Reproductive Rights

How Texas Politicians Just Made Finding a Lump in Your Breast Even Scarier

How Texas Politicians Just Made Finding a Lump in Your Breast Even Scarier How Texas Politicians Just Made Finding a Lump in Your Breast Even Scarier

State legislators have passed a budget that prioritizes anti-choice politics over access to life-saving cancer screenings.

Jun 4, 2015 / Dani McClain

#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge

#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge #SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge

Today's national day of action hopes to draw attention to the lives of black women and girls lost to police violence.

May 21, 2015 / Dani McClain

Birth Control That Works Too Well

Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well

A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.

May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman

Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman

If he really believed in “the right to be left alone,” he’d fight for women to have as much control over their bodies as their phone records.

May 12, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

Are these two “culture wars” issues really that similar?

Apr 22, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Do you know the key moments in the struggle for gender equality?

Apr 7, 2015 / The Nation

Indiana Just Sentenced a Woman Convicted of Feticide to Twenty Years in Prison

Indiana Just Sentenced a Woman Convicted of Feticide to Twenty Years in Prison Indiana Just Sentenced a Woman Convicted of Feticide to Twenty Years in Prison

We’ve reached a point where desperate women who end their pregnancies before viability are being locked up.

Mar 30, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

The 1970s-era legislation has been haunting politics and restricting abortion access for far too long.

Mar 25, 2015 / George Zornick

Who Has Abortions?

Who Has Abortions? Who Has Abortions?

We can, and should, support trans men and other gender-non-conforming people without erasing women from the fight for reproductive rights.

Mar 13, 2015 / Katha Pollitt

Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities

Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities

A new report offers the most extensive study of reproductive healthcare in a state prison system to date.

Feb 13, 2015 / Dani McClain

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