Lisa Needham
Attorney, editor, and writer who has worked in the areas of First Amendment, education, and labor law. Follow her on Twitter @snipy.
The Republican obsession with abortion is forcing delays in care.
By Lisa Needham - July 29, 2020Anti-abortion ‘centers’ are designed to spread misinformation and stop women from getting the care they need.
By Lisa Needham - July 22, 2020Medical experts have confirmed the Trump administration is spreading a ‘false narrative.’
By Lisa Needham - July 21, 2020Republicans never talk about who their abortion bans will affect the most.
By Lisa Needham - July 15, 2020Anti-abortion extremists called a recent Supreme Court a ‘cruel blow.’ What will they do next?
By Lisa Needham - July 10, 2020A new Mississippi abortion law seems designed to intimidate patients and threaten doctors.
By Lisa Needham - July 01, 2020Roberts decision about a Louisiana abortion restriction does not make him an abortion rights supporter.
By Lisa Needham - June 29, 2020Substantial barriers remain in states across the country.
By Lisa Needham - June 25, 2020‘They’ve kept this plan secret for weeks and released it on a Saturday night so they didn’t have to hear from Iowans,’ House Democratic Whip Jo Oldson said.
By Lisa Needham - June 18, 2020Donald Trump has bragged about his support for telehealth during the coronavirus, but Republicans won’t back it for patients in need of abortion care.
By Lisa Needham - June 15, 2020Recent GOP attacks haven’t shifted the public’s support of abortion.
By Lisa Needham - June 10, 2020Colorado is one of the only states where women can obtain later abortions.
By Lisa Needham - June 04, 2020A new study confirms that ‘restrictive policies do not improve reproductive health.’
By Lisa Needham - May 28, 2020Some hospitals are restricting medical training to ‘the detriment of abortion access.’
By Lisa Needham - May 26, 2020A group of Republican attorneys general is asking the Supreme Court to block low-income patients from health care providers if they offer abortions.
By Lisa Needham - May 22, 2020Abortion restrictions are driving up health care costs — not making patients safer.
By Lisa Needham - May 18, 2020GOP-dominated states are continuing to use the coronavirus crisis to ban abortion even as they allow access to other health care.
By Lisa Needham - May 13, 2020A month of court battles has left behind chaos and confusion for patients seeking abortions.
By Lisa Needham - May 06, 2020Conservatives in Kentucky couldn’t get their act together as they tried to push several new abortion restrictions through the state Legislature.
By Lisa Needham - April 30, 2020Lack of access to telemedicine for abortion services may mean that people can’t get abortions until later in pregnancy or possibly not get them at all.
By Lisa Needham - April 24, 2020Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas have all tried to ban or seriously limit abortion access during the pandemic.
By Lisa Needham - April 17, 2020Republican lawmakers are forcing delays in care that could leave abortion, which is protected by the Constitution, out of reach for many.
By Lisa Needham - April 13, 2020Texas is trying to force people who need abortions to wait — but it also bans abortions later in pregnancy.
By Lisa Needham - April 10, 2020The governor admitted the bill could hurt families.
By Lisa Needham - April 08, 2020GOP officials are using the pandemic as an opportunity to push their right-wing agenda.
By Lisa Needham - April 02, 2020The Trump administration is blocking research on a cure for a deadly pandemic.
By Lisa Needham - March 20, 2020Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler is bragging that she’s already sponsored four anti-abortion bills since taking office in January.
By Lisa Needham - March 18, 2020They admit it’s about their politics, not women’s safety.
By Lisa Needham - March 13, 2020Republicans in the state are pushing for the ban right as the Supreme Court is reviewing a case that could gut abortion access nationwide.
By Lisa Needham - March 10, 2020Attorneys attempting to defend Louisiana’s latest attack on abortion rights struggled to make their case to Supreme Court justices.
By Lisa Needham - March 05, 2020