单词 | abortion |
例句 | Meaning: He was dyed-in-the-wool on issues like abortion, and was a fiscal conservative, of course, but he was willing to consider less strict rules on things like immigration. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Researchers found that in the instances where the woman was denied an abortion, she often resented her baby and failed to provide it with a good home. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z So even for someone who considers a fetus to be worth only one one-hundredth of a human being, the trade-off between higher abortion and lower crime is, by an economist’s reckoning, terribly inefficient. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This is nothing but a thought exercise—obviously there is no right answer—but it may help clarify the impact of abortion on crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Kat’s older sister, Becka, who didn’t live with them anymore, got pregnant and had an abortion. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Whether or not one feels so strongly about abortion, it remains a singularly charged issue. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Holmes denied that he and Julia had ever engaged each other physically, or that she had undergone “a criminal operation,” a then-current euphemism for abortion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To discover that abortion was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American history is, needless to say, jarring. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you should know, because—” “Have an abortion,” he says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, instead of an illegal procedure that might cost $500, any woman could easily obtain an abortion, often for less than $100. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Indeed, there are plenty of people who consider abortion itself to be a violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I suspected she was, but before I knew the facts, she had an abortion. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In New York, California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii, a woman had been able to obtain a legal abortion for at least two years before Roe v. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z By 1970 five states had made abortion entirely legal and broadly available: New York, California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If she had had an abortion, who could blame her? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ha ha. This is the best you got, Bull? This muscle-bound abortion got me to Ravenel from the West Coast?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dina listens to conservative talk radio, belongs to a fundamentalist Christian church, and has a “Guns don’t kill people—abortion clinics do” bumper sticker on her car. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, of course, darling,” Ira cried, and all the guilt of her efforts to have an abortion was in her voice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most dramatic effect of legalized abortion, however, and one that would take years to reveal itself, was its impact on crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “This is a floral abortion,” Ignatius commented irritably and tapped the vase with his cutlass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years earlier, Bouza had written a book in which he called abortion “arguably the only effective crime-prevention device adopted in this nation since the late 1960s.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Was he—none of the daughters really believed this, but to contemplate it was a wonderful little explosion in their heads—was he maybe dealing drugs or doing abortions in his office? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the first year after Nicolae Ceaujescu’s death, when abortion was reinstated in Romania, there was one abortion for every twenty-two Romanians. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “You become pregnant,” Rick continued, “by a man who has promised to marry you. The man goes off with another woman, your best friend; you get an abortion and—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The United States, meanwhile, has had a different abortion history than Europe. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To be sure, the legalization of abortion in the United States had myriad consequences. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Wade, it was predominantly the daughters of middle- or upper-class families who could arrange and afford a safe illegal abortion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent, but births actually fell by 6 percent, indicating that many women were using abortion as a method of birth control, a crude and drastic sort of insurance policy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And it is far more than the number of homicides eliminated each year due to legalized abortion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Linear statistical projections, to cite a frequently abused model, are often invoked so thoughtlessly that it wouldn’t be surprising to see someday that the projected waiting period for an abortion is one year. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had reconnected when Elizabeth moved to Cleveland and became the head of a medical clinic just east of Shaker Heights—the only clinic on the East Side, it happened, that provided abortions. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In a country of 225 million people, 1.6 million abortions per year—one for every 140 Americans—may not have seemed so dramatic. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z How was I so lucky to get a story about abortion? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The abortion ban stayed in effect until Ceaujescu finally lost his grip on Romania. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For a person who believes that 1 newborn is worth 100 fetuses, those 1.5 million abortions would translate—dividing 1.5 million by 100—into the equivalent of a loss of 15,000 human lives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In the past, Mrs. Bradley had notes dropped in her bag suggesting group discussions on abortion, family violence, cheating—on boyfriends, girlfriends, on tests. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z So it must have been the abortion riots. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need you,” Lexie said, “to come with me to this clinic tomorrow. I’m getting an abortion.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Girls in Shaker, she was sure, had abortions now and then—they were teenagers after all—but of course it was all kept very quiet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The second person, believing that a woman’s right to an abortion trumps any other factor, would likely argue that no number of fetuses can equal even one newborn. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She’d said nothing to him about the abortion, and it sat between them like a scrim, blurring everything. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In most of these cases, abortion was not forbidden outright, but a woman had to receive permission from a judge in order to obtain one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In practice, nomadic hunter-gatherers space their children about four years apart by means of lactational amenorrhea, sexual abstinence, infanticide, and abortion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They knew his clumsy abortions and the little brown pennies he gave sparingly for alms. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that I had no choice but to have an abortion. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The idea of abortion was abhorrent to Bobby and he refused to even discuss it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In spite of this the girls usually chose abortion. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too late for an abortion, but Jasmine figured she was prepared to raise a child. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The children born in the wake of the abortion ban were much more likely to become criminals than children born earlier. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The crime drop was, in the language of economists, an “unintended benefit” of legalized abortion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z However a person feels about abortion, a question is likely to come to mind: what are we to make of the trade-off of more abortion for less crime? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We both knew her to be violently opposed to abortions, and she would very likely order me to quit school. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One factor to look for would be a correlation between each state’s abortion rate and its crime rate. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The story of abortion in Romania might seem an odd way to begin telling the story of American crime in the 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “How dare you present such abortions to the public.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tea brewed from the leaves, or the sap taken orally, or a silphion suppository, was said to prevent conception and/or induce abortion. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The group avowed a four-point platform— stamping out abortion, pornography, and homosexuality, and establishing prayer in the schools. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There are roughly 1.5 million abortions in the United States every year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As the link between abortion and crime makes clear, unwanted children—who are disproportionately subject to neglect and abuse—have worse outcomes than children who were eagerly welcomed by their parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In 1828, New York became the first state to restrict abortion; by 1900 it had been made illegal throughout the country. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z ‘You became pregnant by a man who has promised to marry you. The man goes off with another woman, your best friend; you get an abortion.’ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We thought about an abortion, but it was illegal, and the only woman we had heard of who did abortions was supposedly connected with the police department. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z It took almost three years to recover from the depression that engulfed me after the abortion of my first child. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He would marry her only if she agreed to allow him to execute a simple abortion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Within one year of the abortion ban, the Romanian birth rate had doubled. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z No one had an abortion without regret, she thought; abortions were an action of last resort, when there was no better option. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The point of overlap was on that Christmas Day of 1989, when Nicolae Ceaujescu learned the hard way—with a bullet to the head—that his abortion ban had much deeper implications than he knew. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “If she had had an abortion, would that change anything?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, my mother was convinced God wouldn’t forgive you for an abortion. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z In one important way, the Romanian abortion story is a reverse image of the American crime story. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Also, studies of Australia and Can ada have since established a similar link between legalized abortion and crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Until 1966, Romania had had one of the most liberal abortion policies in the world. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps abortion and crime are merely correlated and not causal. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the states with the highest abortion rates in the 1970s experienced the greatest crime drops in the 1990s, while states with low abortion rates experienced smaller crime drops. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Ceaugescu’s ban on abortion was designed to achieve one of his major aims: to rapidly strengthen Romania by boosting its population. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In states with high abortion rates, the entire decline in crime was among the post-Roe cohort as opposed to older criminals. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They viewed the killing of children, sick people and the elderly as many people today view abortion and euthanasia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the very factors that drove millions of American women to have an abortion also seemed to predict that their children, had they been born, would have led unhappy and possibly criminal lives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Could she check the clinic’s records and see if Bebe Chow’s name appeared in the list of recent abortions? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On January 22, 1973, legalized abortion was suddenly extended to the entire country with the U.S. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If a girl wants to have an abortion, she got the right to an abortion. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To be an abortion doula meant being a part of the pro-choice movement at its most granular, most personal, where philosophical debates fell away. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Rose is an abortion rights activist who immersed herself in the other side, undercover. Review | Alexander Strain finds the bright side in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z There was no question in the writer’s room that a woman’s right to abortion is a human rights issue. Samantha Bee isn’t covering antiabortion laws because she’s a woman. It’s because laughter makes a statement. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z At Black Lives Matter protests in DC, an abortion rights march at the Capitol in February, and a “reopen” protest in Sacramento this summer. Film-maker Alexandra Pelosi: 'I think phones are more dangerous than guns' 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z He seemed to prefer reasoned, dispassionate debate, whether about abortion or the death penalty or anything else. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The name, when paired with “Wade,” connotes both a historic 1973 Supreme Court case affirming a woman’s right to abortion, and the passionate debate that rages to this day. Top 10 choices (possibly) in the new theater season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Imagine, a First Lady who favors gun control and abortion and feminism! Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z But in a weekend interview seemingly designed to make the press go apoplectic, 23-year-old British model Josie Cunningham has declared, “An abortion will further my career.” Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z Research shows that Black pastors are less likely to mention abortion in their sermons than White pastors of evangelical churches, and opposition is often more implied than stated directly. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Indeed, the women in my own life who I witnessed most frequently seek elective abortions have also been the women who present themselves as "good" conservative Christians. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Who knew you could run out to Best Buy and pick up one of them late term abortion thingies with an Energy Star rating? Rand Paul is pro-choice for toilets 2011-03-11T19:01:00Z This movie differs from more recent abortion roadtrip films, which are set in more rural states or states with more restrictions on abortion, requiring their protagonists to travel out-of-state for the procedure. From "Plan B" to "Grandma," 5 abortion road trip movies that reflect our frustrating reality 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Still, abortion rights activists and nonprofit leaders see a fund-raising opportunity. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z “I searched the Internet, and I couldn’t find a video of an actual surgical procedure in the clinic that focused on the woman’s experience,” she recently wrote of the decision to film her abortion. “There is so much shame”: Emily Letts on why she filmed her abortion — and what happened next 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He then sought to paint Romney with the same brush, hitting the former Massachusetts governor for what Santorum said are his similarities to Obama on health care, environmental standards and abortion laws. Santorum, Romney fight for conservative voters in Illinois 2012-03-18T00:12:00Z On one side of the abortion protesters, Jehovah’s Witnesses are handing out the “Good News From God!” The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “We were directed to a domestic and international adoption agency almost 30 miles outside of the city called Heartsent Adoptions,” she says, “and no abortion providers were included in the search results.” Siri, find me an abortion provider: Apple’s weird anti-choice glitch is finally on its way out 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Male children are preferred, and sex-selective abortion, female infanticide and the sheer neglect of girls have made for a growing gender gap. My life behind India’s purdah 2013-01-04T18:32:00Z There is a sense of nervousness in the Tory party that the abortion issue could spiral out of control. Maria Miller: the new culture secretary facing a steep learning curve 2012-10-05T17:46:12Z The idea that women get pregnant on purpose so they can get free “abortion vacations” is an extreme example of stereotyping, one that hardly needs debunking. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Twice a month, Dr. Willie Parker boards a plane from Chicago to Jackson, Miss., and spends around three days working out of the state’s last remaining abortion clinic. America’s abortion deserts: How the right turns back the clock on Roe 2014-01-16T12:44:00Z This is just one of a series of viral videos by Alex Cueto, 19, an abortion clinic defender with the organization Charlotte for Choice. The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The panel agrees that if the decisions are overturned, it will reduce "safe abortions" and "cost more lives." “The View” slams SCOTUS draft opinion, says Roe v. Wade is not a religious issue but a human one 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z For millions of Americans, however, that acceptability stopped short of abortion. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z She rattles off a litany of other urgent issues — climate change, war, abortion rights — and demands to know where these fit in. Review: Yvonne Rainer’s Swan Song Is Not Quite a Grand Finale 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z A fear that an abortion might negatively impact Herbert's campaign? "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z On Monday, Trump again called on the network’s White House reporter, Chanel Rion, who compared the number of coronavirus deaths to the number of “children killed by their mothers through elective abortions every day.” Why are journalists skipping Trump’s daily coronavirus briefing? Not enough news to risk their health. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The right to travel to Britain for terminations is enshrined in the new abortion law going through the Irish parliament. Man seeks Irish court order in family feud over partner's pregnancy 2013-07-17T15:35:05Z There have been exceptions, of course: In 1982’s high school comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” a teenager has an abortion without hysterical breakdowns or farcical high jinks ensuing. Perspective | Abortion has always been a tough subject for Hollywood. ‘Parenthood’ got it right. 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Did the network draw the distinction that abortion might be a permissible subject for a dramatic series, but not for a comedy? How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z They do not specify how “severe” a complication must be before an abortion would at last be considered a lifesaving procedure. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Bush lost in 1992 to Bill Clinton, who put abortion rights at the forefront of his platform, Republican leaders “seemed to want the issue to go away.” Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill called on Thursday for a deep cut in the "horrifyingly high" number of abortions, which he linked to a Western rejection of moral norms. Russian patriarch says halving abortions would solve population crisis 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z One in three women will have an abortion; everyone’s had a bad boyfriend; everyone’s had some kind of fantasy relationship in their head. Caitlin Moran: ‘Congratulations, You’re a Feminist!’ 2012-07-12T11:00:00Z The subjects include abortion, artificial insemination, birth, gender transitioning, menopause and, eventually, disease and death. A New Subject for a Veteran Documentary Maker: Herself 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Three in 10 American women will have had an abortion by menopause, and many will have had more than one. