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Abortion Rights
September 19, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the End of the One Great Woman Myth
The meme-ification of the justice was just one part of the brand-driven, girl-bossed, leaned-in conception of women’s freedom in which it incubated.
June 29, 2020
Matt Ford
John Roberts Chooses Precedent Over Ideology in Latest Abortion Fight
The chief justice threads a judicial needle and hands the conservative legal movement another disappointing ruling.
March 4, 2020
Amy Littlefield
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Laura Gottesdiener
The Radical Future of Self-Managed Abortion Is Already Here
“I remember one woman who arrived and asked, ‘Is this the clinic?’ And we were like, ‘What clinic?’”
February 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Could Spring an Abortion Rights Trap
The high court’s taken a dim view of targeted regulation of abortion providers in the past, but that was before Brett Kavanaugh.
November 8, 2017
Rebecca Grant
Does it Matter if Abortion Is Legal?
A new book warns that even with Roe v. Wade intact, the procedure is still effectively banned in some places.
October 19, 2017
Moira Donegan
The Department of Justice wants to force a teenager to give birth.
October 6, 2017
Kylie Noble
Irish Politicians Don’t Want to Legalize Abortion—But the People Do
Ireland's abortion ban has been in place for decades. But a new experiment in direct democracy might change that.
September 13, 2017
Rebecca Grant
Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?
A new slew of state laws are aimed at making sure abortion coverage is banned from private health insurance plans—putting the procedure still further out of reach.
October 7, 2014
Jen Gunter
Getting an Abortion Is No More Dangerous Than Running a Marathon
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