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Wyoming Court Stops Abortion Bans

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Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming following a Tuesday decision in the state’s Supreme Court that said its two abortion bans, including a block on abortion pills, were unconstitutional. The court ruled that the bans violate a 2012 amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that protects an adult’s right to make their own healthcare decisions. One […]

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This Confusing Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Oversight of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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Even if you have no idea what a crisis pregnancy center is, the donor website for the First Choice Women’s Resource Centers chain in northeastern New Jersey offers plenty of clues: Prominent logos for the anti-abortion groups Heartbeat International and CareNet. A home page banner proclaiming “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2026.” An agreement for […]

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This Confusing Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Oversight of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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Even if you have no idea what a crisis pregnancy center is, the donor website for the First Choice Women’s Resource Centers chain in northeastern New Jersey offers plenty of clues: Prominent logos for the anti-abortion groups Heartbeat International and CareNet. A home page banner proclaiming “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2026.” An agreement for […]

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Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers

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In August 2022, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made a guest appearance on a local conservative talk radio show. It was two months after the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion was now illegal in Alabama. And Marshall addressed rumors that he planned to prosecute anyone helping people get abortions out […]

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Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood

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In anti-abortion Republicans’ latest attack on abortion pills, Florida’s attorney general is suing Planned Parenthood for allegedly misrepresenting the safety of the drugs—despite the fact that more than 100 scientific studies have shown they are safe and effective. The 37-page lawsuit, announced by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office on Thursday and filed in Florida’s First […]

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What Tuesday’s Elections Mean for the Future of Abortion Access

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Abortion may not technically be on the ballot in Tuesday’s off-year state elections, but in the post-Roe v. Wade era, abortion is always on the ballot. Since the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling that ended the federal right to abortion, statewide elections have become opportunities for reproductive rights supporters and opponents alike to expand […]

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Report: Anti-Abortion Leaders Helped Tank Trump’s Promise of Free IVF

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Anti-abortion advocates haven’t just played key roles in rolling back abortion rights in recent years. They also helped tank President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail promise to make in vitro fertilization free. That’s according to a new report published Saturday in Politico, which reveals that anti-abortion activists—some of whom are opposed to IVF because it involves discarding […]

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Staffers Fear a Southern Planned Parenthood Faces a “Dangerous Threat From Within”

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To hear former Planned Parenthood Southeast staffers tell it, the alarm bells started going off in the summer of 2024. The latest CEO had just been ousted, and the organization needed a seasoned reproductive rights advocate to lead it through a period of unprecedented political and institutional upheaval. Instead, Mairo Akposé, the new interim chief […]

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So Much for Trump’s Promise of Free IVF

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In the Oval Office on Thursday, several Cabinet members and advocates for in vitro fertilization (IVF) gathered to claim that President Donald Trump was delivering on his campaign trail pledge to radically expand access to the popular but expensive process for getting pregnant. In reality, Thursday’s announcement falls far short of Trump’s prior promise to […]

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One Woman’s Quest to Reclaim the Ugly History of Black Maternal Health

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A decade or so ago, to help pay the bills, the artist-activist Michelle Browder started giving human-rights tours of Montgomery, Alabama, the city where her family has deep roots. Riding around in a red-and-white trolley, she would delve into the uncomfortable historical truths that many people she encountered either didn’t know about or preferred to […]

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After the Fall of “Roe,” Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be Model for US?

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El Salvador has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like miscarriages or stillbirths.

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When Miscarriages Become Crimes

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In early June, Sasha, who was around 16 weeks pregnant, started to bleed vaginally. She went to the emergency room, where doctors told her she was suffering from a “subchorionic hemorrhage,” diagnosed her with a “threatened miscarriage,” and sent her home. A couple of weeks later, Sasha (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) […]

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