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z We don’t “have a rule at our church, that if you had an abortion, you can get kicked out or you’re condemned,” Sanders says. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Recently, nine states passed laws banning most abortions, with legal challenges wending their way through the courts. How Do You Explain the History of Reproductive Rights to Teenagers? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The most liberal abortion law in the country was signed in 1967 by California's Republican governor, Ronald Reagan. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z He appeared agitated and angry when Baier pressed him on contradictory positions he's taken on issues like abortion. Free media helping to define presidential race 2011-12-10T11:01:05Z Either way, in this pretty sharp abortion comedy, Slate is great. REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Many of these centers are not forthright in their advertising about the fact that they are not staffed by medical personnel, and will not offer abortion services. Support shams: Anti-abortion clinics masquerading as pregnancy support centers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “Normally, the strategy ‘pretend you’re an abortion clinic’ is not actually a great marketing stunt, although I am pretty sure that Radio Shack would have tried it if they’d thought of it,” Oliver said. John Oliver takes aim at anti-abortion activists 'controlling women's behavior' 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It's so nice to see him get his mojo back, which makes it extra disappointing that we have to cut to Holly and Arlene, trying to perform a Wiccan abortion. "True Blood" recap: Warning signs 2010-08-30T12:30:00Z It was like watching the live abortion of democracy. Sky leaders' debate spin room: the live abortion of democracy 2010-04-22T22:28:00Z She started her career making jokes about abortions, and has made cracks about her husband's suicide. A new film presents a revealing portrait of the comedian Joan Rivers 2010-10-25T06:00:00Z Takiko has good reason to want to escape — her father is a physically abusive drunk; her mother continually pushes her to have an abortion. New International Fiction, From Ecuador to Zimbabwe 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z This seems unlikely, since most short films lose money, and unlike Crescendo, those aren't ideologically driven tales of abortion set in 18th-century Europe. Justin Bieber: Teen pop idols never die. They're gradually unfollowed 2013-01-27T19:59:01Z A dilation and evacuation is a procedure used for abortions, after all, and abortions at that stage of pregnancy were now banned in the state of Louisiana. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Yup, a full quarter of the women seeking abortions are Catholic, just like I am. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Yup, this totally means your daughters will be getting Try It badges in abortion. Conservatives’ ridiculous war on the Girl Scouts 2014-01-31T16:02:00Z The legal challenges to these coercive abortion statutes often hinge on whether an “undue burden” has been placed on women seeking an abortion. Yet, It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z China's gender imbalance, the product of the government's one-child policy and illicit abortion of female foetuses due to a traditional preference for male heirs, has created a huge surplus of single men. China to crackdown on trafficking in 'foreign brides' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The advert from Marie Stopes will be screened on Monday, offering what the organisation says will be "clear, non-judgmental information" on unplanned pregnancies and abortion services. Abortion services to be advertised on UK television for first time 2010-05-19T19:39:00Z No one likes to talk about the reality of abortion, but I think it’s necessary,” as if he knew anything about it. My miscarriages made me question being pro-choice 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z A bill that failed in Texas last month would have allowed doctors who perform abortions and women who receive them to be charged with criminal homicide, which, in Texas, is punishable by death. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z When Boo invoked “Freakonomics” to explain the social benefits of legal abortion. The 10 most delightful pop culture references in “Orange is the New Black” season 3 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z He concluded that she must be an abortion provider, which she is — and so he stuck around for the afternoon, then trailed her in a thwarted attempt at intimidation. “We need to talk about this as terrorism”: The war against abortion providers 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z When movement leaders are talking to the congregants or to pastors who speak to congregants, it's all abortion all the time. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z For some abortion opponents, this freedom was their primary argument for reversing Roe v. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The abortion along with Brando's frequent infidelity ultimately prompted her to attempt to take her own life. Rita Moreno reveals the seriousness of Marlon Brando's abuse: "He was a bad guy" 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The media is reporting story after story —and American citizens are writing social media poet after social media post — about abortion. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Prior to its passage, 40 clinics in Texas offered abortion services. The new documentary “Trapped” takes viewers to the bloodiest battlefield in the American “war on women” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The group, the Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, had been galvanized by an effort in Congress to end Medicaid assistance for abortions. Meredith Tax, Feminist Author, Historian and Activist, Dies at 80 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Amnesty International this month called Ireland’s strict current abortion policy “out of line with international human rights standards.” These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z But “A Book of American Martyrs” is successful because she refuses to satirize or dehumanize anyone, even murderous foes of abortion. Joyce Carol Oates tackles abortion in her powerful novel, 'A Book of American Martyrs' 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Her clarification is, unfortunately, all too necessary in a cultural climate often hostile to reproductive rights — especially abortion. Did Planned Parenthood’s president really need to apologize for the tissue donation video? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In a democracy, should courts or legislatures decide basic policies like abortion, busing and campaign finance? Patrick Buchanan Reveals Himself to Be the First Trumpist 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Hagan, who is known for her efforts to outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected and to prohibit employers from mandating flu vaccines, does not fit that description. The 2016 election inspired her to run for Congress — as an unapologetic Trump supporter 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z And yet, speaking from experience, an abortion can also result in a wonderful feeling of relief for someone who is not ready to be a parent. 'Abortion rom-com' Obvious Child is important – because it's so ordinary 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The movie wouldn’t be glib about abortion, but would treat it as a safe and legal procedure that happens in the world and can be taken seriously without seeming like a tragedy. How Do You Make a Romantic Comedy With an Abortion? Inside "Obvious Child" 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The Oklahoma Supreme Court halted two recent abortion restrictions on Tuesday, both of which reproductive rights activists claim would dramatically reduce access to abortion care across the state. Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks two antiabortion measures 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She remembers falling in love, losing her lover, being coerced into an abortion. The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Imagined Through His Collisions With Others 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Lately, as Mary Ziegler, a law professor at Florida State, noted recently in the Times, activists and legislators are framing abortion as a zero-sum game. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Come September, there will be six abortion clinics in Texas. How to get an abortion in Texas 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z We've found that Hollywood tends to dramatically exaggerate the medical risks associated with abortion while downplaying real barriers to access. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z “I am an atheist, but I say that if God exists, then it would be green,” Solanas said, referring to the colored handkerchiefs carried by those who support legalizing abortion. Argentine filmmaker shines light on country's abortion battle at... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z It's a vivid and no doubt unnerving memory, one that conveniently leads Burke to launch into an explanation of how "the reality of abortion fits the textbook definition of trauma." National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take 2011-05-06T19:01:00Z The parents, who are divorced, deny the teen’s claims, but this week they agreed to the judge’s order that they not force her into abortion. Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion 2013-02-20T19:57:00Z Yet cultural religionists imply that the absence of religious commitment in the nation’s newsrooms—and consequent acceptance of baby-killing, oops abortion, is among the reasons that the Gosnell story was overlooked. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z But Cunningham – who the Mirror reports contentedly smoked and spoke about drinking Smirnoff during the interview – may have a harder time obtaining that abortion. Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z "Shook like an unborn, man, my life in danger/cause first sign of trouble mama looking for the hanger/shook like an unborn, mama trying to murder me/first degree abortion, devil call it surgery" Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z She ended up having a medically necessary abortion. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z I was ready, and the reason I knew I was ready was that I didn’t think about an abortion, I thought about a baby name. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z State assemblies manipulate the laws to close legal abortion clinics. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z In the 1930s, law enforcement officials in major American cities had permitted select hospitals, physicians and clinics to perform extralegal abortions. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Even before last night’s episode of Downton Abbey aired, viewers had decided that the show was making a political statement about abortion. A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z As I listened to her, I felt so grateful that my abortion took place in Massachusetts. My abortion story 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z Out of safety concerns or for social reasons, “many abortion providers don’t tell friends and family what they do.” Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Convicted murderers Paul Hill and Michael Griffin later unsuccessfully used “justifiable homicide” defenses in their trials for killing abortion providers. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z And research suggests these laws may have the effect of forcing many women to delay an abortion well into their second trimester, when the procedure is higher risk. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z Your book steers clear of discussing the politics of abortion, at a time when access to abortion is being limited in many states. 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Nobody knows what feminism is any more, but it isn't just about equal pay and abortion rights. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z Since the question of abortion and mental health is largely asked and answered, it is time to focus our energies on groups truly at risk. Motherlode: Parenthood, Not Abortion, Linked to Mental Illness 2011-01-28T19:50:44Z The stories of the past month are the stories of what abortion actually means and the stories of what happens when that access is taken away. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Here's what bothers me, is that abortion is healthcare. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Steven, 18, is opposed to abortion — a view that he said stems from his Christian upbringing and his politics, which he describes as moderate or moderate conservative. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z McCorvey never got her abortion—the baby, like her previous two, was ultimately adopted. A Play About Roe v. Wade That Is a Parable of an Exclusionary Women’s Movement 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Likewise, a later debate about abortion vs. abandonment cuts to the quick for the characters — as when someone asks: which is less of a sin? "Broker" is the absorbing slow-burn chase film with a baby, a cop and a makeshift family of liars 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, they have been shooting people who perform abortions. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, the annual meeting began to turn to concerns about abortion and how that affected women in the United States. From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z As long as abortion remains illegal and taboo in some Mexican towns, women like Maria Lopez will continue to be criminalized. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z Colbert said it’s “hard to tell” if Trump actually holds that belief, seeing as the GOP frontrunner “five different positions on abortion in three days,” according to a WaPo report. Colbert pronounces Trump dead: Polls collapse, positions flip-flop, the tide turns against GOP front-runner 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z In May, she called for a sex strike in response to abortion bans being proposed or passed in several states — Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky. More backlash for Alyssa Milano over her support of Marianne Williamson's presidential bid 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Bearded father of 16 and vigorous abortion opponent Walt Bayes, meanwhile, listed among his credentials the fact that he’d killed a wolf, “when it was still an endangered species.” That viral Idaho debate was not the “best ever” 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z She’s talking about what she thinks lies at the root of the bitter debate over abortion. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The foes of reproductive freedom always seem to make it out that choice equals abortion. My mom finally made her choice, after a lifetime colored by the one she wasn't allowed 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z But it sounds like functionally for a lot of women, abortion is all basically banned already. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Her 2000 memoir, “Happening,” is a stark account of her abortion in 1963 as a college student, a pivotal event that she first attempted to address in fiction, with “Cleaned Out.” Annie Ernaux’s Work Dissecting the Deeply Personal Is Awarded the Nobel 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Deborah is not unique; plenty of the mothers I'm friends with have had abortions. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z That’s the intention behind the draconian law that was passed, this week, in Alabama, which bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with almost no exceptions. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z I have learned in recent years what my “exceptions” for abortion would be for my own body. Is Christianity pro-choice? 2012-08-21T15:53:00Z They don’t believe in abortion, but they believe in retroactive abortion. “Maybe it is not that you couldn’t. It is that you wouldn’t”: Michael Eric Dyson reflects on Obama’s complicated legacy on race 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Hospital staff reported her to the police, suspecting she had induced an abortion. El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z He added that abortion providers should ask women who use wheelchairs if they suffer from autonomic dysreflexia, a condition that afflicts some people with spinal cord injuries. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z I can't let you go without asking you about the Supreme Court's decision to not block the Texas abortion ban. Me Too founder on her healing memoir and creating change: "All of us contribute to rape culture" 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z At the Democratic National Convention, Richards delivered it again in her speech, using that once-taboo word — abortion — three times in five minutes. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Like “Jane the Virgin,” the episode showed that plenty of women who have abortions already are mothers themselves. TV’s 10 best abortion moments of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z New York was one of the first states to legalize abortion in 1970, three years before Roe v Wade was decided. Women’s rights groups brace for Trump: ‘We are used to fighting impossible odds’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Wade, the 1973 decision protecting a woman’s right to an abortion. ‘Battleground’ Review: A Look at the Anti-Abortion Movement 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z However, if they claim the Bible specifically condemns or approves of abortion, they are skewing the textual evidence to fit their position. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z A suspected bomb in a pizza box provides the comedy – along with the unsettling reminder that abortion clinics in the US are regularly under threat from protestors. Ctrl Alt Delete: the pro-choice comedy that's the bravest TV show in America 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z She wrote one of the most famous songs about not having an abortion. Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z In California he compromised with Democratic lawmakers to pass a moderate budget, welfare reform and a bill legalising abortion. The great storyteller’s story 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Homans lays out the facts like a prosecutor — there were abortions — but hesitates to break him on a wheel. A New Biography of George Balanchine, Ballet’s Colossus 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z But America’s abortion war contains treacherous depths, and to Oates’s credit her book seeks to plumb them. Joyce Carol Oates’s Novel Plumbs the Depths of America’s Abortion War 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Amiri toils late into the night reviewing the case of a pregnant, 17-year-old girl from Central America who is being prevented from getting an abortion after illegally crossing the Texas border. A new film goes inside the war on civil rights, and this time ACLU lawyers are the stars 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Up The Junction started a debate about backstreet abortions, The Big Flame about workers’ rights and Three Clear Sundays about the death penalty. Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z No characters were parenting at the time of their abortion, and the majority of them faced few, if any, legislative, financial or logistical barriers to accessing an abortion. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Brian, in a state of barely controlled panic, halfheartedly goes through the motions of agreeing to support Leslie’s decision to reject an abortion and to remain by her side. Review: ‘The Young Kieslowski’ Is a Sobering Comedy of Consequences 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Tennessee is currently mulling a constitutional amendment that would give the state Legislature even more authority to restrict access to abortion. “We need to get out of people’s personal lives”: Meet the Tennessee abortion restriction that even “pro-life” voters think is too extreme 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Particularly in red states, Republicans have been shutting down abortion clinics through red tape regulation at an astonishing rate. From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl: What does feminism mean in an era when it’s being used to sell lipstick? 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “The more we talk openly and honestly about abortion, the less of a catastrophe it’ll be.” Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Katch says it wasn’t a difficult decision to choose an abortion. Ctrl Alt Delete: the pro-choice comedy that's the bravest TV show in America 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Pregnancy will be more dangerous under an Administration that opposes abortion; an increase in birth-control costs will have consequences. Birth-Control Fears in the Age of Trump 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Unable to say it herself, Kate’s husband uttered the word abortion. