Roe v. Wade Archives

A billboard in McAllen, Texas, in front of Whole Women's Health.

News in Brief

The Future of Abortion Access: An Essential Reading List

The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a measure that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Here's a selection of Pacific Standard stories about recent challenges to abortion access.

Leah Dunlevy

People carry pro-life and pro-choice signs during the 2016 March for Life in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Alabama Is Poised to Pass an Outright Ban on Abortion

Georgia's governor has also signed a six-week ban, giving the Supreme Court yet more opportunities to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Rosemary Westwood

Social Justice

How Six-Week Abortion Bans Are Fueling a ‘Radical’ Year for Abortion Law

The bans mark an unprecedented year for abortion legislation—and a potential political turning point.

Rosemary Westwood

Anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly demonstrates with other women against the Equal Rights Amendment in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 4th, 1977.

Social Justice

Why We’re Still Fighting Over the Equal Rights Amendment in 2019

The amendment was originally defeated in the late 1970s, and today's reignited movement to ratify it has much in common with the earlier fight.

Rosemary Westwood

The abortion drug Mifepristone, also known as RU486.

Social Justice

What Will Alabama’s ‘Baby Roe’ Lawsuit Mean for the Abortion Debate?

The headline-grabbing wrongful death case over an aborted embryo taps into the "fetal personhood" movement that's currently gaining momentum.

Rosemary Westwood

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

Social Justice

The Future of Abortion in America Is in Chief Justice John Roberts’ Hands

After a surprising vote to stay a Louisiana law, the future of women's constitutional right to abortion appears to hang on the judgment of a single man.

Rosemary Westwood

A woman speaks with her doctor on November 27th, 2002, in Newark, New Jersey.

A Virginia Bill to Reduce Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions Spurs an Outcry

A bill put forth in Virginia that would have eliminated certain requirements on late-term abortions in the state has prompted outcries of infanticide among its critics.

Kelley Czajka