Abortion Rights

In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions.

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a progressive vision.

Missouri voters approved a measure to protect abortion rights, but opponents have repeatedly blocked it from taking effect.

Grassroots activists believe that high-altitude advocacy is taking precedence over helping patients access care.

Both Trump’s and Harris’s campaigns framed the Presidential election as a contest between men and women. Did the results prove them right?

Voters are amending their state constitutions to protect reproductive freedom—and discovering the limitations of these measures in the post-Dobbs era.

A local referendum in Texas is part of a long-term effort to block abortions through the courts.

Alexis McGill Johnson discusses lobbying for a Democratic “trifecta” in Washington—and what a second Trump Administration would do on abortion rights in America.

Hern, one of the few physicians who openly perform late abortions, has been receiving death threats since 1973. He thinks women are worse off today than they were back then.

Susan B. Glasser discusses growing fissures in the Republican Party around abortion. She speaks with Representative Matt Rosendale, who wants to push the battle further and end I.V.F.

Democrats used to talk about abortion in abstract terms. Now Harris campaign volunteers are getting specific and changing the debate.

The Supreme Court has, for now, refrained from restricting access to urgently needed abortions.

Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect some people who need abortions and the doctors who provide them. Plus, a band rehearsal with the songwriter and actor Maya Hawke.

On abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential election.

With a statewide ban in effect, an unlikely political coalition works to insure that women can get lifesaving care.

Even some conservative Justices seemed unpersuaded by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine’s claims.

Caitlin Bernard is risking her career, and her safety, to care for pregnant patients.

In nineteenth-century New York, abortion was shrouded in secrecy and stigma. But, for Madame Restell, there was no such thing as bad press.

From Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” to Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” narratives about cloistered women contending with a new political reality have dominated the cultural landscape. Why do these stories hit so hard?

Protecting access to abortion was a powerful motivator among voters during this week’s off-cycle elections, in which Democrats made significant victories. What do Tuesday’s results portend for 2024 elections?