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z This case, along with, the new vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and the presidential primaries, has thrust the abortion debate back into the national spotlight. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z It's a basic plan, adequate for our typical needs, but bound by legal restrictions concerning federal spending and abortion. Motherlode Blog: Egyptian Abortion, American Choice 2012-10-21T15:55:26Z Spontaneous abortion, also known as miscarriage, is an ordinary but important part of normal reproduction—one of several ways that nature promotes healthy babies that grow up to have babies of their own. Greed, inequality, abortion: The powerful take what they can, leave mothers with nothing 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z And it’s worth remembering that on the spectrum of reasons to have an abortion, it’s not always life or death. Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z It's not exactly clear why anyone would believe that sex strikes supposedly challenge abortion bans or help those affected by abortion bans in any way. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Cueto, who grew up in South Carolina and now lives in Charlotte, is one of many Gen Z campaigners for abortion rights who use social media to galvanize their peers. The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z And this is where the abortion debates have landed, three months after the fall of Roe v. Perspective | The one point abortion rights activists need to keep making 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z And when, in 1969, she got pregnant and found an unlicensed doctor who would perform an abortion, she could neither afford his $500 fee nor the cost of flying to California, where abortion was legal. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z And as our real world slips further and further into post-Roe darkness, is the show's treatment of abortion an actual bright spot? "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z If you close, abortion ceases to be available. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z “I knew what I was stepping into,” Loomer adds about the intensity surrounding abortion. In ‘Roe,’ playwright Lisa Loomer aims to show both sides of abortion case 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z At a time when the term “witch hunt” has gained renewed agency, and a law in Texas that effectively bans most abortions involves deputizing citizen enforcers, the trials have a new resonance. A Witch’s Brew of an Exhibit Enters the Modern Age in Salem 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z What is indisputably disturbing is the sight that greets Autumn outside one of the abortion clinics: a group of chanting protesters who crowd her and Skylar, zombie-style, as they approach. ‘Women's stories are seen as niche’: Eliza Hittman on her new film 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Pregnant at 49 I was pregnant the week of the Republican convention, when they ratified their platform regarding abortion. Motherlode Blog: Pregnant at 49 2012-09-11T20:42:26Z The Evangelical church leans on a particular verse from the Bible when arguing for a ban on abortions. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z She said she is heartened by recent efforts in states such as New Jersey to proactively protect abortion rights, “but there’s another part of me that really worries about the future.” They rushed to get IUDs before Trump took office. Five years later, would they do it again? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z She took the drug misoprostol, used for chemically induced abortions in many Western countries, to provoke a miscarriage. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z The film was criticised by some for portraying abortion in a “negative” light. 'There's this idea that mothers are completely selfless': Diablo Cody on Tully – and the Juno backlash 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z He quotes one west Texas pastor who says, “I think that there are Christians who get more riled up about higher taxes than they do about abortion.” Clinging to religion 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The judgment was another milestone on the path to the 2018 referendum that legalised abortion, leading to the rollout of services this year. Amy Dunne on her lonely, harrowing abortion fight: 'I was told I would be done for murder' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Jackson, a case that would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks and effectively decimate Roe v. Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The famous two-part abortion installments of “Maude” were the ninth and 10 episodes of first season. Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The action later shifts to 1980, with Ms. Wimberly’s script exploring the consequences of that abortion and another one that Grandma is preparing to perform. Bridgette Wimberly, Playwright and Librettist, Dies at 68 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The 2012 election sort of prepared me for life in America after abortion. I’m grateful for my abortion 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z In the great documentary “After Tiller,” Dr. Susan Robinson explains succinctly what the foes of not just reproductive freedom but basic health services for women refuse to acknowledge – that “Nobody f—ing wants an abortion.” Latest abortion hypocrisy: Saving women’s lives is apparently “controversial” 2014-01-02T16:14:00Z Of course, the issue wasn't just abortion, but abortion becomes code for the entire agenda. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It dawned on me this summer that in my experience, anti-choice women access abortion care at the same rates as everyone else I know. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The current aim of the anti-abortion movement is to put in place a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks and, in so doing, to make abortion advocates look unreasonable. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z According to Image Books, "On Heaven and Earth" includes discussions between the two religious leaders on everything from atheism and euthanasia to abortion and globalization. English edition of book by Pope Francis out in May 2013-03-19T20:03:16Z The depressing thing about many of the issues raised in the show, from abortion rights to division of labour within the home, is that they are still raging today. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Mistreat women, disparage queer people, say things that will get abortion providers killed! Kanye West and the smug cruelty of the anti-”cancel culture” movement 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z It's certainly fair to say that abortion isn't exactly a skip through the park for even the most devoutly pro-choice couple. National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take 2011-05-06T19:01:00Z Beginning in 2016, the showcases toured annually across dozens of cities, including in states hostile to abortion. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z She said Thursday that she connected personally with the story about a suicide and abortion attempt by Beethoven's mother. Bieber's mom trying to stay out of abortion debate 2013-02-08T02:46:08Z In an arguably bigger blow last Wednesday, the state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring women to wait 72 hours before having an abortion, tripling the current time of 24 hours. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Wade, prohibits state funds from being used to perform, “promote” or “counsel in favor of” abortions. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z On Sept. 1, the Supreme Court allowed Texas' SB8 to take effect, effectively banning and criminalizing abortion in the state before most people are able to know they're pregnant, or get an abortion. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z If he or she advises you, will they be seen as accomplices in abortion, in those states that have banned it? Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It couldn't be a woman who understands the experience of motherhood, because once you hold a little baby in your arms, you could never condone abortion. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “Wouldn’t you be if you were a movie star and the father of your child was a movie star and you couldn’t have an abortion because it was a mortal sin?” Judy Lewis, Secret Daughter of Hollywood, Dies at 76 2011-12-01T03:50:26Z Her research, she explained over the phone, demonstrates that there are a lot of myths out there “that abortion is dangerous, that it’s physically risky, that it leads to depression, that it leads to infertility.” Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The first play, which has a profane title, is a hallucinatory revenge tragedy about a woman named Hester who performs abortions; Jo Bonney directs. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z After some quick work with her editor and publisher, “Future Home of the Living God” is now being released just as emboldened theocrats in Congress are plotting to outlaw abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Do we need another ‘Handmaid’s Tale’? 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would restrict and limit access to abortion rights in the state. Trevor Noah Celebrates a Shocking Victory for Abortion Rights in Kansas 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Georgia is facing a major challenge: Hollywood studios are threatening a boycott after the passing of a law that would ban abortions after six weeks. How will a Hollywood boycott affect the Georgia film industry? 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The fact that abortion stories are not a monolith is an indication, surely, that abortion shouldn’t be treated like one. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Imagine if measured, thoughtful discussions about abortion were the norm. Buffy drives home an important issue for women 2012-02-10T17:09:04Z The disability rights advocate Frances Ryan dubiously suggests that abortion rights may be ableist, since pregnancies with abnormal fetuses are sometimes terminated. Three New Takes on Feminism: In the Dorm, in the Economy and Around the World 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z "Misinformation, the media, centrist Democrats," Jamie says, "everyone has failed… abortion has been made into a source of shame, into a lie… and we enable the lie by not speaking of it." The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z It is the one remaining abortion clinic in South Texas. When normal conversations become death threats: Rabid anti-abortionists target Texas abortion providers 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The focus is what America was like when abortion was illegal, before the Roe v. “Reversing Roe”: Filmmakers on how abortion became a political dividing line 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z FNL is not a political show, really, though it told stories about local politics and issues like abortion. Friday Night Lights and the Politicians Who Love It 2012-10-09T13:34:58Z The current de facto image of a wire coat hanger with a line through it — referencing illicit abortions performed with household objects — is not going to be enough in this new world. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Cline spoke of something called post-abortion stress and said that the pregnancy centers advise women of the potential psychological impact of choosing abortion. My abortion story 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z First, acknowledge that abortion isn’t only a conservative Christian concern. Some religious traditions you work hard to respect take prohibitive stances on abortion. How to argue with your relatives about abortion: A few arguments that don’t work with pro-lifers and some that might 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z It’d certainly make any conversations I might want to have around abortion a lot more quickly resolved. A fetus is more than “goo” 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Wade, which protects the right to abortion, in its crosshairs. They rushed to get IUDs before Trump took office. Five years later, would they do it again? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The first abortion I didn’t have was in college. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Younger family members may not comprehend the real-world consequences of restricting and outlawing abortion, and your experience taking on the risks of an illegal abortion may help them to understand the stakes. Perspective | Ask Amy: Married couple reflects on their illegal abortion 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Interest in Ms. Shvarts’s “abortion art” died down shortly after the Yale administration released a statement dismissing Ms. Shvarts’s project as a “creative fiction,” a label she has always rejected. There Is Life After Campus Infamy 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t actually talk about abortion that much, usually,” begins American comedian and actor Jenny Slate when we meet. Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’ 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Ronald Reagan signed an abortion access measure in California. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Need an abortion but not sure what to wear to the clinic? Lena Dunham launches newsletter Lenny, 'your over-sharing Internet friend' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The subset of women in America who most frequently make use of abortion services, writes Lauren Sandler in Slate this week, are … mothers. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z Prior to I'm a Celebrity … being aired, Dorries insisted the show was an opportunity to prove that politicians were normal and to raise awareness about issues such as reducing the abortion limit to 20 weeks. Nadine Dorries kept waiting for Tory whip to be restored 2012-11-27T18:39:26Z Although the story begins with a shooting — the murder of an abortion doctor — there’s no mystery about who the killer is, and there’s no thrilling chase to track him down. Perspective | Twitter is no place to consider abortion — but a novel might be 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z And meanwhile, in nearby Maryland, one of the only clinics in the country to provide third-trimester abortions was closing down. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z One is brown suede, the other is white straw — a color contrast that might seem to symbolize the stark polarities of the abortion debate. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z He did not mention that pregnancy also causes excessive bleeding, far more than abortions. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Despite the silence from corporations who conditionally posture as advocates when they predict doing so is profitable, abortion is a popular, evergreen topic among cable media and political pundits. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Recently in Paris, she said, a young male student told her that he was against abortion but after seeing her film he wasn’t sure anymore. Audrey Diwan eager to bring Venice winner ‘Happening’ to US 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z This imperfect, ad hoc system did not guarantee universal access, but it functioned on the realist premise that abortions were a fact of life. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z The role of Vera Drake, a chipper cleaning woman who secretly performs abortions in 1950s London, was one of those career-transforming moments. Imelda Staunton on Return to Musicals With Sondheim Roles 2012-08-10T01:35:08Z In the 1990s, antagonism to abortion focused on the external part of the clinic. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Still, some of the most familiar art about abortion shuns visceral images of the body in favor of streamlined text. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Others, especially social workers and clergy who worked with poor women, pointed to the class bias of contemporary abortion restrictions. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z The characters then go on to discuss how a law should be made against abortion, similar to the laws they have in place against pointy shoes. SNL trolls anti-abortion rights in their cold open starring Benedict Cumberbatch 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Yet the Hebrew and Greek equivalents of the word "abortion" do not appear in either the Old or New Testament of the Bible. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z “An abortion…kills a baby in the womb,” he said. Pat Robertson: The gay rights movement is Satan’s doing 2014-03-26T20:04:00Z Ironically, it was Ronald Reagan, as governor of California, who signed a law loosening abortion restrictions in that state in 1967, and many other states joined the trend around the same time. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Spears continued, saying the abortion she underwent remains “one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.” The 8 biggest bombshells in Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me” 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Abbott’s clause regarding parents is reminiscent of his state’s antiabortion legislation, which penalizes not the patients who receive abortions but rather the physicians who perform them, by deputizing average citizens to sue the doctors themselves. Perspective | Texas needs to leave trans children alone 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Kansas Inches Toward Eliminating Abortion In Mississippi, where the sole abortion clinic is under threat thanks to GOP legislators, we could see the first state where there are zero providers. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z Uma Thurman has become the latest star to weigh in on Texas' near-total abortion ban, which took effect on Sept. 1. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z We see its influence all over, in abortion, gay rights, climate change. Meet the Fox News atheist — the man Bill O’Reilly calls a fascist and Sean Hannity thinks is evil 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Season three arrives as women in the United States, sometimes wearing the distinctive red gowns and white bonnets seen in the TV series, are protesting laws in 11 U.S. states that severely restrict abortion. New season of 'Handmaid's Tale' not meant to be 'torture to watch,'... 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z “Because if you can’t get an abortion in Greenwich Village, New York,” she said, “where can you?” For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Diwan set out to make something clear-eyed and honest about a young woman from a less privileged background who is desperate to continue her education, as well as the reality of “back alley” abortions. Audrey Diwan eager to bring Venice winner ‘Happening’ to US 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z A Washington Post-ABC News poll last summer found support for legal abortion the highest it’s been in two decades, with around 60 percent of respondants supporting abortion in all or most cases. Perspective | Trying to disgust you is the only move the Republican convention’s antiabortion speakers have left 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Like nearly half of Planned Parenthood’s facilities nationwide, Akron doesn’t perform abortions. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Marie Stopes says it aims to provide women with information rather than to promote abortion or any other choice. Abortion services to be advertised on UK television for first time 2010-05-19T19:39:00Z It was this idea that comics are somehow funny and that therefore I thought abortion was hilarious or something. 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Why is it that I never see an ad for abortion services? Ads for erectile dysfunction, breast augmentation, no problem. Where are the ads for an essential women’s service? 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Childbearing was a beautiful thing, she said, “but to our faded-out, sickly, exhausted type of women… abortion is the choice of evils.” Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker denied reports that he paid for a girlfriend’s abortion, saying, “I send money to a lot of people.” ‘S.N.L.’ Taps Into Anxiety About Biden, Kanye and Super Mario 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z But a woman who takes medication to end an ectopic pregnancy — a life-threatening condition in which an embryo has implanted outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes — is having an abortion. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z DAOs have raised huge sums of digital currencies in short periods of time; abortion rights groups are in a rush to do just that. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z She works at a small practice in Jackson, Wyo. — the only office in the state that provides abortions. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z She doesn’t want to be a mother; all she wants is for Luke to quickly cough up the $300 or $400 she needs for an abortion. 