A Federal Judge Just Blocked Georgia’s Insane 6-Week Abortion Ban
Protestors rally outside of the Georgia State Capitol following the signing of HB 481, in Atlanta, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP On Tuesday, a US District Court in Atlanta blocked Georgia’s controversial six-week abortion ban from going into effect. “This is a victory for people in Georgia and a reminder that…
The Trump Administration Would Like to Talk to You for a Second About Your Cervical Mucus
Mother Jones illustration/Carolyn Kaster/AP Ladies, have you ever wanted to learn the fertile secrets hidden in your cervical mucus? If so, the Trump administration is here to help! The US Department of Health and Human Services has created a webinar entitled “Focusing on Fertility,” to introduce you to the world of “fertility awareness,” a method…
I Walked 10 Miles and Visited 13 Stores to See How Hard It Is to Get Emergency Contraception
People Images/Getty Images “You need a prescription for this,” the pharmacist at CVS tells me when I appear at her counter with a box of Plan B One-Step. Even though the product is displayed on an open shelf next to pregnancy tests and packages of condoms, it’s packaged in a plastic container requiring store assistance…
The Best and Worst of Abortion TV Since the 1970s
ABC Previously, on TV: the abortion-quandary plotline, featuring an uncertain pregnant woman agonizing over her decision. For years, this was how abortion was portrayed—a right-wing fantasy, essentially, present even in shows with broadly liberal politics. But as the medium flowered in the new century, so did abortion TV. Now abortions could be just another part…
Has TV Ever Gotten Abortion Right?
Melinda Beck In 1981, eight years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion and just a year before her breakout role as pregnant Stacy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh played another apparently knocked-up high schooler, this time in a CBS after-school special called I Think I’m Having a Baby. Leigh is Laurie,…
An Interview With My Mom About Her Abortion
Mother Jones illustration When my mom first told me over the phone about two years ago that she’d had an abortion in high school, she cried. I cried, too. Not because I was angry with her or because she regretted her decision. Quite the opposite. I was proud of her decision because I knew her choice…