movement have emerged, likely because workers are unaware of Planned Parenthood’s connection to Raytheon

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9 Min
By: Nicole Froio

Q&A: Undoing abortion rights is creating an impact we will ‘feel for decades’

A few days after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that rescinded the constitutional right to abortion, journalist Rebecca Traister explained the need for abortion stories: “Without people who have had abortions describing their realities,” she wrote, “the empty space has been

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5 Min
By: Marisa Wright

Minnesota is a national leader for abortion freedom—and we’re just getting started

After legislative wins securing abortion access in Minnesota, the work continues to remove systemic barriers to reproductive care

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3 Min
By: Abena Abraham

Breaking: Federal appeals court limits access to the abortion pill

The ruling won’t take immediate effect, but advocates are concerned about the far-reaching implications

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Out-of-state abortion care is becoming the norm in the Southeast, but resources for travel are drying up

While the demand for travel assistance for abortion care has grown, some abortion funds report that donations have slowed down

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5 Min
By: Eliana Perozo

‘They cannot beat us in our own house’

On July 1, North Carolina’s SB 20 goes into effect, limiting procedural abortions past 12 weeks. Though devastating for the South, all hope isn’t lost

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

‘What else can they do to us?’

The nation’s most extreme anti-abortion laws are often piloted in Texas, where abortion is now illegal and advocates are waiting for what comes next

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8 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

‘We need people to know abortion is still legal in North Carolina’

Anti-abortion laws like SB 20 not only restrict access to care, but fuel misinformation about what care is legal and available

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

‘All of this has shifted my understanding of democracy’

For abortion providers across Texas, it wasn’t Dobbs that changed the landscape. It was Senate Bill 8

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11 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

CBP subjects migrants to grave reproductive injustices

Recent complaints from advocacy organizations shed light on the inhumane treatment of migrants who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

These US states are protecting gender-affirming care and abortion access

As many states target trans people and bodily autonomy, executive orders, bills, and amendments in other states enshrine gender-affirming care and reproductive rights

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6 Min
By: Sherronda J. Brown

When abortion havens restrict access, where can people get care?

Florida, an abortion haven for people from Alabama and Texas, has proposed a six-week abortion ban

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4 Min
By: Sakshi Udavant

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