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New Alabama Law Will Treat Abortion Clinics like Sex Offenders
A proposed bill would make it illegal to operate an abortion clinic within 2,000 feet of a school—yet another law that advocates say is chipping away at women's reproductive health care access.
What It's Like to Endure a Forced Waiting Period Before Your Abortion
Louisiana is poised to become the fifth state that requires women to wait 72 hours before getting an abortion. But women say this doesn't stop them from getting the procedure—it just denies them control over their bodies and creates an unnecessary...
Idiot Lawmakers Think You Should Go to the Dentist to Get an Abortion
Florida just passed a bill to effectively defund Planned Parenthood. Anti-abortion legislators say that women seeking reproductive care can just go to an elementary school or a foot doctor instead, but the Riverview Foot and Ankle Specialists were very...
Inside the Infuriating, Terrifying Reality of Abortion in America
In her new documentary "TRAPPED," in theaters tomorrow, Dawn Porter follows several abortion providers in the South struggling to stay open despite an onslaught of strict and bizarre anti-abortion laws.
Desperate for Abortion Care, Women in Texas Are Pawning Their Wedding Rings
Texas's draconian abortion restrictions have forced over half the clinics in the state to close. According to abortion providers, the consequences for women have been dire.
Looking Back on a Horrendous Year for Abortion Rights
In 2015, conservative politicians enacted 57 abortion restrictions in the United States, continuing a five-year pattern of attacking women's autonomy over their bodies.
Women's Health Care Providers Take Texas Abortion Fight to Supreme Court
Texas's harsh abortion restrictions could close all but eight clinics in the state. Women's groups are fighting back.
Are Draconian Abortion Laws Responsible for Falling Abortion Rates?
It's unlikely that the recent spate of harsh abortion restrictions had a significant effect on the national abortion rate, but that doesn't mean those laws don't suck.
Texas and Other States are Using Red Tape to Close Abortion Clinics
Conservative lawmakers across the US are enacting complex rules and regulations that make it nearly impossible to get an abortion, a tactic that now faces several legal challenges.