Reproductive rights advocates are taking the fight for abortion to the states
Three prominent reproductive rights groups have announced they will spend $150 million on advertising in the midterm elections.
By Lisa Needham - May 04, 2022Three prominent reproductive rights groups have announced they will spend $150 million on advertising in the midterm elections.
By Lisa Needham - May 04, 2022‘I will fight like hell to make sure abortion remains safe, legal, and accessible in our state,’ Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tweeted late Monday.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2022‘If Roe is overturned, abortion could become illegal in Michigan in nearly any circumstance—including in cases of rape and incest,’ said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
By Adrian Cole - April 12, 2022Lawmakers and clinics in a number of states are stepping up to increase the number of patients abortion providers are able to see.
By Lisa Needham - March 29, 2022The groups are mounting a campaign to pressure Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s landmark social spending plan.
By Josh Axelrod - February 03, 2022Cancer screenings and other health care services could be severely disrupted as a result of GOP officials’ actions.
By Lisa Needham - January 14, 2022In an interview with Breitbart, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) claimed abortion rights groups only care about ‘power,’ ‘profit,’ and ‘population control.’
By Oliver Willis - December 20, 2021Democrats are looking to restore access to basic health care at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans in Texas have blocked completely.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2021Planned Parenthood, which accounts for about half of California’s abortion clinics, said it served 7,000 people from other states last year.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2021Organizations like Planned Parenthood can once again provide family planning services to patients with lower incomes, thanks to changes implemented by the Biden administration.
By Lisa Needham - October 06, 2021What’s happening in New Hampshire is indicative of just how precarious abortion access remains throughout the country.
By Lisa Needham - July 09, 2021Glenn Youngkin said he won’t talk publicly about some of his more severe positions on abortion because that ‘won’t win my independent votes that I have to get.’
By Emily Singer - July 07, 2021Louisiana taxpayers may be on the hook for over $8 million after GOP lawmakers there took an abortion case to the Supreme Court and failed. Texas is following in the state’s footsteps.
By Lisa Needham - May 06, 2021The law was designed to bar Planned Parenthood from working with schools.
By Lisa Needham - May 06, 2021The Biden rules will put a greater emphasis on affordability and on eliminating racial and ethnic disparities.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2021New Hampshire abortion foes are following a well-worn script to attack health care providers.
By Lisa Needham - March 29, 2021Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that the filibuster has a ‘death grip on American democracy.’
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2021The case puts access to health care at risk — but that’s not all.
By Lisa Needham - February 23, 2021The Trump administration has placed a conservative evangelical view of ‘religious freedom’ above all other rights.
By Lisa Needham - December 19, 2020There’s a lot that Joe Biden can do right away to counteract Trump’s damaging policies.
By Lisa Needham - November 23, 2020The Trump administration is telling Planned Parenthood affiliates to return loans obtained under a government aid program.
By Emily Singer - May 27, 2020North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Dan Forest claimed it’s a ‘double standard’ to honor women’s health champion Margaret Sanger but not the Confederacy.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 23, 2020The Department of Health and Human Services overlooked one key thing, and it proved to be fatal to their goal.
By Lisa Needham - January 22, 2020The organization said Collins has ‘turned her back’ on women and endorsed one of her Democratic challengers, Sara Gideon, instead.
By Associated Press - January 21, 2020Sen. Martha McSally’s campaign attacked the health care services provided by Planned Parenthood.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 06, 2019Missouri’s state health director kept a spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood’s patients’ periods.
By Emily Singer - October 30, 2019Austin will fund access to abortion after the state passed a law banning taxpayer dollars from going to abortion providers.
By Lisa Needham - September 13, 2019Pence thinks millions of Americans no longer being able to get vital health care is ‘winning.’
By Kaili Joy Gray - August 27, 2019Title X is the only federal program dedicated to birth control — and the Trump administration just cut off half of its providers.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 19, 2019It’s a temporary but crucial victory for women’s health and rights.
By Oliver Willis - May 31, 2019