Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions
Do Republicans really think they will prevent abortions by defunding Planned Parenthood?
Apr 7, 2011 / MSNBC
Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison? Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison?
A new law to address systemic sexual violence behind bars still fails to protect the health and rights of women who are assaulted.
Apr 7, 2011 / Rachel Roth
Women Under the Budget Knife Women Under the Budget Knife
Despite all the talk of shared sacrifice, the drastic slashes to public sector jobs and social programs will hurt women the most.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Georgia Bill Would Allow Wrongful Death Suits on Behalf of Fetuses Georgia Bill Would Allow Wrongful Death Suits on Behalf of Fetuses
Stacey Abrams fights the antiabortion wackos so you don’t have to.
Mar 16, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Republicans Push the Mississippi Model Republicans Push the Mississippi Model
Looking at an unhappy future shaped by family planning cuts.
Mar 15, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Is the Anti–Birth Control Mob Losing Its Grip on Congress? Is the Anti–Birth Control Mob Losing Its Grip on Congress?
Members of Congress—including some who oppose abortion—are beginning to see recent attempts to defund contraception for what they are: attacks on the American family.
Mar 14, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Censoring of Malawian Doctor Highlights Obama Administration’s Timidity on International Abortion Censoring of Malawian Doctor Highlights Obama Administration’s Timidity on International Abortion
Dr. Chisale Mhango wanted to present research on the harm illegal abortion does to Malawian women. USAID decided that ran afoul of the Helms Amendment.
Mar 11, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth
Under the guidelines, patients would be told that women generally don’t suffer any psychological harm as a result of having an abortion.
Mar 9, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Marking 100 Years of International Women’s Day Marking 100 Years of International Women’s Day
With right-wing assaults on women’s rights and reproductive health growing fiercer by the day, we can all draw strength from the committed struggle women from around the worl...
Mar 8, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers
Marriage as an institution might deserve closer scrutiny, Melissa Harris-Perry explains, but people simply making "different decisions" about their own lives deserve ...
Mar 8, 2011 / Press Room