reproductive rights
What Just Happened?: Ohio Just Effectively Banned Abortion
The six-week abortion ban known as the “heartbeat bill” is now law in Ohio.
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How Planned Parenthood Became a Safe Haven for Queer Women
Until the mainstream medical community learns to recognize queer women’s right to affordable, queer-inclusive care, Planned Parenthood will remain an essential, valuable resource.
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Flagged Down: “America First” Feminism Is Not the Future
Feminist resistance must be equally resolute in rejecting assaults on women’s rights wherever they occur.
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How Thousands of Americans Received Abortion Care Abroad before “Roe V. Wade”
Persistent attacks on abortion access means grassroots efforts are still essential in addressing growing inequities in reproductive healthcare access, especially for underage women, women of color, and poor and rural women.
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Abortion under 45 Hearkens Back to the Jane Era
It no longer seems irrational to believe that we might need to learn from the resourcefulness of prior generations that did not have access to legal abortion.
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Popaganda: How Do We Talk About Abortion?
In recent years, though, there’s been a big shift in the way we talk about abortion. People who’ve had abortions have been able to share their stories widely on social media. Though, of course, they’ve faced a lot of pushback and hatred, real people sharing their stories about abortion is... Read more »
Reframing Abortion to Breathe Life into a “Culture of Death”
What if we decided that abortion is beneficial, essential, and sacred—regardless of when life actually begins?
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When It Comes to Reproductive Rights, We Need More Than Science on Our Side
People who don’t support reproductive freedom invoke science too.
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Undecided: The Reliable Romanticizing of Unplanned Parenthood
The temptation to chalk our decisions up to the whims of some larger, intangible force—God, evolution, DNA, nature, life—is a powerful one.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Women of Color Make Election History
Regardless of the midterm election results as a whole, this is a historic moment for women of color in Congress.
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