The Coronavirus Is Making the Case for Abortion Via Telemedicine
Telemedicine—in which doctors administer medication via webcam and a remotely-controlled drawer—has become an easy target for anti-abortion legislators who try to claim it is dangerous and limits physician oversight. But the coronavirus pandemic highlights precisely why access to medication abortion through telemedicine is so crucial. And now, abortion providers and advocates are calling for states to…
House Republicans Tried to Capitalize on Coronavirus to Sneak Anti-Abortion Language Into Law
Nancy Pelosi( D-Calif.) makes a statement about the Coronavirus Response Act aid package in the Capitol on Friday, March 13th. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press As stock markets plummet businesses prepare for staff to work from home, and confirmed cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus continue to grow, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif)…
She Won an Abortion Rights Case in the Supreme Court. Now She’s Watching the Same Damn Fight Again.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Amy Hagstrom Miller is one of the fiercest advocates for reproductive rights in the country. She is the president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, a network of eight abortion clinics that operate in five states, and she’s best known for her role as a plaintiff in a Supreme Court case in 2016,…
Trump Is Coming After California’s Abortion Protections
People rally in support of abortion rights at the California state Capitol.Rich Pedroncelli/AP While Trump addressed crowds of people on the National Mall at the annual anti-abortion March for Life Rally on Friday—a major symbolic gesture—his administration announced a far more tangible attack on abortion rights in America. The Department of Health and Human Services…
Republicans Are Trying, Once Again, to Basically Ban Abortion in Tennessee
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, center, and fellow Republicans in the state General Assembly hold a news conference at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn., to discuss a new anti-abortion proposal. Jonathan Mattise/AP This morning, Republican Gov. Bill Lee called a press conference to announce that Tennessee would be doubling down…
The Women’s March Has Gotten Much Smaller. That’s Partly by Design.
An estimated 100,000 people attended the Women’s March in Washington, DC, on January 19th, 2019.Jose Luis Magana/AP Three years ago, nearly half a million women and their allies descended on the nation’s capital to showcase their outrage over the election of Donald Trump and launch a new movement for women’s equality. On Saturday, fewer than…