It’s no coincidence that states with the most immigrants and migrants passing through their borders, like Texas and Florida, now have the harshest laws in the country.
Today I consider myself a passionate advocate for reproductive justice and freedom.
Florida school districts are receiving nationwide backlash for requiring students to provide records of their menstrual cycle to play sports.
When it comes to the media’s depictions of abortion, what we most often see may not accurately depict the reality of people’s experiences with abortion.
Our country is supposedly the “land of the free” and yet women’s choices about their reproductive health and autonomy are being forced by a government that is in turn influenced by certain religions.
On June 20, a joint investigation from The Intercept Brazil and the website Portal Catarinas found that an 11-year-old (who has remained anonymous) had not only been denied an abortion after becoming pregnant as a result of rape but was also separated from her mother, who was vocal about terminating the pregnancy, and sent to foster care.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive choice in the United States was reserved for those with the appropriate social and financial resources.
For the first time in my young life, I feel well and truly hopeless.
On June 1, Illinois officially repealed its Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA), which required the guardians of patients under 18 to be notified at least 48 hours before the patient received an abortion.
If our abortion rights are taken away, who knows what other rights will be taken next?
According to a leaked initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Alito, the Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that protects a pregnant person's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
On March 8, while many celebrated International Women’s Day, Guatemala’s Congress approved the “Ley para la Protección de la Vida y la Familia” (Law for the Protection of Life and Family), which would punish abortion with up to 10 years in prison.
The Texas abortion bill SB8, which passed on September 1, 2021, prohibits and criminalizes abortion after a fetus’ heartbeat is detected.
Texas State Representative Donna Howard has watched the political tides shift firsthand.
On December 1, after hearing close to two hours of debate on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, the Supreme Court appeared open to upholding the state law.
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, and allows people to sue both clinics and individuals who help someone get an abortion.
A recent trend in anti-choice activism is rearing its ugly head again.
When Carly Manes first began working in reproductive health and started having conversations with clients about their needs, she immediately noticed something: many of them wished there were more resources for parents who wanted to explain what abortions were to their children.
There are a number of reasons menstruating people (not just those who identify as women) take birth control pills.
As we mark the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade this month, it’s crucial to recognize the landmark Supreme Court case was about more than abortion and bodily autonomy — it was also broadly about privacy and pregnancy.
On December 30, Argentina’s Senate approved legislation that not only legalized abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, but also made the procedure free of charge.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) doles out between $4 million and $10 million to controversial faux-abortion clinics known as crisis pregnancy centers.
Every hour, four girls under 13 are raped in Brazil.
A 2016 report revealed that one in five adult Brazilian women has had at least one abortion, which amounts to at least half a million women every year. Given that the practice is illegal, the number may be much higher.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of women’s reproductive rights in a 5-4 decision on June 29 by striking down a Louisiana law that would have limited the state to a single abortion clinic.