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: The Problem that Transcends Race 2010-07-03T01:00:00Z They make the process of getting an abortion into a high-stakes adventure. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z State reproductive coercion — from forced sterilizations to abortion bans — and interpersonal coercion are inseparable in their violence, and in the trauma they inflict. What the R. Kelly trial allegations about teen abortions can tell us about reproductive coercion 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z I know that the people who access this care have thought through their decisions, and I know that the doctors who perform abortion services are good doctors. Poll: 70 percent of Americans want the government to quit trying to restrict abortion 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Six other states also require abortion providers to perform an ultrasound and provide women with an opportunity to view the image, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group. Appeals court unblocks Texas 'ultrasound' abortion law 2012-01-10T19:22:00Z Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Texas’ restrictive antiabortion law, HB 2, poses no undue burden to women seeking abortions in the state. Here’s the 500-mile drive Texas women have to take to get an abortion 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z A patient who has undergone in vitro fertilization — and whose doctor suggests reducing her resulting embryos from three to two to improve maternal and fetal health — that reduction would be an abortion. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Even though Catholic hierarchy is opposed to abortion, many Catholic individuals supported some form of liberalization based on sort of lived experience. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Wade was passed, the liberalization of abortion laws was something that many, if not most, Republican partisans supported. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z In one switched-out lyric from the anthemic “Tuesday Song,” a bracingly self-possessed Louise used to sing, with the other clinic patients, that activists’ screaming about abortion has “nothing to do with me.” ‘The Appointment’ Review: A Chorus Line at the Abortion Clinic 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z I know there's probably no way to know this, but it seems to me that women got more abortions in the 19th century than they do now. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z She told me she’d be dedicating hours to abortion rights “regardless” of her gender. Samantha Bee isn’t covering antiabortion laws because she’s a woman. It’s because laughter makes a statement. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Sixty percent of women have abortions are already mothers. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z You write that the abortion debate suffers from “disregard for the seriousness of motherhood.” Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Only 22 percent of Black congregants who attended Black churches hear sermons about abortion, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center survey, compared with 28 percent of Black congregants who attended predominantly White churches. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In the same year that parenthood became more expensive, more difficult and less supported than ever before, Republican lawmakers spent huge swaths of their energies on restricting abortion services. Britney Spears' plight and the outrage of millennial women who've had enough 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z One of the co-founders and owners of the small business said the brewery, still a rarity as a woman-owned entity, was able to exist because she had had an abortion at 15. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, privacy and choice, with their undeniable commonsense appeal, made the fight for abortion rights a fight for individual freedom. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case establishing abortion rights, she wasn’t so sure. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z In many ways, 1992 marked a turning point in the fight for abortion rights, both in terms of protests and in terms the types of laws that targeted abortion. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Gomperts goes on Portuguese television and reveals the pharmaceutical method by which women might on their own induce abortion, information the film illustrates in detailed animation. ‘Vessel,’ Directed by Diana Whitten 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Most veteran Republicans don't believe that person will be Trump, the thrice-married, much-caricatured developer who has donated heavily to Democrats in past years and switched his stands on key issues such as abortion. In NH, Trump takes credit for Obama birth info 2011-04-28T13:05:55Z Yet Areno supports politicians hostile to environmental regulation because he cares more about banning abortion. Why Do People Who Need Help From the Government Hate It So Much? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The answer is relatively simple: those who oppose abortion rights have dominated the conversation by framing abortion as murder. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z With a warm heart and a nonjudgmental mind, “Saint Frances” weaves abortion, same-sex parenting and postpartum depression into a narrative bursting with positivity and acceptance. ‘Saint Frances’ Review: What (Some) Women Want 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Cruel to restrict a woman’s access to abortion and then leave her to the task of raising a child alone, vulnerable, and without support. Want to help fight climate change? Start with reproductive rights 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, my friend Deborah Copaken wrote an honest, fearless account of her reproductive history — three children and two abortions. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It’s less interested in rendering a verdict on the morality of abortion than it is in tracing the increasing politicization of the issue. Review: ‘Reversing Roe’ Shows How Abortion Became Political 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z He’s absolutely right that Joe Biden doesn’t have any business determining whether I have an abortion — but why would I feel any better about my governor, Larry Hogan, having a say in the matter? Perspective | What Dr. Oz really said about abortion 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z So, yes, we’ve come a long way, but without achieving full access to legal abortion, comprehensive childcare, or equal pay — those three demands from so many decades ago. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z I told her how assignments from my classes led to countless bylines and shelves of books by my mostly female students tackling mental illness, abortion, addiction, losses, disabilities and sexual traumas. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z But the song that best captures Minaj’s predicament comes first: “All Things Go,” a somber confession that alludes to a rocky marriage, a teenage abortion and a string of strained relationships with her immediate family. What we talk about when we talk about Nicki Minaj, ‘The Pinkprint’ and pop music as conversation fuel 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “This same organization is seeking to open an abortion clinic in New Orleans.” Planned Parenthood hidden-camera fetal tissue discussion infuriates GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z It prohibits abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy except in medical emergencies. Judge to let Arizona’s abortion ban take effect 2012-07-30T19:17:00Z A lot of people don't know that abortion was quasi-legal for much of America's early history. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z She personally referred thousands of women to physicians and clinics in half a dozen countries, as well as to underground abortion clinics in the United States. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z I felt only relief and gratitude for the abortion care providers who took great care of me. Lindy West is the troll-fighting feminist warrior you've been waiting for 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z We talk about abortion as a bad thing — even pro-choicers fall into this language when we say it’s an agonizing decision, the hardest decision a woman ever makes. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z For one thing, Justice Anthony Kennedy seems to believe this is a case about abortion. Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan come out swinging against Hobby Lobby corporate religion claim 2014-03-25T18:00:00Z In hindsight, I remember him telling me his previous serious girlfriend had two abortions. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Wade, abortion — and even pregnancy — were all but verboten topics on television. WATCH: “The reality is, women have abortions” — even on TV 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z If Walker did encourage a girlfriend to have an abortion, that would be fine. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Beilenson, like most such state laws, created state boards to oversee abortion decisions and monitor the number performed by individual hospitals. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z In their view in the Texas case, driving hundreds of miles and the other associated burdens created by the new regulations did not prevent women from seeking abortion care. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z Many parents who terminate for medical reasons consider their decision a separate phenomenon from abortion. She ended a pregnancy so her child wouldn’t suffer. Now she helps others like her. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Have you ever wondered how much money the Catholic hierarchy spends lobbying against abortion or marriage equality in DC? Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z In Tracy Droz Tragos’s documentary “Abortion: Stories Women Tell,” the narratives spill out along with the tears from women who have had abortions as well as those who are fighting to make them illegal. Review: Beyond the Politics in ‘Abortion: Stories Women Tell’ 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Dawn told her she was pregnant, but hadn't told her mother or seen a doctor, only confiding in Albert, who wanted her to have an abortion, Augustyn testified. Trial begins in 1981 murder of deaf teen 2011-11-16T03:53:00Z Statistics on abortions for women with disabilities are hard to come by, Dr. Fuller added. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Back when Maude was facing her choice, having an abortion at all was a new concept. TV’s twisted abortion history: How the conversation changed about choice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Her father, she writes, tried to persuade her mother to have an abortion when she was pregnant with her, which is something he confessed to Ms. Wainwright when she was a teenager. Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z According to the Guttmacher Institute, "Fifty-nine percent of abortions in 2014 were obtained by patients who had had at least one birth." Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In 1987, “Dirty Dancing” screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein made sure to make an illegal abortion integral to the plot as a reminder to young viewers not to take the right to choose for granted. Perspective | Abortion has always been a tough subject for Hollywood. ‘Parenthood’ got it right. 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z This approach may partly reflect a sensitivity about abortion and provenance. Exhibition Review: ‘Body Worlds: Pulse’ at Discovery Times Square 2013-05-09T20:27:43Z By injecting plenty of hilarity and lightness into the story, "Unpregnant" also contributes to alleviating persistent cultural stigma around abortion. From "Plan B" to "Grandma," 5 abortion road trip movies that reflect our frustrating reality 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But among the caribou of northern Alberta and the orcas of the Pacific Northwest, abortion has become alarmingly common. Greed, inequality, abortion: The powerful take what they can, leave mothers with nothing 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Our history proves that we have led the way in the abortion and reproductive justice movement, and we are influential in policy now. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z Today’s activists are bringing the passionately debated procedure into the light, encouraging women to talk openly about their abortions and giving the movement an unapologetic human face. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Many women who have abortions are already mothers or go on to have children in the future. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s a real movement toward women coming out with their abortion stories. “There’s so much shame and stigma”: “Abortion Stories” director Tracy Droz Tragos pulls back the curtain on “super complicated” issue 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, in the Roe vs Wade case, legalized abortion in the early stages of pregnancy. Nevada GOP drops platform against marriage equality and abortion rights 2014-04-14T13:28:00Z “A woman pulls off the historic feat of electing a sexual predator who thinks women should be punished for having abortions and feminists don’t celebrate her with a Vogue cover.” Samantha Bee on Kellyanne Conway: 'Soulless, machiavellian despot' 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It ended up making news because Matthews pressed Trump until he became more specific: He said women who seek abortions should be subject to “some form of punishment” if the procedure were to be banned. Here are five things the presidential debate moderators must do 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Which brings me back to Sanders and his worry that Democrats might be focusing too much on abortion access in the midterm elections, at the expense of other economic issues. Perspective | This is your regular reminder that abortion access is an economic issue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The bloody images antiabortion protesters used to characterize abortion care, misleading or dishonest as they were, tended to provoke a reaction that was visceral. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The lives of four women intersect in a near-future United States where abortion has been criminalized. 50 notable works of fiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z There was the rage of the initial Dobbs decision, and then the rage of listening to pundits admonish that Democrats shouldn’t make the midterms all about abortion access. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Last week, state insurance officials also ruled to overturn a policy that allowed two religious universities to drop abortion coverage from their employee healthcare policies. California gets it right on sexual assault and abortion coverage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The film also tackles the highly-charged issue of abortion as debates rage from Alabama to Argentina. 'Lady on Fire' by female promise Sciamma sets Cannes ablaze 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z These ranged from requiring that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at local hospitals to requiring abortion clinics maintain the standards of a surgical center. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The new law bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. Tiffany Haddish explains why she won’t perform in Georgia 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “The Janes” was a documentary; this is a dramatization, with Elizabeth Banks as a woman who seeks out the group for an abortion and subsequently joins the women who run it. 159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z And once you start talking like that, you basically pull the rug out from under your average abortion patient who is there for social and economic and personal reasons. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But she also told a filmmaker in 1995 that, had the abortion rights movement embraced her, she never would have left it. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Blue Valentine is simply a film about an abortion that should have gone ahead. Jonathan and Julie Myerson on Blue Valentine: almost too painful to watch 2011-02-06T00:08:49Z After all, a state that has prohibited abortions doesn’t care what kind of pronouns are employed by the person who wants to end a pregnancy. Perspective | What Josh Hawley doesn’t get in the discussion about ‘pregnant people’ 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Leiby even shocked herself when she called Planned Parenthood, she says, and in asking about an abortion, whispered the word. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z And in 2000 he declared that the constitutional right to abortion established with Roe v. A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z But Leiby and McAleer share one similar goal: to talk about, and to get audiences to listen to, a work about abortion. Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z This woman can have it all, except she cannot have an abortion, and she can’t have a story, either. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Backers of the law say they hope court challenges will lead to a Supreme Court decision outlawing abortions nationwide. Russian band to stage Planned Parenthood benefit in Alabama 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z As I burrowed down this rabbit hole, I soon recognized that the entire series, which aired for 12 seasons, was very forward-thinking, with episodes about abortion, women in male-dominated careers and prisoners’ rights. ‘Murder, She Wrote’ & Me 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z According to the national poll, nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want to see more abortion restrictions enacted because they don’t want the government making that decision for anyone. Poll: 70 percent of Americans want the government to quit trying to restrict abortion 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z I did not want to do yet another abortion story. This documentary shows how close we are to a real-life “Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Wade ruling, which legalized abortion across the country, understandably gets much attention in abortion discussions, but by the time Roe was decided in 1973 abortion was already legal in 17 states. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It was a telling example for the time when abortion was just starting to become more legal and more accessible, and this was how we were thinking about it. LISTEN: Abortion comes of age on TV, from “Maude” to “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Not around the individual choice to have an abortion, but about how we talk about abortion within public discourse. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z In May, she gained international attention as one of two female senators — and six overall — to oppose the abortion ban. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z They would involve doctors seeing a woman over webcam with a nurse practitioner physically present, helping women in remote areas with ever-dwindling options for safe abortions to access them. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z The sites displayed ads for the movie and slipped references to its plot alongside made-up stories about divisive topics like abortion, vaccines and President Trump. 20th Century Fox Used Fake News to Publicize ‘A Cure for Wellness’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z If the courts allow them to proceed, these laws would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which happens before many women even realize they are pregnant, as early as six weeks. Men, we need to stay in the pro-choice fight — in Alabama and beyond 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z If Roe is overturned, a trigger law will effectively ban all abortions in the state. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Geva says “They don’t want to lose advertising. However, in the world of digital platforms, abortion is becoming part of the storytelling zeitgeist.” Ctrl Alt Delete: the pro-choice comedy that's the bravest TV show in America 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z In Alaska, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, written materials inaccurately assert a link between breast cancer and abortion. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z The overturning of Roe v Wade is an obvious one, with many women now unable to access abortions or life-saving treatment for conditions like ectopic pregnancy. As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Much like baseball or arguing about abortion, improvised comedy is something the Americans do terribly well and we've never entirely managed to master. