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6th Circuit Ponders Down Syndrome Abortion Law
Abortion decisions are never easy, but a case before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is almost impossible. If a woman is carrying an unborn child with Down syndrome, does she have the right to end that life?...
What It's Like To Provide Abortions Where Access Is Almost Nonexistent
An OB-GYN explains how one state's restrictions affect women everywhere.
How my job talking women out of abortions made me pro-choice
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.
6 Women on How the TRAP Laws Changed Their Lives
"I wanted that baby. But there was just 100-percent chance he would die."
How the United States Immigration System Works
U.S. immigration law is very complex, and there is much confusion as to how it works. This fact sheet provides basic information about how the U.S. legal immigration system is designed.
Where Do Refugee Women Turn for Abortions?
When refugee women are raped—something that happens with infuriating frequency—their options are dangerously limited.
New study sheds light on what happens to women who are denied abortions
They often have difficulty making and achieving aspirational plans for the future.
What do you say when a caller asks, "Do you do abortions?"
This morning I took a call on our office phone from a woman looking for an abortion. But it took...
Why miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and early delivery are not abortions
Too often, inaccurate medical terms have led many women to believe they have undergone abortions when nothing could be further from the truth.
Why is premenstrual syndrome still so badly understood?
As one of the 5-8% of women who suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the most extreme form of PMS, I know how disabling and even life-threatening it can be. Medicine must take women’s health more seriously
How limiting women's access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy
Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else. Such access lets women control the timing and size of their families so they have children when they are financially secure and emotionally ready and can finish their education and advance in the workplace. After all, having children is expensive, costing US$9,000 to $25,000 a year. And that’s why …
This biologist is figuring out how to short-circuit sperm as birth control
Tens of millions of people use some form of birth control in the United States, and innovation could expand non-hormonal options for those who have been unable to use conventional means.
This Polish Law Would Imprison Women Who Have Abortions
It’s a dangerous step backward for women, writes Amnesty International
'Why my daughter wants a hysterectomy at 15'
A mother and daughter both have a severe form of premenstrual syndrome.
Medication Abortions Are Increasing: What They Are and Where Women Get Them
Most abortions overseas involve pills, and the method is used in about half of legal U.S. abortions. It also seems to be the future of illicit abortion.
Good Question: Is the Census Test legit?
Some of you are wondering about a survey you got in the mail that reads if you don't respond, you're violating federal law.
The Celebrities Who Have Come Forward About Their Abortions, and Why
"I never wanted to speak about this experience. But I cannot remain silent."
Amazing Photo Shows 16 People Who Survived Abortions
Imagine it taking multiple decades and a steady accumulation of credible evidence for your story to be acknowledged, believed, cared about, and fought for. Imagine existing in a world where the very thing that nearly ended your life is normalized. Imagining an opportunity to finally come to grips with being someone who was born alive […]
Why the Gay-Marriage Fight Is Over
Gay people deserve changes in the law—now. But the extraordinary subtext of the two days of arguments was that everyone knew those changes were coming, …
When Abortions Are Hard to Get
As the number of state restrictions grows, self-induced procedures remain shrouded in secrecy.
