A Year After Roe: College Student in Texas Was Denied an Abortion Even Though Ectopic Pregnancy Was Killing Her
The case is yet another example of how Texas’s “life-saving” abortion exception has been ignored.
States That Restrict Abortion Have Higher Rates of Intimate Partner Homicide
“here’s an epidemic of preventable violence that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations,” one study finds.
As a Girl In Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
New Orleans Nurses Fight for a New Union as Hospitals Merge and Revenues Soar
Concerns over working conditions and patient care amidst hospital consolidation drove Louisiana’s largest union victory since 1993.
Public Pharma for Europe, a Game-Changer for Access to Medicines
A growing number of organizations in Europe is demanding a complete overhaul of regional pharma policies in order to protect people’s health over profits
Lack of Access to Health Care Is Partly to Blame for Skyrocketing HIV Rates Among Gay Black Men
By Deion Scott Hawkins / The Conversation Over the past 20 years, people living with HIV in the United States have seen a drastic improvement in their overall quality of…
Women and People of Color Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.
Supreme Court Sets March Date for Arguments on Abortion Drug Mifepristone
“Restricting access to mifepristone impedes patient autonomy,” a physicians’ group said in defending current standards.
Silencing the Messenger: How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities
How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities
Executed in Their Sleep: How Israeli Forces Assassinated Three Palestinians in a Raid on a West Bank Hospital
Israeli forces disguised as hospital workers and civilians entered Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital and assassinated three Palestinians as they slept. The brazen killing marks an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s war…
Most State Abortion Bans Have Limited Exceptions − but It’s Hard to Understand What They Mean
By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter / The Conversation More than a year after the Supreme Court found there is no fundamental right to get an abortion, 21 states have…
No One’s Access to Abortion Is Guaranteed — No Matter Where You Live
Living in a “blue state” does not guarantee the availability of abortion care to everyone who needs it.
States With Abortion Bans Saw Over 65k Rape-Related Pregnancies After “Dobbs”
The same states saw only 10 or fewer legal abortions per month, despite supposed exceptions to bans.
Roe Anniversary Sparks Calls for Restoring Federal Right to Abortion
"At every turn we see a new form of hell, brought to us by an extremist Supreme Court and a powerful band of Republican politicians determined to obliterate reproductive freedom,"…
Hospital Workers Fired After Protesting Short Staffing Sue for Damages
Nine Lynwood St. Francis Medical Center staffers say they were fired as retaliation for leading union protests against staff cuts.