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-08T00:05:44Z So the question before the court is, once again, whether or not this requirement presents an undue burden for Texans seeking abortion care. Texas’ HB 2 back in court — and the stakes are higher than ever 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Among the terrors Ham worries about are abortion and gay marriage. Why creationists can’t be scientists 2014-02-20T20:16:00Z However, in the book, Spears candidly shares that when she was 18, she had an abortion because Timberlake "wasn't ready to be a father." Cry me a river: Why Justin Timberlake always soared while Spears and Jackson suffered 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z They had to make abortion public and political in order to protect it as a woman’s private decision. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Referring to her daughter, Zakaria -- and reflecting the fact that 61 percent of women who have abortions already have children -- she says, "I don't want her to struggle because of my mistake." MTV's shockingly good abortion special 2010-12-29T15:20:00Z The heartland war - a long and weary battle over abortion. Unwind by Neal Shusterman - Review 2013-02-19T15:00:00Z Forced birth proponents are testifying to Congress that ending a risky pregnancy is not technically an "abortion," when there is no medical difference between the two. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z This framed Audrey’s abortion as simply a form of healthcare, rather than an emotional, moral or lifestyle decision. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z From 1959 to 1969, abortion activists disagreed among themselves over how to argue for reproductive rights in state legislatures and the courts. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Earlier that afternoon, the Center for Medical Progress had released another video, this one containing a graphic interview with a former technician who said she had harvested the organs of fetuses from late-term abortions. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts. ‘All Eyes Off Me’ Review: Scenes of Seduction 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z One provider we quote in the book told us she has nightmares on doing an abortion on someone who didn't want it. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It is long overdue that we focus our Women’s History Month efforts on celebrating the role abortion and reproductive rights have played and continue to play in the fight for equality and against oppression. Obama can still repair his compromised legacy on abortion rights — but nominating Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court didn’t help 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z I’m the doctor who did your abortion on Saturday.” “I’m not someone who operates in the shadows”: An abortion provider on stigma, safety and “coming out” about her job 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Yes, we too have spontaneous abortions that stack the odds in favor of healthy children. Greed, inequality, abortion: The powerful take what they can, leave mothers with nothing 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Privacy provisions in our state constitution were keeping our deeply conservative, Republican majority legislators from enacting restrictions on abortion. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The fact that writing about an abortion puts me in greater danger than actually having one is unacceptable, and fear is not going to keep me from speaking up anymore. I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood — and I’m not ashamed 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Among them, Republicans introduced the first ever federal “heartbeat” bill earlier this year – which would ban abortions after a heartbeat is detected. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z At the same time, the show, a warm slice-of-life tale doesn’t follow suit on potentially ominous developments — an abortion? domestic violence? — the setting might suggest. Review: Motherhood Masters Dysfunction in ‘Little Gem’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z When they get to the shady abortion site, it’s an unmarked flat, clean-looking but dark. Downton Abbey Recap: Whole Hog 2014-02-10T03:00:27Z But Democrats said unresolved issues remained – including provisions on abortion, travel to Cuba and funding levels for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which plays a role in Wall Street regulation. House approves payroll tax cut extension 2011-12-13T23:49:00Z Annie’s abortion is one tick on a list of items that makes “Shrill” a revolutionary series destined to foment conversation — and appreciation, lots of that — among viewers. Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z I want this to be something that people buy for themselves but also for someone going through an abortion. 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Conversely, if you support abortion rights, then you’ll want to make Abrams’s argument: Embryos at this stage might show “cardiac activity” but not a heartbeat. Perspective | The one point abortion rights activists need to keep making 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z First, they had to wrestle the debate over reproduction away from the male physicians, clergy and population control activists who dominated public discussions of abortion for much of the 1960s. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Regardless of where you live, medications for abortion are safely and readily available online, though the legal ramifications can vary from state to state. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Written by women from all walks and all stages of life, they were composed when most abortions were illegal. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z For some visitors, the wall text reads, the display may illustrate how abortion has become “safer, less time-consuming and less invasive.” How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Before the total ban, abortions had been permitted under special circumstances, including when there were serious health risks associated with a pregnancy. Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Instead, he seemed interested in the possibility that a future law may compel Hobby Lobby to pay for abortion: Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan come out swinging against Hobby Lobby corporate religion claim 2014-03-25T18:00:00Z So Roe was seen as a way to make abortion safe, and as enabling doctors to care for their patients as they thought best. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there are many people who disagree with the justness of reproductive justice, and make a point of standing outside abortion clinics to harass and stigmatize women as they come and go. “Making women feel guilty is so f**king wrong”: Pregnant hero tells off antiabortion protestors 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z There was widespread agreement in much of the psychiatric, medical and liberal religious communities in the early 1960s that the nation’s abortion laws were broken. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z We’ve seen it in the case of the 16-year-old Dominican girl with leukemia and her fetus, both of whom died last year when she was refused both chemo and an abortion. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z You can feel the rage wafting off the screen in this drama about a teenager’s difficult quest to obtain an abortion. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z These restrictions took a variety of forms, including requiring abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals, patients undergo pre-abortion ultrasounds, abortion bans after 20 weeks or pregnancy and limiting insurance coverage. 10 shameful ways the United States is failing to preserve basic human rights 2014-03-18T11:50:00Z It features a village midwife who now provides free infertility services in an attempt to find redemption for the thousands of late-term abortions that she performed while the one-child policy was in effect. In “One Child Nation,” Nanfu Wang Confronts China’s History, and Her Own 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z I borrowed money for an abortion and handed it to her in a wad of Kleenex. My twisted rehab sex life 2012-12-20T23:41:00Z Again, there’s this shift in the demographics of characters that are getting abortions. LISTEN: Abortion comes of age on TV, from “Maude” to “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z She told authorities she became pregnant from the encounter and had an abortion, according to a law enforcement official. NYPD boss' son, not charged, returns to TV Friday 2012-02-08T23:09:12Z Having given Steinem his assurance he would adopt abortion rights as official policy, he quietly dropped the position and did no such thing. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Elena views herself as progressive and yet wields the ill-gotten and inaccurate information about an abortion Pearl allegedly received as a cudgel, evidence that Mia is a bad mother. "Little Fires Everywhere": An honest finale clears the smoke and reveals signs of hope 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Joan has had two abortions and she worries whether they will affect her chances to have a family. 'Mad Men' Watch: Boys' Night Out 2010-08-09T14:27:00Z These are dark days for everyone interested in keeping abortion safe and legal in America. L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Pilpel had not been alone in seeing privacy as an avenue for judicial invalidation of abortion laws. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z I mean they weren't the only people doing illegal abortions, but that was a big part of it. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The woman told Savage that when she found out her boyfriend believed life begins at conception and is strongly against abortions, she almost broke up with him. Can relationships survive different political views? 2012-10-12T15:56:00Z There was never any discussion, never any acknowledgment of how pregnancy could happen outside of marriage, or how even married women may want or need an abortion. "They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “This issue, abortion, is not at all included in making music.” A Conductor Whose Worship Stands Apart 2010-02-19T16:42:00Z What the shrill, ostensibly life-loving advocates who see the world in the starkest black-and-white terms refuse to acknowledge is that safe, legal abortion saves women’s lives. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z Yes, Roe v Wade was going to fall, but in most parts of the US, abortion access had been stripped so far down that it might as well be illegal. Monsters, men and magic: how Trump awoke a powerful, angry new wave of feminist witches 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z As rewritten, the picture also adds to the mix one of the most difficult of political topics, abortion. Political Plotlines in Liberal Doses 2011-06-22T22:13:03Z Kia Corthron’s “Come Down Burning,” which also has a heroine who performs abortions, makes a clear connection between the option to safely end a pregnancy and women’s ability to control their own lives. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z And among Democratic men, losing income relative to spouses caused a slight increase in support for abortion and aid to African Americans. Surprising stuff happens to men who earn less than their wives 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Making light of so-called back-alley abortions, which have resulted in an untold number of needless and gruesome deaths, was probably the most brazenly misogynist thing Erickson had ever said in public. The war to be clown-king of the GOP circus: Erick Erickson’s spat with Donald Trump exposes the conservative movement 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Pennick, an advertising copywriter who lives in Chicago, has long cared about abortion access: Back in 2007, she made a documentary, “Silent Choices,” about abortion’s effects on Black women. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z On Monday night’s “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” Bee and her guest Patton Oswalt took aim at crisis pregnancy centers, dotted around the country in an effort to scare women into thinking abortions are unsafe. “Crisis pregnancy centers are just plain a–holes”: Samantha Bee and Patton Oswalt expose fake abortion clinics 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Few of them changed their views on abortion afterwards. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z I’ve been a patient escort at an abortion clinic in New York City for about seven years and involved with reproductive rights advocacy for even longer. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The method allows students to make an informed godly choice around any issue, not just abortion. 7 absurd things America’s kids are learning thanks to conservatives 2014-03-04T13:00:00Z Currently abortion is harder to get than it ever has been since it was illegal. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z What are the most accurate, inclusive and destigmatizing ways we can talk about abortion? Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But we felt the story was really about abortion access and those elements of living on the border and these intersecting issues were a backdrop for our characters already. "On the Divide" profiles three people at a Texas abortion clinic and asks: "What does choice mean?" 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z After nearly 50 years of abortion being legal in the U.S., "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The same day the Roe decision leaked, the Washington Post reported that Republicans planned to enact a national abortion ban as soon as they got a chance. Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z In that year, in fact, anti-abortion legislatures managed to pass 43 new laws that, in one way or another, restricted abortion. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z This was never about individual states being allowed to make their own abortion laws. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Republicans in Alaska and Oklahoma have each proposed measures to let them define what counts as a medical emergency instead of doctors when it comes to abortion care. “We need to get out of people’s personal lives”: Meet the Tennessee abortion restriction that even “pro-life” voters think is too extreme 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Across the world, millions of women undergo unsafe abortions each year, and tens of thousands die from complications from unsafe procedures. Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women’s Lives 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “Years later, the country that calls itself the leader of the free world is allowing a ban on abortion. It’s really, really sad.” A Party Crawl With Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Instead, California now mandates that all employee health plans provide abortion coverage, and that employers recognize reproductive services — including electively terminating pregnancies — to be “medically necessary.” California gets it right on sexual assault and abortion coverage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z In this song, Doug E. Fresh – a beat boxer who regarded himself as "the world's greatest entertainer" – depicts abortion as "mind distortion" and casts women who seek an abortion in a negative light. Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Wade, taking away the right to a safe and legal abortion, a post appeared on the Instagram feed of my favorite neighborhood brewery. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z This is after three abortions, which her husband has insisted upon. I Love Dick on television marks the rise of the female loser 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The key point is that so many abortion patients now are poor. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z I’m here to make people tired of abortion. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z But her bravery, her daughter says, was exemplified even more by her willingness to take on issues like abortion, AIDS, sexism and other hot topics. Dear Abby's legacy: Wit, warmth, and snappy advice 2013-01-18T14:05:19Z “Even after the ruling, if you were a young Catholic girl in Southern California, abortion wasn’t an obvious or easy solution.” Film: In Rodrigo Garc?a?s Film, Rare Insights Into Adoption 2010-04-24T02:37:00Z To that end, they managed to get Amendment 1 on the ballot, which, if passed, would strip away abortion from those protected rights. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z So if the idea that abortion providers can no longer bring suit on behalf of their patients is very, very troubling. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Though they were on the same side of the case, in later years the two women’s accounts of it — and positions on abortion — diverged. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Overall, we tracked 31 television storylines and 13 movie plot lines about abortion in 2020. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z In other words, by enabling white evangelical denial about their own abortions, we have helped them destroy everyone's right to get one. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z But playing to what they must imagine is overriding public sentiment, Republicans have worked tirelessly to lodge the image of Planned Parenthood as an abortion factory deep in the American imagination. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Oklahoma’s state legislature approved a bill Thursday that would make it a felony to perform abortions and strip the medical license of any doctor that performs the procedure. Unreal: Oklahoma legislature passes bill that would outlaw abortion in state 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z They are now able to continue to provide abortion care at clinics within 30 miles of the hospital. Texas hospital reinstates abortion providers’ admitting privileges despite pressure from anti-choice groups 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z This whole narrative about these late term abortions, they don't exist. "High Desert" star Patricia Arquette on fighting for equality: "We need to claw back some territory" 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In contrast, most of the women featured in abortion storylines range from economically stable to wealthy. What TV still needs to show us about abortion 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Wade, which had established the constitutional right to an abortion, some Christians have cited the Bible to argue why this decision should either be celebrated or lamented. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z “We only talk about abortion when it’s in crisis when it’s being legislated away,” she says. Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z By the time a series writes abortion into a character’s storyline, we’re already on her side. Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “And as a movement we have always unequivocally condemned all forms of violence at abortion clinics.” The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Maternal death rates go up in the states that have criminalized abortion, and we're going to keep seeing that. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Thirty-three states now do not use Medicaid dollars for abortion. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Was she concerned about the potentially off-putting aspects of depicting an abortion.? After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z What's the big issue with leaving out people in the abortion debate? Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Though Carmon could not have predicted that some time later, a woman in Great Britain would be bragging that she wants an abortion so she can get famous, the gist of her argument remains solid. Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z Over the next decade and a half, numerous states enacted these laws, requiring various hurdles for abortion providers. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Wadedecision, which legalized abortion and ignited the abortion wars that still rage today. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z Another really big area where that problem arises is in the world of reproductive health, especially around abortion, in the tendency to not trust women's own reports about when they need an abortion. Speak out: How "cultural silence" perpetuates the apathy towards and gaslighting of women's health 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Three moments of public activism in 1969, however, reoriented abortion politics around women’s voices and bodies. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z If you worked in abortion care, the answer probably would be none of the above. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z It actually really matters when politicians name abortion explicitly rather than speaking obliquely about “choice.” The right’s fetal ignorance: Why their 20 week abortion obsession is so short-sighted 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Nobody should have to find out whether they’re willing to do what the Janes did back when the cost of an abortion was extraordinary and women were always the ones to have to pay it. Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In a nation still so haunted by the divine promise, on the cusp of ever-more contentious debates about abortion and other intrinsically spiritual issues, “The Incendiaries” arrives at precisely the right moment. Review | ‘The Incendiaries’ is the most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z But I have a few female friends who really wanted me to do an abortion storyline and were frustrated that it’s not on television more. Josh Thomas of 'Please Like Me' Breaks Down The Bold New Season 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z She opposes abortion rights but supported the Affordable Care Act. Kirsten Powers: An antiabortion, antiwar liberal working for Fox News 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Peirce is now working on This Is Jane, about the women who provided abortion services in 1970s America. How today's female directors broke out of 'movie jail' 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Finally, despite the nearly insurmountable barriers many face to getting an abortion, only five plot lines portrayed characters struggling to access abortion care. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Do I even need to mention that none of the neo-Confederate states are in the Northeast or on the West Coast, regions where abortion remains widely available and same-sex marriage is rapidly becoming routine? Welcome to the new Civil War 2013-01-05T16:30:00Z My aim is to turn the abortion paradigm on its head. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z When she became pregnant, he insisted that she have an abortion. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z In a third conversation, the person told Ms. Schiebergen that Planned Parenthood could, in fact, give her an appointment for an abortion. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z But those who provide abortion care say that this conversation is incomplete at best. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Just last week, a federal appellate court granted Texas the right to close all but eight abortion facilities. Katha Pollitt discusses 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In a current show at the Matthew Marks Gallery, Julia Phillips, 37, an accomplished German American artist, treats the subject of abortion with a chilling, almost clinical frankness. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z When her dressmaker and friend, married with three young children, died from a backstreet abortion, “it knocked me between the eyes,” she says. ‘You've got to carry on that fight’: strangers swap life-changing experiences 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Given the challenges of crypto, what may be most exciting about its role in the abortion debate — on both sides — is the problem fund-raisers have always faced: how to raise money quickly. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z I have no doubt that reading this woman’s account made people think about abortion in a different way. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The show addressed a wide range of topics before any other, including menopause, plastic surgery, gender equality and, infamously, abortion. 21 TV Shows That Revolutionized Female Sexuality 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Karen asks Gil if he wants her to have an abortion; he says it’s a decision “every woman has to make” for herself. Perspective | Abortion has always been a tough subject for Hollywood. ‘Parenthood’ got it right. 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z "South Park" doesn't always hit the jackpot, but the show reliably finds the lighter side of abortion, cannibalism and religious fanaticism. "Family Guy's" latest "shock" target: Veterans 2010-05-17T15:03:00Z In fact, for weeks before the interview congressional Republicans had been in the news fighting Biden’s infrastructure proposals, and Texas Republicans were pushing the Supreme Court to uphold a restrictive abortion law. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, had just been reargued and was decided two months later. Austin Kalish, a Writer of ‘Maude’ Abortion Episode, Dies at 95 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Only decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back alley abortions, or they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. A "House" actress's chilling pro-choice ad 2011-02-16T20:14:00Z That's another trip, more time off work, not to mention the hundreds of dollars that abortions cost. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “I’m a gay man—abortion doesn’t come up every often,” Thomas says. Josh Thomas of 'Please Like Me' Breaks Down The Bold New Season 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Talking to a woman about adoption but not abortion doesn’t seem like pregnancy counseling. My abortion story 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Tuesday overturned a federal judge's decision to block the law, ruling that the ultrasound requirements do not infringe on abortion providers' free speech rights. Appeals court unblocks Texas 'ultrasound' abortion law 2012-01-10T19:22:00Z There are quick, easy solutions: antibiotics and abortion. Review: ‘Bang Gang,’ Seaside Orgies to a Soundtrack of Yawns 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z She doesn’t believe that the abortion laws in Texas — some of the most restrictive in the land — have harmed women. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Never mind that this isn't some petty disagreement, not when Trump ended abortion rights and bragged about sexually assaulting women. GOP dudes are big mad at Taylor Swift for reminding them that the ladies don't like them 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z They facilitated abortions when the practice was illegal. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “I met women for the first time in my life who’d had an abortion,” he said. Perspective | It can be awkward for men to speak out on abortion rights. But we need them to try. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Among the most acclaimed works in this medium are a monumental series of abortion pictures, which she made after the narrow defeat of a 1998 referendum on changing Portugal’s anti-abortion laws. At Tate Britain, Celebrating a Mischievous, Subversive Talent 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z If you were waiting for Apple to fix that feature in Siri that was directing women seeking abortions anywhere else instead, you’re in luck. Siri, find me an abortion provider: Apple’s weird anti-choice glitch is finally on its way out 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z They called for “abortion on demand,” the availability of an abortion at no cost for any woman, whenever and wherever she required it, as part of a larger women-controlled health system. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z That was what being pro-choice looked like to her at the end of the day — the quiet questions a client would ask herself before she decided which kind of doula, birth or abortion, she needed. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z A series by Nobles, “As I Sit Waiting,” presents video and audio of interviews with women about their experience with access to abortion, as well as sculptures that resemble abstracted waiting room chairs. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June struck down the constitutional right to abortion, and Roe was dead at 49. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The law threatens doctors who perform abortions with up to ninety-nine years in prison. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z We have spent the last several years watching it happen, as abortion opponents have tried to leverage fetal-protection laws to chip away at choice. Is killing a fetus murder? 2013-05-17T20:11:00Z If we can say phrases like "vibes" and "cringe," we can certainly say "people" when we talk about abortion. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z “Because the right-to-lifers wanted everyone to see what abortion looks like up close.” Ann Coulter Gets Completely Burned at Rob Low's Roast 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z More and more people now find themselves in need of A.R.T.s., but, in a country where abortion and paid family leave are still contentious issues, the hard work of consensus-building has barely begun. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The senator said he had been "pro-life all of my life" but also believed in "some exceptions to abortion bans." "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z She’s ditched the older Ernaux’s comments to focus exclusively on the younger woman’s desperate efforts to secure an abortion, which intensifies the drama and shakes off its dust. ‘Happening’ Review: An Abortion Story, an Existential Drama 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Arguing for abortion rights while celebrating motherhood, “One Sings” is an anthology of Ms. Varda’s other interests, including photography, documenting rural France and unconventional domestic arrangements. ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’: Agnès Varda’s Polarizing Paean to Sisterhood 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z When she desperately did not want a child, an underground network of women aided her in getting an abortion. ‘The Copenhagen Trilogy,’ a Sublime Set of Memoirs About Growing Up, Writing and Addiction 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z After drunkenly going home with a cute guy, she ends up pregnant and decides to have an abortion. 'Obvious Child's' Jenny Slate ready to be in the lead 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Joffe spoke with Salon about what life looks like when legal abortion access is denied to so many. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z She had an abortion that proved traumatic, contributing to the breakdown of the relationship and leading her into what she describes as “a pit of despair”. ‘I felt colossally naive’: the backlash against the birth control app 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z It shows we can never afford to be complacent about the right to an abortion. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z And for abortion providers who are already dealing with threats of violence and legal intimidation, conscientious objection is probably a tall order. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z On abortion, “I believe life starts at conception,” he told a questioner who said she canvasses for pro-life causes. No notes, same logo: Dr. Oz’s campaign is like his TV show 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Nicks said that she had had an abortion in 1979, six years after Roe v. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z And when he hurls a rival scientist across a laboratory and fashions an abortion rights slogan into a steely Austrian-accented catchphrase — “My body, my choice” — it feels earned. Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Until earlier this month, he reportedly had never publicly uttered the word “abortion” while serving as president. Perspective | Here’s the speech Biden should give about abortion 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z His first response is confusion, then when the abortion dawns on him, anger flashes across his face. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s a fairly pernicious lie that is intended to make women considering an abortion literally fear for their lives. The 7 biggest myths about abortion 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z But there’s one political issue that seems to be an exception to the trend of progress over time, and that issue is abortion. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z Before I left, he took me to the adjoining room and showed me the ultrasound machine and the steel table on which abortions are performed. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z By the time Stewart, 39, became the solicitor general in Mississippi earlier this year, the state had already filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to take the abortion case. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z When Alabama passed newly restrictive abortion laws in May, “that week was quite charged,” Schreck recalls. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ is coming to the Kennedy Center, with its star 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Pin’s delivery route takes her all over Chicago, including an abortion clinic, a jazz club and a university. Review | Disguised as a boy, the heroine of ‘Curious Toys’ finds freedom — and answers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z For a story about abortion doulas — volunteers who hold hands and offer support through the procedure — I spent two months of Saturdays in a Virginia clinic that performed nine or 10 each day. Perspective | It can be awkward for men to speak out on abortion rights. But we need them to try. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have enacted bills barring abortion once there’s a detectable fetal heartbeat, as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. John Legend on abortion law boycotts: ‘Money talks’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The question of choice and abortion rights hangs over so many of these chapters. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z In the novel, a pro-choice girl at an overwhelmingly conservative Catholic high school must protect her pro-life younger sister from a vicious rumor that she’d had an abortion during the protests over the summer. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z An urgent film about the past, this documentary could also be our frightening future, thanks to revelations from the Supreme Court about ending safe and legal abortion. The best new movies to watch at home soon, from "Everything Everywhere All at Once" to "Fire Island" 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z We first see him at Ginsburg’s confirmation hearings, where she talked passionately about the importance of legalised abortion, a subject of which Hatch is – to put it mildly – not a fan. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's late-life celebrity: ‘She changed the lives of American women’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Do you see parallels between the lack of attention that's paid to dangerous abortion laws, and ignoring women's pain and conditions in the medical system? Speak out: How "cultural silence" perpetuates the apathy towards and gaslighting of women's health 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z If you believe every abortion is the systemic murder of a child by the state, then whether you get an earned income credit on your taxes seems unimportant. Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z A few weeks ago, I wrote about my upcoming abortion. “I’m not someone who operates in the shadows”: An abortion provider on stigma, safety and “coming out” about her job 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Those seeking to regulate reproductive freedom have intentionally created a cultural climate where talking openly about having had an abortion is a liability that most people are understandably unwilling to accept. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Her abortions left her unable to conceive and after experiencing problems adopting, she founded World Adoption International Agency. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes star Jane Russell dies at 89 2011-03-01T01:31:04Z “By countering stigma with the reality of lived abortion experiences, stigma will dissipate,” she says. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z After a girl he knew nearly died during a botched illegal abortion, he founded a hot line and crisis center. Books of The Times: ?Here Comes Trouble? by Michael Moore - Book Review 2011-09-13T12:00:00Z Brown made her comments during debate last week on a series of bills that supporters say would make abortions safer but that opponents say would dramatically reduce women's ability to get abortions. Silenced Mich. lawmaker to do 'Vagina Monologues' 2012-06-18T20:52:07Z The women in my own life who I witnessed most frequently seek elective abortions have also been the women who present themselves as "good" conservative Christians. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Breakdowns by race and religion indicate different feelings, though, which shouldn’t be too surprising: 80 percent of respondents who identified as “white Evangelical Christians,” for example, said they oppose abortion. Nearly 40 percent of millennials think teen sex and homosexuality are morally wrong 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Le Pen and her party are known for their strong nationalist stance, advocating for reduced immigration, and as vocal opponents of abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage. Madonna drops Marine Le Pen swastika image from MDNA tour 2012-08-23T09:21:15Z One of the ways they did that was by saying that abortion is terrible. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Some had their abortions recently, others many years ago. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Now, almost 50 years later, abortion rights are all but gone, and I find myself in shock like many Americans, but also in profound doubt, concerned that perhaps I got the message of Roe wrong. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z A low-key knockout, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” tells a seldom-told story about abortion. ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review: A Woman’s Heroic Journey 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Nearly 90 percent of American counties currently lack an abortion provider, and these laws are making it even harder to access basic reproductive health services. The end of abortion in the South?: This interactive map shows all of the clinics impacted by draconian anti-choice laws 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z As our real world slips further into post-Roe darkness, is the show's treatment of abortion an actual bright spot? "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2013-01-25T22:53:40Z But in Brown’s vision, you can also sense their connections in the way that an exposing monologue by one, about abortion or abuse or self-discovery, reverberates in the silent bodies of the others. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z On Social Goods, which is the exclusive retailer of the Prinkshop designs, 1973 sales began steadily climbing last fall, when Texas banned most abortions. ‘1973’ Merch: How a Year Became Shorthand for Abortion Rights 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z An earlier Franks bill, seeking to limit race- and sex-selective abortions, didn’t make it to the floor. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z I imagined that she was talking about other politically fraught buildings, like, say, nuclear power plants or abortion clinics. Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Over the years, several of my friends have faced similar dilemmas, because roughly one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. My mom finally made her choice, after a lifetime colored by the one she wasn't allowed 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z “Wait, are you telling me that because I drank alcohol, I should have an abortion?” I asked. My accidental, alcohol-drinking pregnancy adventure 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “It’s hard for them to accept that I do abortions because I’m a Christian.” Weekend Reading: Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic, Airbnb Battles, and More 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet Sanders has made it plain that abortion rights are negotiable and brushes off “identity politics.” Bye bye, Bernie: He’s not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can’t stop chasing the great white male 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z For much of the 1970s, pro-life groups were trying to get politicians to adopt a platform that opposed abortion, but instead both parties tried to appeal to people on either side of the issue. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Folk remedies for abortion “survived essentially unchanged over many centuries,” but after 1840, abortion became a commercial business. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Should that happen, she said, providers and women seeking abortions will confront new hurdles and costs. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z On abortion, he finds his way to the financial angle, advising women: “If you have to pay for your own abortion, you should have an abortion.” Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ Strikes Back 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z And the abortion providers have to pay for the production of those materials. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z But that wasn’t enough for critics of the woman who last summer earned the dubious nickname “abortion Barbie” for her filibuster for reproductive rights. Wendy Davis is not Chris Christie 2014-01-21T20:26:00Z In 1588 Pope Sixtus V attached the penalty of excommunication to abortion in his “Papal Bull,” an official letter from the pope. Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Oh, the stories Jamie and I could tell; if only the walls of abortion clinics could shout instead of whisper. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous, and that is exactly what it does. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Christian women: you can choose not to have an abortion. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Don’t argue that abortion gives a woman autonomy over her body. How to argue with your relatives about abortion: A few arguments that don’t work with pro-lifers and some that might 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z If Walker paid for an abortion, that would be fine. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Which is so easy for people to do with abortion. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z You hunt for buried clues — the repeated references to a Stephen Crane quote, the mentions of an abortion. Two Stories Harmonize in Lisa Halliday’s Deft Debut Novel 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Others noted that while Hefner loved to excoriate feminists in the pages of Playboy, he was a supporter of some of their causes, including abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment. Let’s Talk About Hugh Hefner’s Political Legacy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z They'll tell you about this option where if you have a medication abortion and you're at home, you can bring it back to the clinic and they'll dispose it for you. "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z "The Cider House Rules" is clearly an abortion rights story, but it is not a tract. Review: A pleasing revisit of 'The Cider House Rules' 2010-06-17T22:48:00Z It’s the most aggressive position he could have taken in defending Mississippi’s law, which bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Despite the fact that abortion is legal in the United States, in the wake of the U.S. John Oliver Tackles Abortion On 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z I thought of the pregnant Dominican teen with leukemia who was denied both chemo and an abortion because of the country's strict laws against choice. I don’t know how to be Catholic any more 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Jaffe got along with Rudolph, who admitted to planting the abortion clinic bomb in what he said was a bid to save the lives of unborn children. Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book 2012-01-27T19:50:09Z What Mr. Decker said is the only abortion clinic left in Mississippi is just up the block. On a Design Mission in Mississippi 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Point out that if we are going to ban medical care in every case where doctors speak bluntly to each other, we would have to ban every kind of medical care, not just abortion. Conservative relatives can’t let the Planned Parenthood “scandal” go? Try these talking points 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He referred to probably the best essay on abortion that I’ve ever read, from Carl Sagan’s book “Billions and Billions,” and he referenced that periodically throughout the course of the episode. How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z The child's legal team challenged the ruling in what became known as the X-case, which laid the legal foundation for Irish women to have the right to travel abroad for abortions. Man seeks Irish court order in family feud over partner's pregnancy 2013-07-17T15:35:05Z What did you make of the abortion fight, Lydia? 'Girls' Recap: Hannah and Adam Try to Rebuild 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z An abortion, he wrote, seemed an “extreme measure” and would be a “very sad outcome”. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Residents of states that pass abortion ban after abortion ban must also watch as their tax dollars fund state governments' costly legal defenses of these bans in court. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The nearest abortion provider, the only one in the entire state, is hours away. Unexpectedly Pregnant, a Memoirist Finds Her Choices Limited 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z This is not to imply that there can never be a comedy made about abortion, just that this trifle should not be viewed as the standard bearer. "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Ohio’s abortion bill approvingly singles out as worthy of insurance coverage a “procedure for an ectopic pregnancy, that is intended to reimplant the fertilized ovum into the pregnant woman’s uterus.” The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z I feel very strongly that a law codifying the right to abortion federally needs to be passed. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The measure itself is also incredibly deceptive, as Michigan and federal law prevent taxpayer dollars from funding abortion care. Michigan lawmakers want to force women to take out “special” insurance for abortion 2013-12-03T18:27:00Z After a Republican health care bill proposed defunding the organization entirely, Ivanka suggested to Richards that Planned Parenthood “stop offering abortions and the White House would advocate increased funding” for its offices around the country. 8 reasons Jared and Ivanka are as useless and detestable as anyone in Trump’s White House 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In considering Texas’ law, the Supreme Court had to determine whether the impact of HB2 made it too difficult to obtain an abortion in the state. “A step in a long staircase toward equal access to freedom”: Supreme Court’s abortion ruling a small victory in a neverending fight 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Topics: Texas, , abortion restrictions, , rio grande valley, , Reproductive Health Care, , , Opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Texas’ sweeping abortion restrictions back in court as providers seek to minimize the damage already done 2014-04-02T21:59:00Z “What they want from the Congress is a federal imprimatur to continue their march in the states, to say, even the Congress has voted for a bill to limit abortion to 20 weeks.” V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z “A lot of friends of my grandmother couldn’t have kids after botched abortions,” Wright said. At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z This despite the fact that since 1976’s Hyde Amendment, no federal money has been able to be used to provide abortion services. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z And plenty of women are increasingly curious about their mothers’ struggles with illegal abortion, men-only clubs and mandatory girdles — “Band of Bunnies.” | Television: ?Pan Am,? ?Playboy Club? and ?Whitney? New on TV 2011-09-16T15:26:17Z But the starting places for discussions about abortion should not be the weeds. Perspective | The one point abortion rights activists need to keep making 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z This week: New dramas about abortion, immigration and mental-health issues, plus a multimedia work exploring our relationship with the environment. L.A. theater openings, April 3-10: 'Dry Land,' 'Shelter' and more 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Few issues today remind one of America's polarizing, high-stakes political landscape quite like that of abortion rights. Unwind by Neal Shusterman - review 2013-06-25T14:00:00Z Wade, which made it vastly easier for women to obtain legal abortions, arrived in 1973. Film: In Rodrigo Garc?a?s Film, Rare Insights Into Adoption 2010-04-24T02:37:00Z The candidates are diametrically apart on health care, Medicare, gay marriage, immigration and abortion rights - all potential debate issues. Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates 2012-09-08T13:48:12Z According to Thurman, her decision to have an abortion as a teenage girl is what ultimately paved the way for her to become everything she is today — including a devoted mother of three. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Pettalia has also voted against late term abortion, except to save the life of a mother. Republicans think touching Glamour makes them female-friendly 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Republicans of the late 1960s, Ziegler points out, were in fact more likely to favor repealing criminal abortion laws than Democrats were. Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Wade and eliminated state laws that further limited a woman's access to abortion. "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z For a time, Gerri Santoro became the face of the abortion rights movement, until we mistakenly thought those rights were safe. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The abortion happened in Arabic and English, and I was grateful for the occasional pieces of conversation I didn't understand. Motherlode Blog: Egyptian Abortion, American Choice 2012-10-21T15:55:26Z “I don’t like the Supreme Court decision on abortion,” he said in 1974. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Here's a simple inconvenient truth opponents of choice don't want to acknowledge — for a lot of women, abortion makes their future families possible. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “Now we have the lowest abortion rate and teen birth rate in decades,” Davis said. Birth-Control Fears in the Age of Trump 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Of all the reasons a woman might choose to have an abortion, “So I can maybe get on a reality show” has got to rank among the least compelling. Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z Casey, there has been an increase in state regulation of abortion clinics, resulting in a decrease in clinics in some states. John Oliver Tackles Abortion On 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Bill performs emergency surgery on Rose to save her from a botched abortion. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Frustrations mount for Bill and Virginia 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It turned out to be a roomful of arguing Trumps, spouting verbatim the contradictory statements he has made on issues like abortion, the minimum wage and nuclear proliferation. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z She also was a trustee of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, and she helped lead an abortion rights coalition within the Republican Party. Dina Merrill, actress and philanthropist of aristocratic poise, dies at 93 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The jive talk, the pedophilia jokes, the breasts, the abortion joke and more. "When stupidity is elevated": "Airplane!" filmmakers reveal the secrets to their deadpan success 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Supporters of a woman’s right to choose identify themselves at regular street protests with green handkerchiefs, while those who are against abortion carry blue handkerchiefs. Argentine filmmaker shines light on country's abortion battle at... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Even in more experimental stories, we often sniff authorial intent: the mechanical elephant who comes to life and is very strict and mean and against abortion? “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z Photograph: Barcroft Media The new pope's views on everything from abortion to fundamentalism will be made clear in the first English-language publication of his book, On Heaven and Earth. Pope Francis gets English translation 2013-03-20T11:48:08Z Wade overturned, but at the same time, half either wanted stricter limits on abortion, or a complete ban. Hollywood Invested Big in Georgia. A New Abortion Law Is Causing Some Tensions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Texas' abortion ban — which Thurman points out allows pregnant Texans to be "traumatized and hounded by predatory bounty hunters" — takes away that power. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z In the case of abortion rights, Goldberg has vowed to keep an eye on developments as the battles rage through the courts. How we view the women of "The View": Come for viral catfights, stay for the substance 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z None of these conversations would mean you had to have an abortion, or support a loved one’s abortion, or change your definition of when life begins. Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Those who disagree that abortion is akin to murder are unlikely to be persuaded, and even those on the fence might struggle to sit through the hammy acting and poor production values. ‘Roe v. Wade’ Review: A Physician’s Change of Heart 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z It is not that we need abortion access on a front burner and the rest of the economy sitting in the warming drawer. Perspective | This is your regular reminder that abortion access is an economic issue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z One accuser said Kelly forced her to have an abortion. Documentary puts new attention on R. Kelly sex allegations 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Take the case of conservative writer Kevin Williamson, fired by the Atlantic within days of his hiring after critics zeroed in on that time he suggested women who get abortions be punished by hanging. Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It’s landed him on our cultural divide. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Herring pushed stories about Planned Parenthood’s purported promotion of abortion that he’d seen on CNS News, a conservative site. An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z She goes on to ask, "Why in the hell do you have to have parental consent to get an abortion, but not to give birth to a child?" "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Wade was decided, the horrific abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell tested out this hideous experimental device on more than a dozen women. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z No one needs to provide a reason to have an abortion, other than the fact they want an abortion. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z We never said you are not ready for an abortion, because that is a judgment. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Now what do I think of self-managed abortion from getting the medications online through the mail? Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The offering of full-spectrum care is both a philosophical and strategic goal, underscoring the argument commonly made by abortion providers that the procedure should not be separate from other aspects of women’s health. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z Siân and Lucy, what has it been like to be living in Britain and seeing your show roll out in America just as the fight over abortion rights started to dominate the nation’s headlines? In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z After moving back to Texas, Norma finds work in an abortion clinic only to be converted by the religious protesters who treat her with a mix of fanaticism and kindness. Lisa Loomer's 'Roe': An abortion drama that settles nothing 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In my late twenties, I had a boss who asked me for help scheduling an elective abortion. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z I believe that there should be no legal restrictions on abortion whatsoever, and that belief has intensified the more I have learned about late abortions. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It is also an episode in which a central character finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy and contemplates an abortion, a subject that is frankly discussed — and flagrantly satirized — by the cartoon’s cast. Banned ?Family Guy? Episode Gets New Life on DVD 2010-07-19T22:20:00Z It’s fitting that Jessa is the absentee at her own abortion, because at first her studiously casual attitude toward sex seems like the odd one out in the group. Girls Watch: The Group 2012-04-24T14:41:45Z In the saga of the leaked Supreme Court draft judgment that repeals abortion rights, there is an unspoken major character: the whistleblower. 5 unsung whistleblowers on screen 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z It is a testament to how conservative the US entertainment industry has become about abortion in the past quarter-century that Obvious Child has been greeted with such adulatory relief by pro-choice audiences. Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’ 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z So what's this case about and how worried should we be about it affecting access to abortion in the U S? Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z And yet, if abortion is murder, it must be so. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z As Darling criticizes Louisiana’s strict abortion ban — “We should be putting pregnant women at ease,” she says — Darling and her husband are shown driving to the hospital. Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Which is why I support a woman’s right to abortion. Alice Walker: By the Book 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Except that abortion is not a crime, no matter how fervently some people continue to wish that it were. Movie Review: ?October Baby,? With Jasmine Guy and John Schneider 2012-03-23T04:11:55Z They have to get this abortion before it is too late. In "Lingui," a teenager is forced to seek an abortion in Chad: "Injustice is against women, always" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z There is no economic populism without abortion rights and civil rights. Bye bye, Bernie: He’s not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can’t stop chasing the great white male 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Morton’s night stand sported a crocodile skull wearing a toucan-feather headdress he bought from an Amazonian tribesman, a vole skull and a rubber fetus from an assignment about fake abortion clinics. Nesting, the Vice Media Way 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Bemoaning the population pressures exacerbated by the illegality of abortion, “Who Shall Live?” observed, almost as an aside, that abortion laws “invade marital privacy.” How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Tomorrow, she told me, she’d be returning to the small town she lives in, where there was no remaining abortion clinic. “A step in a long staircase toward equal access to freedom”: Supreme Court’s abortion ruling a small victory in a neverending fight 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Nor did we see characters grapple with the devastating effects of the Hyde Amendment, a provision that denies the use of federal funds for paying for abortions. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z As a senior at Princeton, he wrote a paper proposing a strategy he hoped would lead to “a calming of the waters on abortion.” Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “Anything short of a nationwide abortion ban will not satisfy them,” she writes. Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z While there, he filed a brief in a Supreme Court abortion case in support of a Nebraska law that outlawed a procedure dubbed by critics “partial birth” abortion. Trump lawyer Pat Cipollone was a camera-shy Washington Everyman — until impeachment made him a star 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Louisiana just passed an admitting privileges law that will likely shutter three of the remaining five abortion clinics in the state. The end of abortion in the South?: This interactive map shows all of the clinics impacted by draconian anti-choice laws 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z In accordance with the budget provision the governor signed off on Saturday, any clinics affiliated with abortion providers will no longer receive funding for cancer screening services. Another attack on poor women: Texas ousts Planned Parenthood from cancer screening program 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z In other words, the Bible was written in a world in which abortion was practiced and viewed with nuance. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z And he’s grown disillusioned about the public debate around abortion. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Oh, I hear you’re looking for women to talk about their abortions! Well, here’s mine.” Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z "I read an article a long time ago about women who travel to New York for abortions and there was one small detail in it that women overpack," says Hittman. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director on making her anti-"Juno" film: "I just got on the bus" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z People don't carry a fetus for that long and then, just decide they're going to have an abortion. "High Desert" star Patricia Arquette on fighting for equality: "We need to claw back some territory" 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Some women, he said, have focused on a subplot that involves abortion, with some reading it as an anti-abortion statement, others seeing it as in favor of abortion rights. George Clooney Presents ?The Ides of March? in Toronto 2011-09-09T23:58:39Z I didn’t think one second about any alternatives, about what would be happening during an abortion, what that thing was, all those questions. