#Reproductive rights

A Tennessee judge is gaining national media attention for his unique incentive offered to inmates upon sentencing: convicts can undergo a free taxpayer funded sterilization procedure and get a 30 day reduction in jail time. Dozens have already taken advantage of the program since Judge Sam

I interviewed a group of very successful Black women in 40s and 50s and realized one trend among them: they were never married and none of them had children. Their careers were their lives and most seemed rather proud of that fact. It wasn’t until...  

The Supreme Court struck down two key provisions of Texas' HB2 yesterday in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, addressing major barriers to abortion access in the Lone Star State, and all I can think about is the perilous nature of the high court, and of abortion rights at large. Don't ...

The field of reproductive rights is a hard thing to start researching. Anti-choice activists love to move the goalposts by changing what their main objections to abortion are — Fetal pain! Women’s mental health! The breakdown of the nuclear family! Sexual promiscuity!) — and change the definition

Medication abortions with Mifeprex are a growing segment of early abortion procedures in the United States, accounting for 23 percent of all nonhospital abortions, though abortion rates overall continue to fall. But until this week, the FDA's protocol for using the drug was based on ... Continue