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The intersection of climate change, women’s health and safety, and current federal and state restrictions on reproductive rights is a perfect storm that will put the lives and well-being of women, disproportionately women of color, at risk.

Catholic hospitals are supposed to follow religious directives that ban abortion, sterilization, and most contraception. But some of these facilities have found creative ways to get around the rules—until recently.

In the run up to Easter and the National Day of Prayer, chaplains and guest chaplains around the nation have sowed religious division and discord as they delivered prayers at state legislatures, and now, federal courts are giving them their stamp of...

Abortion Regret lays out a history of criminalization as a process that includes sowing stigma, creating systems of surveillance, manipulating or compiling new data, and establishing who gets to be a worthy victim.

Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech came to mind as I read recent articles highlighting the history of abortion storytelling while only citing the contributions of white women. We Testify storytellers of color have been talking about our multiple abortion...

Using zoning rules to hinder access to abortion services has picked up momentum as an anti-choice strategy on the local level. Reproductive rights advocates have a plan to fight back.

Bank of America is among the dozen banks continuing to offer billions in credit to private prison corporations, even after two large banks have pledged to pull their support for the politically toxic industry.

These judges, many of whom are young and wildly unqualified, have been appointed to the bench for life.

“It’s never been that Black people don’t want to take care of themselves; it’s about not being able to afford to."

If anti-abortion lawmakers truly care about women’s health or have any desire to protect children and families, there are plenty of ways they could show their support.

"How is the pro-life side ever guilty of something that equates to violence?" Republican Sen. Ben Sasse asked during a recent judiciary committee hearing.

Thomas's opinion on religious tests wasn't about right or wrong, or even of the Constitution, it's a political argument designed to muzzle such questions in hopes of easing and paving a path for conservative justices who would place faith above the...

Anti-choice groups are highly critical after learning that one of their own has agreed to contraception referral in order to qualify for Title X funding.

HB 1035 would create protections for sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions, which a person or entity may then use to discriminate against

Our research says that many Black women have experienced disrespectful pregnancy care, and providers are overwhelmed. It's a perfect storm where bias can flourish.