Reproductive Rights

Pro-choice Rally in New York

Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms

New religious exemptions would make it even harder to secure reproductive-health care.

Nov 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen

The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning

The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning

After occupying Senator Chuck Grassley’s office last week, activists vow to keep the uprising going.

Sep 24, 2018 / Gabriel Thompson

Chuck Grassley and Brett Kavanaugh

Grassley Knows Exactly What He Was Doing 35 Years Ago—Scheming to Ban Abortion Grassley Knows Exactly What He Was Doing 35 Years Ago—Scheming to Ban Abortion

The Judiciary Committee chair will bend every rule to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as part of his career-long mission to overturn Roe.

Sep 21, 2018 / John Nichols

Brett Kavanaugh Laughing

The Fate and Future of Christine Blasey Ford The Fate and Future of Christine Blasey Ford

What lies ahead for the women who expose the despicable pasts of powerful men?

Sep 19, 2018 / Rafia Zakaria

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

She says she’s pro-choice, so how can she justify voting for Brett Kavanaugh?

Sep 12, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Miss America Protest New Jersey 1968

How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval

A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.

Sep 7, 2018 / Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler

The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook

The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook

Does Brett Kavanaugh think abortion should be illegal? A secret network of right-wing activists has spent millions attacking such questions as anti-religious bigotry.

Sep 5, 2018 / Sarah Posner

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life… Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life…

...and slut-shame all the full-grown women!

Aug 21, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF

The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF

All around the world, mothers and pregnant women are undervalued, discriminated against, and punished. 

Aug 20, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

Pro-choice rally

Why Women Are Sharing Their Abortion Stories Why Women Are Sharing Their Abortion Stories

Even though abortion is technically legal, it can still come with shame, stigma, and fear.

Aug 3, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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