reproductive rights movement

46 posts

Abortion access and funding have always been a struggle in U.S. territories

Access to abortion in U.S. territories post-Dobbs is just as difficult as before, and those concerns aren’t even a discussion within the mainstream reproductive rights movement

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6 Min
By: Cecille Joan Avila

Abortion rights are at the forefront of midterm elections this November

Nationwide, voters will have the power to dramatically shape the future of abortion policies in their state. Here’s what’s at stake

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Abortion restrictions worsen with climate change

The fall of Roe v. Wade and recent climate hazards have the potential to cause added harm to marginalized communities

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5 Min
By: Xenia Ellenbogen

Despite being legal in most states, self-managed abortion is being criminalized

Reproductive rights advocates are reminding people that “the law still matters,” regardless of recent attempts to criminalize self-managed abortions

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

So-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ are surveilling clients and may help criminalize them, reproductive advocates say

Advocates say that post-Roe, anti-abortion centers form a key part of the abortion surveillance state

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5 Min
By: Xenia Ellenbogen

Abortion pill reversal is a myth driven by the anti-abortion agenda

Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, one of the lies that continues to spread is disinformation about abortion reversals

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5 Min
By: Xenia Ellenbogen

How Medicaid expansion could help relieve Georgia’s reproductive health care crisis

Georgia and 11 other states have barred the expansion of the public health insurance program for low-income people since its inclusion in the ACA

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5 Min
By: Neesha Powell-Ingabire

Abortion clinics in conservative states are moving out of state to provide care

As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case last year, abortion clinics in conservative states knew moving would be unpreventable. Since then, the nightmares of clinic owners and abortion providers have come true, as abortion bans have been implemented

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

National Right to Life model legislation criminalizes information on abortions

Journalists would be directly targeted by this legislation, which criminalizes freedom of speech

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The same companies offering abortion travel benefits are donating to anti-abortion politicians

As corporations tout new policies to support people seeking abortion care, advocates cite privacy concerns and ask whether companies can truly be trusted

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Breaking: SCOTUS strikes down Roe v. Wade

Abortion rights advocates call the ruling their “worst-case scenario”

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Laws targeting free speech about abortion would put journalists in the line of fire

The NRLC’s model law targeting websites that “encourage” abortion are part of a long history of suppressing speech—including news coverage—that centers on marginalized people in the U.S.

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5 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

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