abortion
Does Ted Cruz Regret the Eradication of Polio?
Ashley Feinberg · 08/11/15 04:45PMSupreme Court Blocks Law That Would Basically Ban Abortion in Texas
Jay Hathaway · 06/29/15 03:20PMBristol Palin Makes Great Argument for Abortion in Baby Announcement
Allie Jones · 06/25/15 04:44PMArkansas Lawmakers Believe Medically-Induced Abortions Are "Reversible"
Ashley Feinberg · 04/08/15 02:57PMJust as several states now legally obligate doctors to lie to women about the dangers of abortion, Arkansas now has its own law forcing doctors to peddle bullshit. Physicians in the state will be required to tell any woman taking abortion-inducing drugs that she can reverse the process mid-treatment—a claim that's based on pretty much nothing.
How Should an Abortion Be?
Monica Heisey · 01/22/15 04:00PMA pregnant woman I didn't know struck up a conversation with me at a party recently. We chatted amicably about the weather (bad), the Golden Globes (fine) and the food at the party (great) before the conversation turned—inevitably, it felt—towards birth (hers). She told me she was nervous but excited, that she could not stop Googling, and how glad she was to be out of the infamously uncomfortable first trimester. "I know what you mean," I said. "When I was pregnant I was so tired I could barely move." Her eyes brightened. "You've got kids?" "No."
Why the New Anti-Abortion Ruling Is Horrible Bullshit: A Primer
Michelle Dean · 10/03/14 12:47PMMost of the Abortion Clinics in Texas Have to Immediately Shut Down
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/02/14 07:05PMWaitress Donated Rush Limbaugh's Generous Tip to Abortion Fund
Zara Golden · 09/23/14 06:13PMRick Perry Uses Joan Rivers' Death to Defend His Anti-Abortion Laws
Zara Golden · 09/21/14 06:35PMMother Sentenced to Prison for Helping Daughter Get Illegal Abortion
Kelly Conaboy · 09/07/14 03:57PMFederal Judge Finds Texas Abortion Law Unconstitutional
Kelly Conaboy · 08/31/14 09:00AMRecording Catches Anti-Abortionists Plotting How to Intimidate Women
Adam Weinstein · 08/13/14 03:30PMLiberal activists in Texas have released audio they say is from a training session for anti-abortion activists at the state Capitol earlier this month—audio in which trainers can be heard discussing their successes stalking patients and clinic workers, scaring women, and tricking them out of seeking the procedure.
Federal Judge Rules Alabama Abortion Clinic Law Unconstitutional
Allie Jones · 08/04/14 01:10PMA federal judge ruled today that Alabama's abortion clinic law is unconstitutional. The law, passed last year, mandates that abortion doctors have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, and it would have closed three of the state's five abortion clinics. The law never went into effect, so the clinics have stayed open.
Tipster: "Latin Kids...Sent Here to Fill a Void for All the Abortions"
Andy Cush · 07/22/14 04:08PMNice Anti-Abortion Grandmas And Other Supreme Court Fictions
Michelle Dean · 06/26/14 04:20PMBy process of elimination, we now know that the Supreme Court will deliver its decision in the Hobby Lobby reproductive-health coverage case on Monday. It's hard not to look at today's decision in McCullen v. Coakley, overturning buffer zones around clinics, for a gauge of the Court's temperature on the reality of abortion rights in America. The answer appears to be: warm on the good intentions of anti-abortion activists.
Todd Akin Has More Thoughts About Women and "Legitimate Rape"
Adam Weinstein · 06/26/14 10:47AMRick Perry Trusts Science on Gay-Conversion, But Not That Climate Thing
Adam Weinstein · 06/16/14 01:45PMRick Perry, presidential contender and the Republican Party's version of a Very Special Blossom Episode, said today he'd listen to scientific professionals on whether gay-conversion therapy works. Which is weird, since he thinks scientific professionals who study climate or uteruses are basically charlatans.
Right-Wing Bloggers Are Flipping Out Over This YouTube Abortion Video
Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 01:02PMThis is Emily Letts, a patient advocate at a reproductive clinic in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, just outside Philadelphia. Letts got pregnant and was, in her words, "not ready" to have children. So she got an abortion, and filmed it, and is now a hot target for online critics.