Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule Silences Doctors and Hurts Women
The goal of the administration isn't just to end Planned Parenthood; it's to completely change the country’s relationship to abortion and birth control.
Robin Marty
contributor
A New Legal Tactic Could Make Miscarriage a Crime
Overzealous pro-life lawyers are trying to prosecute women whose pregnancies terminated, using fetal DNA. But can they distinguish abortions from miscarriages?
“Natural Family Planning” Is Not Actually Birth Control
By taking Title X money from health providers to fund anti-abortion fake health centers, the government is trying to change the very meaning of contraception.
The Dangerous Campaign to End Sex Ed
Far-right conservatives want to keep students in the dark about sexual health. What could possibly go wrong?
When Even the Pope Thinks You’re Too Fixated on Abortion
The Catholic Church leader is asking abortion opponents to focus their energy elsewhere. No, really.
Death Penalty for Abortions? The GOP Hopes So
It’s not just fringe candidates and pundits advocating for killing women who have abortions. It’s now a GOP platform. And Ohio is leading the way.
Earth to Dems: 2018 Could Easily Slip Away
If they want to flip Congress, Democrats must take a cue from the ferocious anti-abortion crusaders who helped Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski win the primary, and amp up their ground game.
Will SCOTUS Let Crisis Pregnancy Centers Keep Lying?
The case should be about fair and easy access to legal abortion and truth in advertising. But CPC lawyers want to turn this into a fight for free speech—and that's bad news for abortion rights.
Pence’s Abortion-Doom Rhetoric Is All He Has
The Veep's February claim that abortion will end in his lifetime is terrifying. But how realistic is it?
South Dakota Is Rebooting Its Abortion-Shaming Bill
The state's legislature is weighing a new anti-choice bill forcing women to be "counseled" at crisis pregnancy centers, after the courts said no the first time. Will they get it through on the second try?