Women Of Color Speak Out Against The Whitewashing Of Reproductive Justice
Recently, the New York Times published a feature about the racial and generational divide in the reproductive health and justice movements. The article focused on the ways in which Black and Brown women and non-binary people are excluded from prevailing narratives around the fight to protect Roe, while ignoring the very urgent and intersecting issues that affect their lives. I was one of the women interviewed and, after the piece was published, I found that much of the backlash was defensive; many people painted me and the young women of color interviewed as out of touch with the feminist movement, instead of embracing the opportunity in intersectional approached.
Failed Study Proves What We Already Know: “Abortion Pill Reversal” Is an Unsupported Claim
Recently, abortion pills have been targeted with a claim without scientific support, claiming it’s possible to “reverse” a medication abortion. For those unfamiliar with the medication abortion process in a clinic setting, it consists of taking two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. Mifepristone, which goes by the brand name Mifeprex, is taken first and blocks the hormone progesterone which is needed for pregnancy to continue.
It’s Not Just Women: How the Reproductive Health Movement Fails Trans People And How it Can be Better
The burden often falls to trans people to be their own advocates, not only in their individual interactions with physicians but in the broader discourse around abortion as well. Jack Qu’emi Gutiérrez, a nonbinary pro-choice advocate, approaches this issue through We Testify, an organization dedicated to normalizing and providing safe access to abortion by inviting people to share their stories. Jack uses gender-neutral pronouns and titles.
My Abortion Saved My Life. However the Supreme Court Rules, Help Is There
Seven years ago this week, I was pregnant. At the same time, thousands of Texans flooded the State Capitol to oppose an abortion law that would eventually lead to the loss of more than half our state's clinics and later be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Now, just four years after that decision, we're waiting for another Supreme Court ruling, on June Medical Services v. Russo, a case centered on an identical law out of Louisiana
'I went to bed hungry': being denied an abortion can lead to financial turmoil
Kayla Moye was beginning a 90-day sentence in a Cleveland jail when she learned she was pregnant. She was 19, and she wanted an abortion.
My Abortion Made Motherhood Possible
New motherhood has been a learning experience, for sure, but one where I’m also learning new things about myself—and about parenthood, and what it means to embody the core principles of reproductive justice.
5 People Share Why Their Abortion Was Beautiful
For some, beautiful probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the process of getting an abortion, especially in states hostile to it. In fact, navigating the plethora of anti-choice restrictions across the United States can seem anything but beautiful; it can feel terribly overwhelming and invasive, particularly for low-income people, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, and young people under 18 who have to go through the process of a judicial bypass.
States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’
ven under normal circumstances, obtaining an abortion in Texas is described as “mostly impossible”. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians in Texas and seven other states have worked to try to halt abortions entirely. They have undertaken costly lawsuits to restrict abortion in the name of health and safety, even as doctors lined up against them.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ESSENTIAL, ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC
“The barriers [brought on by COVID-19] might be new to some people, but for young people, these barriers have been amplified,” Victoria Torres, an activist with the Chicago Abortion Fund, told MTV News. The 23-year-old, who received abortion care after the only brand of birth control pills she could afford as a college student failed her, began organizing with Advocates for Youth and joined the Fund as a helpline volunteer.
'I Had An Abortion In California During The COVID-19 Pandemic'
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed life for us all, but for me and people across the United States who need abortions, we have yet another decision to make; should we go outside and potentially expose ourselves to the virus or stay home with a pregnancy we don't want to continue? My abortion was essential, so I went
Abortion Resources for Texans During COVID-19 Clinic Closures
Governor Greg Abbott loosened the ban on nonessential surgeries this week, but he said it would be up to courts to decide on restoring order to abortions. These last few weeks have been contentious as people who would normally have access to abortion no longer do, especially if they’re in the second trimester.
US Abortion Deserts Where Women Have Been Stripped of Rights
The US is dotted with so-called “abortion deserts,” areas where people have to drive over 100 miles (160 kilometers) to reach the nearest clinic. These spaces have spread with the coronavirus crisis, leaving millions of women in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee stripped of their right to choose.
Four Ways to Find Abortion Care Despite COVID-19 and Political Opportunism
Even if you’re in a state that has banned abortion procedures, you can still reach out to providers, local fund networks and other support services. “I know we’re going to get a lot of people calling us who don’t know where to go or what to do,” says Nick Lloyd of Clinic Access Support Network, a service that provides travel to and from appointments, as well as bus fare and child care vouchers to people seeking abortions in Texas. “Our new role is basically looking at each person’s situation and linking them up with the care they need outside of Texas. And we’re poised and ready to start driving again, once that order is lifted.”
Some States Are Quietly Using the Coronavirus to Restrict Abortion
Advocates say that banning both abortions at clinics and abortions through social-distancing-acceptable telehealth shows what the real motivation behind these restrictions are: curbing reproductive rights, not just the spread of the coronavirus. "Anti-abortion politicians cannot have it both ways — closing clinics so that patients have to travel for care while telling them to stay inside and wait it out, knowing they've made it impossible to get an abortion via telemedicine, via mail, and later in pregnancy,"
I Hope the Christian Church Makes Room For Abortion Stories Like Mine
I am a Christian, and I had an abortion. Experiences like mine were never discussed in the evangelical community I grew up in, which was riddled with stigmatizing rhetoric and shame about abortion that unfortunately persists today.
Coronavirus Is Destroying Abortion Access Across the U.S.
Over the past few weeks, as vast swaths of U.S. society have shut down in an effort to curb the coronavirus, the pandemic has achieved what years of Supreme Court battles and hundreds of restrictions could not: It has choked off access to legal abortion.
Paying for an Abortion Was Already Hard. The COVID-19 Economic Downturn Has Made It Even Harder.
“As of last week we haven’t been able to purchase bus tickets, but we’re still able to book flights, help with gas, and book whichever remaining hotels are open,” Lopez said. “The major effects of the crisis were kicked into full gear this week, as clinics were forced to cancel appointments. I’ve been doing my best to keep folks at ease and prepare them for out-of-state travel by maintaining that if they need to travel even further to reach a clinic, we will still help them get there.”
Texas and Ohio have dubbed abortions a "non-essential" service during coronavirus
These kinds of laws will impact poor and Americans of color disproportionately, Texas-based abortion provider and counselor Paige Alexandria told Mic in an email. The move to change abortion laws in the face of a public health crisis sets a "dangerous precedent," she says
Even in a Pandemic, People Still Need Abortions
As the coronavirus spreads across the country, people are sheltering in place and canceling most or all non-essential outings, even doctor's appointments. Abortion patients, however, aren't afforded that luxury and now have to navigate a pandemic on top of an already restrictive web of laws.
Texas Moves To Ban Most Abortions During Coronavirus Crisis
“Abortion is a procedure where time is of the essence and cannot be delayed without profound consequences,” said Aimee Arrambide, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas. “State leaders should ensure that Texans who need care can access it with the least amount of obstacles and medically unnecessary visits possible.”