reproductive rights
How Parents Are Fighting to Get Their Trans Kids the Care They Need
One parent said they want to show their son they're "deserving of every normal, dumb, good thing.”
By Colleen Hamilton
This Nebraska Senator Filibustered for Three Weeks on Behalf of Trans Rights
Nothing but respect for Machaela Cavanaugh.
By Emma Specter
A Post-Roe America Demands Guaranteed Income
If states can force people to have children, we must force states to financially provide for them.
By Kelsey Soderberg
Our College Is Being Taken Over by Ron DeSantis and His Allies
They’re trying to force a conservative Christian model of education on our public school.
By Debarati Biswas and Erik Wallenberg
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are a Focal Point of the Anti-Abortion Movement
A Problem Pregnancy crisis center sits across the street from a Planned Parenthood in Worcester, Massachusetts. They are not the same.
By Bill Shaner
How Papayas Are Becoming an Abortion Training Tool
In places where abortion restrictions make training for medical students scarce, the tropical fruit is a stand-in.
By Sara Hutchinson
A Federal Judge Could Soon Block Access to an Abortion Pill. Here’s What That Means
Access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used for a medication abortion, could be revoked.
By Shefali Luthra, The 19th*
Before My Incarceration, I Was Just a Depressed College Student
Many women like me share similar experiences of abuse and childhood abandonment.
By Asia Johnson
I Keep Abortion Pills in My Medicine Cabinet Just in Case
If you want to avoid pregnancy, maybe you should too.
By Amy Merrill
Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered At Pharmacies
The F.D.A. has made a regulatory change to allow abortion pills to be offered at pharmacies, possibly increasing access.
By Fortesa Latifi
What About the Kids? How Reversing Roe v. Wade Left Many Youth Behind
For youth in large parts of the country, abortions is totally inaccessible. For the rest, it's difficult to get at best.
By Alex Berg
Why Jeopardy! Champion Amy Schneider Is Optimistic About Trans Rights
"Just being on Jeopardy, I had a much bigger impact than I ever expected."
By Lex McMenamin
What TV Shows Are Still Getting Wrong About Abortion
Most representations of the procedure involve wealthy, white characters.
By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th
How to Talk About Abortion With Your Family
The holidays can mean some tough discussions. Here are a few tips.
By Fortesa Latifi
Here’s How States Plan to Limit Abortion — Even Where It Is Already Banned
From potential travel bans to emergency contraceptive access.
By Shefali Luthra, The 19th*
Young Georgians Are Going All-in for the Senate Runoffs
Here’s how they’re preparing for the December 6 race.
By Fortesa Latifi
Abortion Rights Win on Midterm Ballots Across the Country
Abortion was on the ballot in several states.
By Brittney McNamara
Achieving Reproductive Justice Is Also a Fight for Citizenship
Those most impacted by bans aren't just fighting for abortion, we're fighting for equal rights.
By Marcela Howell
I Was North Dakota’s Last Abortion Provider
For the past 20 years, the Red River Women’s Clinic was the state’s only abortion provider.
By Ashley Edwards Walker
Phoebe Bridgers Wants You to Know It's Healthy to Be Angry
Our October/November cover star is taking her indignation and demanding better.
By Lex McMenaminPhotography by Chloe Horseman