Abortion Archives

Social Justice

Poor Women in the United States Don’t Have Abortion Rights

For decades, the ban on using Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions has kept many poor women from being able to end their pregnancies. Finally, some pro-choice lawmakers are trying to change that—or at least show how unjust the status quo is.

Maya Dusenbery

Social Justice

When the Press Puts Private Decisions About Pregnancy and Parenting Up for Public Debate, Women Lose

Reporters should go easy on the sanctimony and fear mongering as they frame articles on pregnancy and childrearing.

Alana Massey

Social Justice

The Fantastical Flaws of Arizona’s New ‘Reverse’ Abortion Law

A new law that forces doctors to give their patients misinformation about an untested procedure is just the latest example of how anti-choice restrictions undermine evidence-based medical care. It’s long past time to stop taking abortion opponents’ hypocritical claims of concern for “patient safety” seriously.

Maya Dusenbery

Social Justice

Can Storytelling Help Destroy Abortion Stigma?

Last year was dubbed “the year of the abortion story.” Though these narratives have changed some hearts and minds, dismantling abortion stigma won’t happen overnight. And it certainly won’t ensure reproductive freedom for all.

Maya Dusenbery

Social Justice

Abortion Restrictions, Religious Exemptions, and 5 Other Reproductive Rights Issues to Watch in 2015

Changes for abortion, contraception, and more top the agenda with Republicans in the majority in Congress and many state legislatures.

Nina Martin

News in Brief

Protecting Abortion Clinics in a New Age of ‘McCullen v. Coakley’

After the recent Supreme Court decision, clinics will likely have to turn to injunctions to keep protesters away, taking on the additional expense themselves or passing it on to those they serve.

Joshua C. Wilson

News in Brief

The Dangers of Criminalizing Pregnancy Outcomes

New legislation in Tennessee has implications much wider than the use of illegal drugs by pregnant mothers-to-be.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

Real Talk About Abortion

As the long, angry fight over abortion roars on, Tracy Weitz, a researcher in California, has quietly worked to gather reliable facts about the procedure and the women who choose to have it.

Nina Martin