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Rebekah Sager is an award-winning journalist with work published in The Washington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Playboy, VICE, Cosmopolitan, The Los Angeles Times, AARP, and more. In September 2022, Sager was awarded the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship in Mental Health Journalism.
In a statement released Monday, Planned Parenthood announced they would join a coalition of 35 groups nationwide to push for judicial branch reforms.
By Rebekah Sager - May 17, 2023
The National Abortion Federation has released data showing increases in the number of incidents such as arson, burglaries, death threats, and invasion.
By Rebekah Sager - May 12, 2023
Michelle Browder's work challenges the American health care narrative and highlights the brutality enacted on Black bodies.
By Rebekah Sager - May 11, 2023
Although President Donald Trump has given sworn testimony and denied most allegations, his attorneys announced they would offer no defense in the rape and defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
By Rebekah Sager - May 04, 2023
A new documentary captures stories of Black pregnant people and the challenges advocates face in helping them in their maternal journeys.
By Rebekah Sager - May 03, 2023
The augmented reality installation 'State Property' can also be seen over the capitol buildings of states with the most extremist abortion laws.
By Rebekah Sager - May 01, 2023
In South Carolina, five female lawmakers, including three Republicans, led the filibuster that defeated the bill.
By Rebekah Sager - April 28, 2023
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, cases for and against bans on abortion continue to be heard in courtrooms across the nation.
By Rebekah Sager - April 26, 2023
Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says the new law, which bans abortions at six weeks even in cases of rape or incest, confirms that North Dakota is a 'pro-life state.'
By Rebekah Sager - April 25, 2023
Mental health experts say omitting psychiatric crises from the list of exceptions to abortion bans could cost people their lives.
By Rebekah Sager - April 20, 2023
Democratic governors are standing strong and adding protections, while Republicans are doubling down on restrictive bans.
By Rebekah Sager - April 18, 2023
With some of the highest maternal death rates in the nation, Black pregnant people face extreme impacts on their health, particularly those in states with restrictive abortion bans.
By Rebekah Sager - April 17, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed an update to critical federal health privacy protections under HIPAA to safeguard patients who access abortion care and physicians who provide it.
By Rebekah Sager - April 12, 2023
Officials in Washington, California, New York and Massachusetts have announced purchases of mifepristone and misoprostol.
By Rebekah Sager - April 11, 2023
The Department of Justice appealed a federal judge’s ruling that the FDA had illegally approved mifepristone 23 years ago.
By Rebekah Sager - April 11, 2023
Native American reproductive rights activists say bans on abortion are a ‘perpetuation of colonization.’
By Rebekah Sager - April 10, 2023
Between overwhelming support of voters, an appeal by the Michigan Legislature, and a signature from the governor, an abortion law on the books since 1931 has been struck down for good.
By Rebekah Sager - April 06, 2023
The bill would make it a felony to transport a minor to obtain an abortion or even to a post office to pick up abortion medication.
By Rebekah Sager - April 03, 2023
Conservatives supported an amendment to the state Constitution protecting citizens’ right to determine their health care after the Affordable Care Act passed. That decision has returned to haunt them.
By Rebekah Sager - March 31, 2023
Abortion access groups have restarted fundraising to help those who need to travel to receive reproductive care.
By Rebekah Sager - March 30, 2023
Sen. Tommy Tuberville has vowed to continue preventing the confirmation of military appointments unless the Department of Defense stops protecting legal abortion access for service members.
By Rebekah Sager - March 28, 2023
Signs reading ‘Abortion. Safe + Legal for All in New York City’ are popping up in cities in Georgia, Florida, and Texas. Abortion advocates have mixed reactions.
By Rebekah Sager - March 27, 2023
Anti-abortion lawmakers have increasingly tried to normalize a practice in recent years that most medical professionals deem unethical and non-scientific.
By Rebekah Sager - March 23, 2023