Social Movements & the Law

The timely reintroduction of this bill addresses the growing number of state restrictions on abortion access.

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect last Friday.

Legal experts argue that the fertility industry is largely unregulated and poses risks to patients.

Monica Edwards (she/her/hers) works as the federal policy manager at URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. She is a proud Southerner and queer intersectional Black feminist. My grandmother, Lizzie Mae Kelly, fought for her rights. In 1965,…

The company first launched the benefit, providing $1,000 to cover the cost of doula services, last year in Georgia.

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Equality premised on the power to end life is not true equality at all.

A high school valedictorian exhaled as she pulled a piece of paper from underneath her graduation gown.

Private information collected and retained by companies could be weaponized to prosecute abortion seekers and providers

Restricting abortion access "only makes it more deadly" for people seeking the procedure, a UN secretary-general spokesman said.

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The author of ‘Contraception: A Concise History’ discusses the history and future of contraceptive technology.

The FDA decision to allow patients to receive the pills via telemedicine or through the mail during the pandemic has galvanized both sides of the abortion wars.

The restrictions on abortion have flung me back to a terrifying time in my own life half a century ago, one I never expected women today would have to face.

There’s reason to believe the Justice Department will succeed where abortion providers failed.

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion.

Reproductive justice activists speak on the significance of “We Remember,” a document released 30 years ago advocating for Black women’s right to choose.

California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a "sanctuary" for those seeking reproductive care, including possibly paying for travel, lodging and procedures for people from other states.

Grace on the Margins: Twenty-six years ago, a coalition of Black women developed a comprehensive ethic of care that includes the right to abortion. It has some striking overlaps with parts of Catholic social teaching.

The company has placed a limit of three units per week on emergency contraceptive pills in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Judge excoriates ‘unprecedented scheme’ to deny women abortion right as law faces uncertain future

Law enforcement official confirms arrest and charge but police do not say under which law Lizelle Herrera charged

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A Texas judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a dormant 1925 abortion ban.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Friday that the federal government will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision on a restrictive Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.