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Rachel Cohen Booth

Rachel Cohen Booth

Senior Policy Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rachel Cohen Booth

    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
    Housing
    A prescription for housing?A prescription for housing?
    Housing

    States prepare to use Medicaid for rental assistance for the first time.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    What if public housing were for everyone?What if public housing were for everyone?
    Policy

    Local governments are trying a new way to address the housing crisis.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    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 will decide what cities can do about tent encampmentsThe Supreme Court will decide what cities can do about tent encampments
    Supreme Court

    An Oregon case will clarify whether officials can jail or fine homeless people for sleeping outside.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Housing
    Could this obscure tax idea reshape American housing?Could this obscure tax idea reshape American housing?
    Housing

    Detroit may put the land-value tax to the test

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Mental Health
    Why treatment for severe mental illness looks radically different for rich and poor peopleWhy treatment for severe mental illness looks radically different for rich and poor people
    Mental Health

    And a new way to understand cities’ response to tent encampments.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    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