The 37-year-old mother was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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Tierra Walker Kept Getting Sicker — and Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion Read Post »
Imagine an abortion ban so radical that even leading anti-abortion groups have lined up to denounce it. That’s what abortion “abolitionists” are hoping eventually to unleash on South Carolina, with a key legislative hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Senate Bill 323, also known as the Unborn Child Protection Act, may be the most draconian abortion legislation […]
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South Carolina’s Abortion Bill Is So Extreme Even Anti-Abortion Groups Have Doubts Read Post »
“This is the most extreme, heinous bill restricting reproductive health care that we have faced yet,” one critic said.
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South Carolina Anti-Abortion Bill Would Also Ban Popular Contraceptives Read Post »
House Republicans are now talking about combing through sewers in search of microscopic evidence of our abortions.
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GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion Read Post »
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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Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood Read Post »
Republicans can’t seem to convince adults to vote against abortion, so they’re trying to brainwash kids instead.
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GOP Wants to Mandate “Fetal Development Education.” It’s Anti-Abortion Nonsense. Read Post »
The co-chairman of the Federalist Society has established a network of attorneys general who will do it for him.
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Leonard Leo Doesn’t Need Trump’s Backing to Further His Anti-Abortion Agenda Read Post »
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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Staffers Fear a Southern Planned Parenthood Faces a “Dangerous Threat From Within” Read Post »
This article is a collaboration with Autonomy News, a worker-owned publication covering reproductive rights and justice. Sign up for a free or paid subscription, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky. Crisis pregnancy centers have played a central role in the anti-abortion movement since the 1960s, often misleading and confusing people seeking abortions while purporting to help them. They […]
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How Abortion Pill “Reversal” Became a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Weapon Read Post »
El Salvador has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like miscarriages or stillbirths.
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After the Fall of “Roe,” Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be Model for US? Read Post »
Twenty-five years ago today, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone for abortions. Now, the drug is more under threat than ever as anti-abortion Republicans seek to revoke FDA approval of the drug in a bid to further curtail abortion access nationwide. The first of two drugs used in the standard abortion […]
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On Its 25th Birthday, Mifepristone Is More Under Attack Than Ever Read Post »
At least one Planned Parenthood affiliate is preparing to drop abortion services in an apparent bid to remain eligible to participate in Medicaid under the GOP budget law enacted this summer. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) is not scheduling abortion appointments beyond September 30, two sources confirm to Autonomy News. Under the Congressional budget’s “defund” […]
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Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Will Stop Abortions—Even Though They’re Legal Read Post »
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