Abortion

Women in Arizona must now fill out a questionnaire before receiving an abortion.

• By Ashley Hackett

Can California require crisis pregnancy centers to disclose to patients the availability of free or low-cost reproductive care?

• By Caitlin Cruz

The temporary ban on the law will benefit women who have sought abortions with the belief or knowledge that the fetus has Down syndrome.

• By Candace Butera

The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

• By Candace Butera

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• By Kristina Kutateli
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After natural disasters, access to reproductive services can be slow to return. Across the country, many abortion providers are working to fix that problem.

• By Caitlin Cruz

Right-wing activists hope that photos of kids with Down syndrome will keep Ireland from legalizing abortion.

• By David M. Perry

During oral arguments for a lawsuit between the Satanic Temple and Missouri over abortion restrictions, the state solicitor general debunked the notion that an ultrasound is legally required for any woman seeking an abortion. That in itself is a minor miracle.

• By Jack Denton

The Trump administration has appealed a court decision compelling the federal government to allow a 17-year-old immigrant in its custody access to an abortion.

• By Kate Wheeling

Murphy is resigning from Congress in the wake of an abortion scandal, just days after voting for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new survey of major abortion providers shows just how sparse abortion access is in rural America.

• By Francie Diep

The law, known as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, includes exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or risk to the mother's life.

• By Kate Wheeling

Salvadoran women march at a protest calling for the decriminalization of abortion in San Salvador on September 28th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The pontiff calls out Trump—and the American public—on an instance of what he deems unchristian ethical inconsistency.

• By Massoud Hayoun

The lawsuits argue that Missouri's 72-hour abortion waiting period violates the religious rights of Satanic Temple members.

• By Jack Denton

The new rules expand the Mexico City policy, which Donald Trump signed two days after he entered the presidency.

• By Francie Diep

If the National Center on Sexual Exploitation thinks that every entity from HBO to the Department of Justice is guilty of perpetuating evil, perhaps it needs to take a closer look at its core beliefs.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

Texas' laws, which are now being debated in the Supreme Court, are part of a larger trend nationwide.

• By Francie Diep

The evidence suggests a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the state of Texas would make abortions harder to get and may make them slightly more dangerous.

• By Francie Diep

Abortion is important. Immigration too. And the Supreme Court has influence over both of these issues, and many more.

• By Jessica A. Levinson

The fights women of color face for reproductive rights remain sidelined (and sometimes, made invisible) in what is now the establishment story: There is Roe, and everything after.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

A grand jury in Texas investigating Planned Parenthood decided instead to indict two anti-abortion activists for wrongdoing.

• By Kate Wheeling

The story of China’s one-child policy—and why its reversal comes too late.

• By Jane Greenway Carr

Two potentially sweeping Supreme Court cases set the stage for a seismic shift in the battle over abortion and contraception.

• By Nina Martin