Ear to the Ground

Pharmaceutical Companies, Physician Bring Court Challenges to State Abortion Laws

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2023 Lawsuits filed in West Virginia and North Carolina have challenged those states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Abortion Bans Could Be Used To Prosecute Pregnant People

Shefali Luthra / The 19th News Jan 18, 2023 Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Women

The Challenges African Feminist Movements Face in 2023

Joy Asasira / Open Democracy Jan 5, 2023 Looking forward to 2023 and beyond, Africa’s feminist movements will have to reinvest in their own defence of bodily autonomy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Preying on the Pregnant

Neesha Powell-Ingabire / Prism Reports Dec 23, 2022 Organizers in Georgia fight to defund anti-abortion centers that use false advertising and misinformation to trick pregnant people. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Women

Reproductive Wrongs

Laura C. Morel / Reveal Dec 19, 2022 Authorities are doing to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers, even when the risks to women are significant. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Politics

How Low-income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections

Shailly Gupta Barnes / Other Words Nov 17, 2022 Visions for living wages, health care, housing, and more beginning to take shape. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

International Women’s Day Honors Its Activist Roots

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 8, 2020 It has been a rocky year so far in the fight for justice for women around the world. But that's far from the whole story. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Protests and Celebrations Mark Women’s Day, Despite Threats

By ADAM GELLER Mar 8, 2020 Tensions marred some celebrations, but women still marched en mass in cities around the world, even those affected by the coronavirus. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rules Involving Abortions

GENE JOHNSON / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program for low-income women are barred from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Judge Rejects Trump Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Nov 6, 2019 The directive, not yet in effect. called for allowing clinicians to refuse participation in services like abortions based on their beliefs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court Could Spell the End of American Democracy

Bill Blum / Truthdig Oct 15, 2019 With an array of liberties and executive powers on the docket this term, nothing less than the fate of the republic hangs in the balance. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Regulation Case

MARK SHERMAN / The Associated Press Oct 4, 2019 The case could reveal how willing a more conservative court is to chip away at abortion rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )