Social Movements & the Law

Even before the supreme court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the trend to ditch the apps began amid fears of prosecution

Sales of books concerning reproductive rights began moving up when the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, and publishers are now working to meet demand following the June 24 decision by the Supreme Court that ended a constitutional right to an abortion.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order meant to protect the state’s abortion services from laws in neighboring states, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending constitutional protections for the procedure.

In this week’s newsletter: Calls to delete period tracking apps have gone viral in America – but the likes of Facebook and Apple have questions to answer on user privacy too

The question of whether some or all abortions are currently legal in Arizona -- and for how long -- remains unresolved as the issue goes to judges here.

PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed enforcement of a 2021 Arizona law that lets prosecutors bring felony charges against doctors who knowingly terminate pregnancies solely because the fetuses have a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome.

PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney with the Arizona attorney general's office told a judge Friday that a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to unborn children can't be used to bring criminal charges against abortion providers.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

Following the leaked SCOTUS opinion, Amazon rolled out coverage for abortion travel.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats’ abortion legislation is “very simple," as it would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v.

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Democratic officials are boycotting drug manufacturers and filing legal complaints.

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.