Reproductive Rights

First Texas Came for Pregnant People—Then It Came for Trans Kids

First Texas Came for Pregnant People—Then It Came for Trans Kids First Texas Came for Pregnant People—Then It Came for Trans Kids

The fact that Texas got away with its assault on reproductive rights helped lay the groundwork for its amped-up attack on trans rights.

Mar 1, 2022 / Elie Mystal

March for Reproductive Rights

We Need to Do More Than “Protect ‘Roe’” We Need to Do More Than “Protect ‘Roe’”

We have to address the structural barriers that prevent people from accessing their right to an abortion, including systemic poverty and racism.

Feb 24, 2022 / Katrina Kimport

Pro-Life Demonstrators Face Pro-Choice Demonstrators

Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch

Anti-choice organizations claim they’ll provide help to pregnant women in a post-Roe world. Where have they been?

Jan 20, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line

If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line

The same state legislators who are attacking voting rights are pushing ever-more-extreme bans and restrictions on abortion rights and access.

Jan 18, 2022 / Mini Timmaraju

The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

“When you deny people the opportunity to have a safe abortion procedure and replace it with the higher risk of continuing pregnancies, more people are going to die.”

Jan 13, 2022 / Mary Tuma

What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty

What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty

The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has honed a new, radical approach to religious liberty, the significance of which cannot be overstated.

Jan 6, 2022 / Katherine Franke for The Nation

Marie Equi

What We Can Learn From Portland’s “Queen of the Bolsheviks” What We Can Learn From Portland’s “Queen of the Bolsheviks”

More than a century ago, the US government tried to silence Marie Equi, a radical queer abortionist.

Jan 4, 2022 / Kim Kelly

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022 These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

For a year that saw progress come slowly and presidential approval ratings decline, these progressives held the line, speaking truth to power, defending democracy, and showing up f...

Dec 28, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols

The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can

The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to lift restrictions on mifepristone is good news for people in states that allow telemedicine abortion, but means nothing for everyone ...

Dec 17, 2021 / Renee Bracey Sherman and Dr. Daniel Grossman

Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail

Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail

There is little chance the conservatives on the Supreme Court will let California treat gun manufacturers the way it’s letting Texas treat pregnant people.

Dec 14, 2021 / Elie Mystal

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