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Abortion

From maternal mortality to abortion rights to birth control, this is a look at the state of reproductive health.

Politics
Arizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortionArizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortion
Politics

To see what a second Trump administration would mean for reproductive rights, look to Arizona’s abortion ban, not Trump’s cheap words.

By Eric Levitz
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortionsThe Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortions
Supreme Court

A federal law requires hospitals to provide abortions when necessary to prevent serious health consequences. The justices could neutralize that law.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Why Republican federal judges are fighting among themselvesWhy Republican federal judges are fighting among themselves
Supreme Court

Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills caseEven the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case
Supreme Court

The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
Why IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the worldWhy IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the world
Policy

What the debate over the fertility industry misses.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Politics
The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge giftThe House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift
Politics

Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions.

By Eric Levitz
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explainedThe Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explained
Supreme Court

The stakes in the Supreme Court’s mifepristone case go way beyond abortion.

By Ian Millhiser
Today, Explained newsletter
Why abortion in the US is on the riseWhy abortion in the US is on the rise
Today, Explained newsletter

There were more abortions in 2023 than in any year since 2011.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion influences everything
Even Better

By inhibiting drug development, economic growth, and military recruitment, as well as driving doctors away from the places they’re needed most, bans almost certainly harm you — yes, you.

By Keren Landman, MD
Politics
Why abortion politics might not carry Democrats again in 2024Why abortion politics might not carry Democrats again in 2024
Politics

Voters who skipped the midterms are different.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
Do Americans still have a right to privacy?Do Americans still have a right to privacy?
Supreme Court

With courts coming for abortion and IVF, it’s hard not to wonder what the Supreme Court will go after next.

By Ian Millhiser
Even Better
Abortion meds can now be sold in drugstores. Here’s why that’s so important.Abortion meds can now be sold in drugstores. Here’s why that’s so important.
Even Better

Some actually good news about Americans’ abortion access.

By Keren Landman, MD
Policy
Fetal personhood laws, explainedFetal personhood laws, explained
Policy

The anti-abortion legal theory that could jeopardize IVF around the country.

By Anna North
Abortion
The anti-abortion playbook for restricting birth controlThe anti-abortion playbook for restricting birth control
Abortion

Contraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Policy
This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it.This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it.
Policy

South Dakota organizers want to repeal their total ban.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Today, Explained newsletter
Alabama’s IVF warning to the countryAlabama’s IVF warning to the country
Today, Explained newsletter

The movement to treat embryos as full-fledged people is taking a victory lap.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion
The Alabama Supreme Court opinion holding that embryos are children, explainedThe Alabama Supreme Court opinion holding that embryos are children, explained
Abortion

Did Alabama’s Supreme Court just ban IVF treatments?

By Ian Millhiser
Today, Explained newsletter
Living in an abortion ban state is bad for mental healthLiving in an abortion ban state is bad for mental health
Today, Explained newsletter

Worsened anxiety and depression is a predictable (and costly) effect of abortion bans.

By Keren Landman, MD
Abortion
Abortion rights groups don’t want to “restore Roe” — but they won’t fight Biden on itAbortion rights groups don’t want to “restore Roe” — but they won’t fight Biden on it
Abortion

Many reproductive health organizations want to codify stronger standards. They’re not going to pick that fight this year.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new, nightmare abortion cases, explainedThe Supreme Court’s new, nightmare abortion cases, explained
Supreme Court

The Court blocked a lower court order enforcing a federal law that protects patients who require medically necessary abortions.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red stateThe Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state
Supreme Court

The Trumpiest court in America just tried to neutralize a federal law requiring most hospitals to provide medically necessary abortions.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
Access to abortion pills has grown since DobbsAccess to abortion pills has grown since Dobbs
Policy

How activists, clinicians, and businesses are getting abortion medication to all 50 states.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion
What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug.What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug.
Abortion

Legal challenges are aiming to take mifepristone off the market. An alternative, however, exists.

By Anna North
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. WadeThe Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court

The justices will decide whether to ban mifepristone, a drug used in half of US abortions.

By Ian Millhiser
Abortion
The sinister court decision denying Kate Cox an abortion, explainedThe sinister court decision denying Kate Cox an abortion, explained
Abortion

The court’s opinion reads like something out of Franz Kafka, or maybe something out of Jim Crow.

By Ian Millhiser
Abortion
One Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bansOne Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans
Abortion

Kate Cox’s case speaks to the “hellish” legal limbo these bans put patients, and providers, in.

By Li Zhou
Supreme Court
Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortionTwo new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion
Supreme Court

A federal law requires most hospitals to perform emergency abortions. The question is whether a Republican Supreme Court will enforce it.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The other warning Republicans should heed from this year’s electionsThe other warning Republicans should heed from this year’s elections
Politics

Republicans don’t seem to know how to stop bleeding support from the suburbs.

By Christian Paz
Abortion
Republicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymoreRepublicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymore
Abortion

The anti-abortion movement went all in last night. They lost decisively.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Politics
3 winners and 1 loser from Election Day 20233 winners and 1 loser from Election Day 2023
Politics

Democrats had a good night. So did abortion rights. Glenn Youngkin, not so much.

By Andrew Prokop
2024 Elections
The big abortion stakes of the 2023 electionsThe big abortion stakes of the 2023 elections
2024 Elections

Voters in Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky will shape reproductive health care in their states — and provide a preview of 2024.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion
Planned Parenthood’s risky plan to bring abortions back to WisconsinPlanned Parenthood’s risky plan to bring abortions back to Wisconsin
Abortion

Abortions will soon be available in Wisconsin, even though no one is sure it’s legal.

By Ian Millhiser
Abortion
The unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explainedThe unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explained
Abortion

The age of travel bans is now upon us.

By Ian Millhiser
World Politics
Latin American abortion rights activists just notched another win in MexicoLatin American abortion rights activists just notched another win in Mexico
World Politics

The Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide. It’s a big deal for the whole region.

By Nicole Narea
Supreme Court
The edgelord of the federal judiciaryThe edgelord of the federal judiciary
Supreme Court

Imagine a Breitbart comments forum come to life and given immense power over innocent people. That’s Judge James Ho.

By Ian Millhiser
Abortion
The anti-abortion movement insists everything is really fineThe anti-abortion movement insists everything is really fine
Abortion

If anything, anti-abortion leaders urge Republicans to go bolder. Candidates are less sure.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
The case for optimism about the Supreme CourtThe case for optimism about the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

There are some terrible things that even this Supreme Court isn’t willing to do.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The fight over whether courts can ban mifepristone is headed back to the Supreme CourtThe fight over whether courts can ban mifepristone is headed back to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

A far-right court just tried to ban an abortion drug. Here’s why you can ignore that decision.

By Ian Millhiser
Abortion
What the Ohio election results mean for abortion rightsWhat the Ohio election results mean for abortion rights
Abortion

Voters rejected new restrictions on ballot measures — with implications for November and 2024.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion
In Texas, a temporary win for abortion rightsIn Texas, a temporary win for abortion rights
Abortion

Vague health exceptions to extreme abortion bans aren’t just a Texas problem.

By Ellen Ioanes