Abortion

From maternal mortality to abortion rights to birth control, this is a look at the state of reproductive health.

The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

By Nicole Narea May 1

The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion

By Rachel M. Cohen April 30

The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state

By Ian Millhiser April 24

How the overturn of Roe v. Wade sparked a new campaign for abortion rights across Europe

By Rachel M. Cohen April 24

Florida and Arizona show why abortion attacks are not slowing down

By Rachel M. Cohen April 11

Arizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortion

By Eric Levitz April 9

The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortions

By Ian Millhiser April 9

Why Republican federal judges are fighting among themselves

By Ian Millhiser April 3

Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case

By Ian Millhiser March 26

Why IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the world

By Rachel M. Cohen March 26

The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift

By Eric Levitz March 23

The Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 21

Why abortion in the US is on the rise

By Rachel M. Cohen March 20

Abortion influences everything

By Keren Landman, MD March 20

Why abortion politics might not carry Democrats again in 2024

By Rachel M. Cohen March 15

Do Americans still have a right to privacy?

By Ian Millhiser March 10

Abortion meds can now be sold in drugstores. Here’s why that’s so important.

By Keren Landman, MD March 5

Fetal personhood laws, explained

By Anna North March 4

The anti-abortion playbook for restricting birth control

By Rachel M. Cohen March 3

This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it.

By Rachel M. Cohen February 26

Alabama’s IVF warning to the country

By Rachel M. Cohen February 23

The Alabama Supreme Court opinion holding that embryos are children, explained

By Ian Millhiser February 20

Living in an abortion ban state is bad for mental health

By Keren Landman, MD February 20

Abortion rights groups don’t want to “restore Roe” — but they won’t fight Biden on it

By Rachel M. Cohen February 5

The Supreme Court’s new, nightmare abortion cases, explained

By Ian Millhiser January 5

The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state

By Ian Millhiser January 3

Access to abortion pills has grown since Dobbs

By Rachel M. Cohen December 27, 2023

What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug.

By Anna North December 13, 2023

The Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. Wade

By Ian Millhiser December 13, 2023

The sinister court decision denying Kate Cox an abortion, explained

By Ian Millhiser December 12, 2023

One Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans

By Li Zhou December 12, 2023

Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion

By Ian Millhiser December 4, 2023

The other warning Republicans should heed from this year’s elections

By Christian Paz November 11, 2023

Republicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymore

By Rachel M. Cohen November 8, 2023

3 winners and 1 loser from Election Day 2023

By Andrew Prokop November 8, 2023

The big abortion stakes of the 2023 elections

By Rachel M. Cohen November 7, 2023

Planned Parenthood’s risky plan to bring abortions back to Wisconsin

By Ian Millhiser September 14, 2023

The unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 12, 2023

Latin American abortion rights activists just notched another win in Mexico

By Nicole Narea September 7, 2023

The edgelord of the federal judiciary

By Ian Millhiser August 26, 2023

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