Between 1969 and 1973, leading up to Roe v. Wade, a Chicago collective called Jane performed nearly 12,000 illegal abortions. These procedures were conducted by “medical nonprofessionals.” According to the New York Times’ new documentary on the subject, “they may have been the housewife next door, the college student…
Since ascending to the papal title in 2013, Pope Francis has made a name for himself as the “chill pope” for his views, which are quite progressive relative to the institution he helms: He’s pro-breastfeeding, he is seemingly pro-LGBTQ rights, he’s not afraid to speak out about climate change and reiterate that this…
This week, Missouri became one of seven states that now has only one clinic that provides abortions, after a second clinic was shut down over its inability to comply with an anti-abortion law that is currently being challenged in the courts.
A new New York Times profile of Robyn, ahead of next month’s release of her first album in eight years, Honey, spends much of its time exploring the emotional depths of the Swedish pop singer’s music. One already well-documented anecdote that’s included bears another look, though, as it encapsulates the many layers…
An arsonist was caught on camera setting fire to a California Planned Parenthood, and the FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.
The steady erosion of abortion rights in the United States has been nothing if not subtle; through the last decade, a certain kind of restraint has generally been rewarded in the anti-abortion movement. Sweeping bans—at 15 weeks, sometimes earlier—tend to fail for being unconstitutional on their face. But waiting…
A federal judge has blocked a despicable Texas law that required fetal remains and embryonic tissues to be cremated or buried. Good fucking riddance. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra ruled on Wednesday that the law, passed by the Texas legislature in 2017, violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and…
Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings began on Tuesday morning, and they’re off to quite a contentious start. Starting with the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s attempt to temporarily delay the proceedings, a group of protesters then began steadily interrupted the flow of the…
Last summer, I received the first of a string of emails from Joseph Blaine, a man who wanted to share his story with me: despite his lack of medical training, in the decade before Roe v. Wade, he provided illegal abortions. “I am most eager to confess,” Blaine’s first email read, “just how bad it was, with infections,…
Scott Lloyd, the anti-abortion zealot who is the head of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, has made it his personal mission to stop every migrant teen under his custody, including rape victims, from getting abortions—going so far as to personally intervene when an…
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is trying, once again, to defund Planned Parenthood.
Wegmans is investigating how photos of aborted fetuses ended up in packages of diapers and other products in one Pennsylvania store.
Ingriane Barbosa Carvalho, a 31-year-old mother of three in Brazil, died two months ago after an underground abortion went wrong—due to her country’s strict abortion laws that have been in place for the past 78 years.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of 13 protesters who for the past several years have congregated outside a New York abortion provider, bombarding visitors with giant signs depicting aborted fetuses and allegedly issuing threats to those attempting to escort women into the center—whether they’re there for an…
This week, anti-abortion activists sent out a few hundred flyers to residents in two Indianapolis neighborhoods containing the names and addresses of two providers at Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK), Indy Star reports. The documents, sent with no return addresses, were part of a campaign spearheaded…
The state of Texas is doubling down on its efforts, previously suspended by courts, to require the burial or cremation of fetal remains resulting from abortions or miscarriages—regardless of one’s wishes.
George Delgado, the San Diego doctor who is still trying to make abortion reversal a thing, just had a study withdrawn for ethical issues.
Read on to learn who’s getting rich from the pain of immigrant kids.
Senator Susan Collins is receiving a loud and clear message about the potential Supreme Court nominees she should and should not support, with pro-choice advocates having taken to sending coat hangers to her office as a statement about the risks of overturning Roe v. Wade.
In an interview with Fox News, the president did his best to hold his cards close to his vest as to whether he’s vetting Supreme Court nominees based on their position on overturning Roe v. Wade—which is to say, he was extremely candid about his administration’s strategy.
