Abortion
From maternal mortality to abortion rights to birth control, this is a look at the state of reproductive health.
On abortion, Tim Kaine in 2016 is very different from Tim Kaine in 2005.
Funds intended for needy families are going to “crisis pregnancy centers,” which lie to women to try to talk them out of abortion.
And one woman of color had the perfect response.
Trump promises he’ll grant the policy wish list that anti-abortion activists have been dreaming of.
More women in Zika-afflicted countries are ordering abortion pills online, according to a new study.
“I just want to make America something that ain’t that dude’s vision.”
Yes, really.
“I gave up and eventually was left to resort to an abortion when I got pregnant.”
Too often, I have patients telling me that their insurance didn’t cover the birth control I prescribed.
Colorado proved that better birth control can dramatically reduce teen pregnancies. A new group is fighting to take that work nationwide.
The law would have specifically blocked funds for maternal health programs and cancer screenings.
“it’s not as simple as bad girls get abortions and good girls have families.”
It’s not all about Planned Parenthood. But some of it is.
Government spending accounts for more than 40 percent of the nonprofit’s budget.
The SCOTUS ruling has been hailed as a pretty significant victory for pro-choice advocates. And it is — at least in the immediate sense.
This kind of storytelling is getting more common in the face of dwindling abortion rights.
Anti-abortion “admitting privileges” laws are already toast in Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Alabama.
The Court’s decision to strike down two restrictive abortion laws in Texas will likely have a ripple effect across the country.
The Court voted 5-3 to strike down two major anti-abortion provisions in Texas.
“We must continue to protect access to safe and legal abortion,” Clinton said.
The justices saw through the facade of one of Texas’s biggest arguments for its law.
“It is beyond rational belief that H. B. 2 could genuinely protect the health of women.”
How the presidential election looms over the swing justice’s decision-making process.
It was a long, weird night on the House floor — but it was business as usual for the GOP and women’s health.
The Supreme Court is expected to soon rule on the biggest abortion case it has heard in decades.
There’s no such thing as a “due date” abortion, but there are harrowing stories like this one.
It also features more anti-abortion views than pro-choice ones, and more men talking about abortion than women.
The tactic: grossing people out.
Unlike women’s reproductive clinics, most crisis pregnancy centers are not medical facilities, and apart from providing free pregnancy tests and possibly limited sonograms, they do not offer medical assistance.
The new law flies in the face of Roe v. Wade.
These kinds of laws keep getting struck down in court. State legislatures pass them anyway.
Countries in the developing world are working hard to increase women’s access to better contraceptives. And it’s paying off. In some countries, long-acting contraceptive methods are being adopted at an accelerated rate.
The case is being sent back to lower courts.
Both sides say religious freedom itself could be at stake.
The type of birth control a woman uses might depend on where she lives — and how old she is.
Once signed, the new law would close two of the state’s five abortion clinics.
Her hospital told her she can’t speak out about abortion. Now she’s suing.
Can a steep drug discount entice the military to offer better birth control?
It seems nothing will revive the debate over abortion quite like an election year.