Women’s History Month in a Post-Roe World
Hell hath no fury like a woman deprived of her basic rights.
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.
More ‘Navigators’ Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes / KFF Health News Chloe Bell is a case manager at the National Abortion Federation. She spends her days helping people cover the cost of an…
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.
Two Mothers Are Killed in Gaza Every Hour as Fighting Exceeds 100 Days
The Gaza crisis is impacting women and girls at unprecedented levels with loss of life and catastrophic levels of humanitarian needs. This is the main conclusion of the “Gender Alert:…
Doctors Face ‘A Perpetual Rollercoaster’ As Abortion Returns to the Supreme Court
Two cases — one concerning medication abortion and another about providing the procedure in medical emergencies — could further upend a profession already under siege.
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Skyrocketed by 300 Percent Under Israel’s Siege
Every pregnant person in Gaza is at risk of having to undergo delivery in unsafe conditions.
In the US South, Just 1 in 5 State Lawmakers Are Women
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills like near-total abortion bans.
‘Chilling’: Supreme Court Says Idaho Can Jail Doctors for Providing Abortions
"Yet again, women's lives are at the mercy of this extreme Court stacked by Donald Trump."
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being…
Rep. Gwen Moore Introduces Resolution to Address the Relationship Between Firearm Violence, Misogyny and Violence Against Women
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, the Wisconsin congresswoman introduced a resolution calling attention to the 'relationship between firearm violence, misogyny, and…
Pregnancy Criminalization in the US Is an “Avoidable Human Rights Crisis”
“The United States is in the midst of a completely avoidable human rights crisis,” a new report states.
ERA and Abortion Are Key to Women’s Vote in 2024
The overturning of Roe v. Wade was a wake-up call and the Equal Rights Amendment is needed now more than ever.
A Glaringly Obvious Answer to America’s Truck Driver Shortage
Understaffed trucking companies are trying to roll back child labor rules. Why not just stop discriminating against women?
Chilean Mothers’ Long Search for Babies Stolen During Pinochet’s Dictatorship
Fifty years after coup that delivered Pinochet power, thousands still grieve the children stolen during his rule