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z They don't talk about abortion much at all. "They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z "And they miss the profound truth of women's lives when they reduce broad issues such as sexual and childbearing choices to one word -- abortion -- and reduce abortion to a polarized, black-and-white debate." MTV's shockingly good abortion special 2010-12-29T15:20:00Z They had their issues about gay rights and abortion and so on, but they were not galvanized as a voting bloc. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Its organizers call it an “emergency exhibition,” prompted by a series of challenges to abortion rights. A Show of Artists Galvanized by the Abortion Debate 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “Removing a baby from a woman’s womb in the ninth month isn’t an abortion, it’s a birth,” she said. Samantha Bee on final election debate: 'Spare us the handwringing, GOP' 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Their other option was abortion, one they did not take lightly, but one that felt rushed because of Texas’ restrictive abortion laws, which bans abortions after 22 weeks. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The impending abortion ban, a state prison system in crisis, persistent inequality and, last month, the return of embattled former chief justice Roy Moore in another potential doozy of a Senate race. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The manifesto freed up the laws that governed abortion in France. Bernadette Lafont obituary 2013-07-26T16:10:22Z Mr. Genovese came to believe that religion should be taught in public schools, and opposed abortion on demand and special laws to protect homosexuals. Eugene D. Genovese, Historian of South, Dies at 82 2012-09-30T00:04:16Z And, like employment law, abortion law was left vulnerable to erosion by its opponents and subsequent Supreme Court decisions. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z And I could go on a great length why that's the case, but let's just say issues of stigma, controversy, and so forth have kept abortion provision separate from mainstream healthcare. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Then when we normalize it, it’s not so scary to teach kids, and we can lower teen pregnancy rates, which also tends to lower abortion rates, STI rates, etc. “You don’t really hear about the guy who is lovesick, but is still going to sex parties”: Salon talks with the host of “The Manwhore Podcast” 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z The mainstream’s unwillingness to engage with the realities of abortion means many have no real idea of what it entails – Autumn certainly doesn’t. ‘Women's stories are seen as niche’: Eliza Hittman on her new film 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z The genre doesn’t exist, since the majority of movies that deal with abortion actually turn out to be baby comedies. Jenny Slate in Gillian Robespierre’s ‘Obvious Child’ 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z If we can say phrases like "vibes" and "cringe," we can certainly say "people" when we talk about abortion. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Physically and emotionally recovering from her abortion, among other intense personal struggles, marked one of the most difficult times in McNeal's life. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Emily’s List, the political action committee that backs female candidates who support abortion rights, has turned sexist remarks into a useful fund-raising tool. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z “It definitely got pretty dirty, and I think there was an abortion joke in there.” Elizabeth Meriwether Writes Scripts for Stage and Screen 2010-05-08T02:42:00Z But I don’t simply mean that abortion providers are negatively affected by laws that dictate how wide their hallways must be, because of course they are. “I’m not someone who operates in the shadows”: An abortion provider on stigma, safety and “coming out” about her job 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z From a distance, it may seem to reflect religious objections to abortion. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z It has an interactive abortion, full-frontal male nudity and zombie fetuses. Video Game Review: Trey Parker and Matt Stone Make a ‘South Park’ Game 2014-03-04T22:47:52Z One long-term study found people who can't get the abortion care they seek are more likely to be entrapped in abusive relationships. What the R. Kelly trial allegations about teen abortions can tell us about reproductive coercion 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Grass-roots abortion funds have been doing similar work for decades, and multinational corporations such as Amazon and Citigroup have agreed to help employees cover travel costs. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The overarching abortion game would detect how the player felt about the issues and serve up a mini-game that would most challenge the position and then another to challenge that one. Assassin’s Creed Rogue and Unity, Moral Tables Are Turned 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Those who favoured abortion before Roe tended to do so on grounds that many people might consider conservative today. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The effort to control abortion has also had the effect of suppressing the stories we tell about it. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Q: Based on the research that you conducted in making this film, what do you think lawmakers in states with abortion bans need to do to reduce maternal mortality? Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Katha Pollitt’s latest work of nonfiction is a refreshing and comprehensive look at abortion rights, in which she lays out systematic arguments for a woman’s right to choose. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Why are we so focused on abortion and not focused on what happens after these kids are born? W. Kamau Bell on what unifies the right: "Christianity, capitalism and white supremacy" 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z An abortion ban accorded the mother and unborn baby an equal right to life. Amy Dunne on her lonely, harrowing abortion fight: 'I was told I would be done for murder' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z "To use what is most sacred about our church and sacred to Biden, to punish him or try to bully him into changing his views on abortion rights, is very troubling," she said. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z She sang part of “Papa Don’t Preach,” reversing its decision to “keep my baby,” then spoke directly about supporting abortion rights. Madonna Is Still Taking Chances 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Without good birth control, abortion was how you avoided having a baby. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z A stand-up show about abortion sounds like a bad idea. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z He said if that happened, we could make a plan to go to one of two states in the country — Florida or Colorado — that still have individual Doctors providing late-term abortions. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z It’s not the abortions we would have had. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z He gave money to abortion rights causes and to the A.C.L.U. Let’s Talk About Hugh Hefner’s Political Legacy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It features large-scale interactive installations, prints and an exhibition of hand-woven tapestries made of printouts of legal documents concerning abortion, anti-immigration memorandums and Supreme Court opinions. 3 Browsers’ Delights Among the Art Fairs in NYC 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z "Even if they pretend to deal with abortion, the movies don't even say the word 'abortion'," he said. Buffy's choice: Joss Whedon gets political 2012-02-10T13:35:07Z In Alabama, State Sen. Vivian Figures, a Democrat from Mobile, introduced a new bill on Tuesday to repeal the state's new abortion ban. Men, we need to stay in the pro-choice fight — in Alabama and beyond 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The girl also says he told her “he was going to take her to have an abortion and that the decision was his, end of story.” Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion 2013-02-20T19:57:00Z These people are not your kindly grandmother, who maybe has some uncomfortable feelings about abortion. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z We gathered the paperwork necessary to rebut their claim, but knowing its futility, began digging up $5,000 to pay for the abortion. Motherlode Blog: Egyptian Abortion, American Choice 2012-10-21T15:55:26Z As the Columbus Dispatch reports, Becker said these devices prevent implantation of a fertilized egg, and that they should be considered abortion. Ohio considers banning insurance coverage of all abortion — even if the pregnancy is life threatening 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z In those few instances, they've degenerated into custody battles, ugly lawsuits and at least one abortion. Mich. couple write book about embryo mix-up 2010-04-30T22:10:00Z The outcome is months away, but as everyone filed out nearly two hours later, the long-held dream of abortion opponents to overturn Roe v. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters The idea that “patronizing” feminists are inappropriately driving the Zika reproductive rights debate flies in the face of the severity of contraceptive and abortion laws in some of the Americas. Review: ‘Zika’ Tracks the Trajectory of an Epidemic 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z And lest you think the Church's hardline stance against all forms of abortion is eternal and unchanging, you should know it dates to 1869. I don’t know how to be Catholic any more 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z “I felt like the only one in the entire world who had had such a later abortion and it is true that we are rare, but we are not entirely alone. Just hidden.” The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z How would we talk about abortion if we started with the radical premise that women’s personhood is at least as important as the pregnancy she is carrying? Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Those years deserve close scrutiny because the notion that a right to an abortion might be protected constitutionally by “privacy” had only a handful of advocates before 1969. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z But she did tell McKay about her pregnancy with him, and in the finale, she got an abortion. ‘Euphoria’ Is Back. Here’s Where It Left Off. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z To the right is a case with an array of obstetric instruments, along with boxes of the abortion medications that have increasingly taken the procedure out of clinics and into the home. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z This and other controversial cases loosened the Catholic church’s sway over public opinion, paving the way for a social revolution that brought abortion rights to Ireland last year. Amy Dunne on her lonely, harrowing abortion fight: 'I was told I would be done for murder' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Some feminists even learned how to perform abortions for those who could not find a competent doctor. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z As the aftershocks of the leaked draft opinion started to be felt, some people called loudly and publicly for the forming of networks to support getting people abortions. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z They often pretend to be abortion clinics on the exterior to fool women to enter. John Oliver takes aim at anti-abortion activists 'controlling women's behavior' 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Bradley Jackson's story, in terms of abortion rights, her story was created before Roe v. "The Morning Show" Season 3 confronts Jan. 6 and "the lies we tell ourselves" 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The partner of a pregnant woman has asked Dublin's high court to stop her leaving Ireland because he claims she is travelling to Britain for an abortion under pressure from her family. Man seeks Irish court order in family feud over partner's pregnancy 2013-07-17T15:35:05Z “Why? What is it about gays? What is it about abortion? Have you ever thought why they’re on the forefront right now?” Pat Robertson: The gay rights movement is Satan’s doing 2014-03-26T20:04:00Z And no matter what you think of Williamson’s work in general or the right to abortion in particular, toward the end of his essay he makes a crucial point about what’s happening to us all: Perspective | Twitter is no place to consider abortion — but a novel might be 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z She has a horrific abortion in a sequence that is meant to be shocking but comes off as a campy nightmare. "Blonde": Marilyn Monroe and viewers deserve better than this unsubtle mess of sex and suffering 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Wade ruling that legalized abortion or the more recent gay-rights rulings. 'The Case Against the Supreme Court' pushes for reforms 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z It was Ohio, and you still can't get a legal abortion without parental permission, and wouldn't you know it, she lived with her religious grandmother. "My dad had a secret rage problem that only we could see": Author Erin Hosier on "Don't Let Me Down" 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Imagine that over the next 15 years we could reduce abortion by 90 percent simply by improving pregnancy prevention. The right’s big abortion lie: The very real ways pro-life politics make women less safe 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z That afternoon, Senate Democrats failed to advance legislation to guarantee abortion rights nationwide. Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Other segments look at Instagram’s efforts to curb abusive content, and at the use of abortion to eliminate Down syndrome in Iceland. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Diana: In Her Own Words’ and ‘Hunting the KGB Killers’ 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Wade, Lear produced an episode of "Maude" in which the title character — unexpectedly pregnant at 47 years old – decides to get an abortion. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z There was a sense of battle fatigue in the abortion rights community as well. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z “Would you really let a mother die rather than have an abortion?” she asked. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z She returns to a life that was made possible, as so many are, by abortion. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Just after graduating college, I got a phone call from a friend who needed a ride to an abortion clinic. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Today, about a third of abortions are carried out through medication rather than surgical abortion, which can be done from the comfort of one's own home. With Elliot Page, greater visibility of transmasc identity is “both great & awful” 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The battle over abortion, this play suggests, will not be won by argument but by force. Theater Review | 'Girls in Trouble': Jonathan Reynolds Views Abortion From Kennedy Era to Now 2010-03-11T05:34:00Z So they had the abortion, and it really messed Steven up because it was a boy. National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take 2011-05-06T19:01:00Z Powers opposes late-term abortions but says she is not focused on overturning Roe v. Kirsten Powers: An antiabortion, antiwar liberal working for Fox News 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z As Teddy Wilson at RH Reality Check reports, the measure also includes a provision to require physicians to register with the state if they perform five abortions a year. Louisiana House passes sweeping abortion restrictions in the name of women’s “safety” 2014-04-01T21:24:00Z A bleaker world-view, truer to the Street's carnivore ethics, would have demanded the abortion of one character's fetus as a final sting and judgment. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z “No kids, no abortions. I’m not pro-life but I’m not pro-death.” Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Shortly after our interview, Mr. Howard went to Atlanta to scout locations and the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, spurring outrage. Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The myth of the “morning-after abortion pill” It started around February, when Republicans were still eager to talk about contraception. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Moreover, “Both sides agree that women don’t want to have abortions,” another informs us. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z But, he adds, the very fact that I’m interviewing him now suggests that abortion is still just as controversial as it was in 1972. 'Maude' Creator: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion Was So 'Bold' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Roberts Henley says her approach to counseling women on abortion reflects her own evolution on the issue. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “There’s something unreal about the American abortion conversation.” ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z We're much more focused this season on women's autonomy and how it's undermined and reproductive rights and abortion rights and billionaires, minority rule, the state of journalism, the threat to journalists all around the world. "The Morning Show" Season 3 confronts Jan. 6 and "the lies we tell ourselves" 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Between the 1930s and the 1950s, however, city and state governments, spurred by the growing public awareness of the ubiquity of abortions and the subsequent moral agitation, all but eliminated this option. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Wright spoke to Salon about her book and why this history matters even more now that abortion is being banned across the nation again. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z She says he is not anti abortion rights, yet he nominated Gorsuch to the Supreme Court that most definitely is. Roseanne Conner Has Become a Trump Supporter. Just Like Her Creator. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z There are half-hearted attempts at abortion, purgatives, blood-spattered cobbles, incessant coughing fits and the line, "All I know is Mrs Greg took his hand away in a bucket". The Mill, where misery is relentless 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z Artwork about abortion is, historically speaking, vanishingly rare. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Mississippi was on the verge of becoming the first state in the nation without a single abortion clinic since Roe v. Mississippi’s last abortion clinic to remain open — thanks in part to a Reagan appointee 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a physician and the director of Women on Waves, a nonprofit that provides resources for abortion seekers, found this to be the case when she tried setting up her own crypto wallet. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The decision to have an abortion was made partially looking out for others. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z What price will they pay by having their own lives forever viewed through the optics of the country’s abortion conflict? Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z For the daughter, autonomy means securing an abortion in a country that forbids it. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z For example, in 2007, when a brilliant short YouTube documentary, posing the question of punishment for women who get abortions, presented a sampling of responses from demonstrators at a site in Libertyville, Illinois. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The banning of mifepristone says that those seeking abortions should suffer, maximally. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z She adds, "By the way, Ted Cruz has long advocated for criminalizing abortion. I don't think that that's a turn-on to women, Teddy." “The View” slams Ted Cruz for questioning Pete Davidson’s sex appeal: “This gives me heebie-jeebies" 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z In New York City, one study of low-income women found that as many as one in ten had attempted a self-induced abortion, and more than one-third knew someone who had. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z I was likewise kind of stumped by Mike Huckabee claiming that a president could use the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to stop abortions. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z A majority support the right to abortion, and support for Roe v Wade has reached an all-time high. John Oliver on Amy Coney Barrett's likely confirmation: 'It's going to hurt for a long time' 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Never mind abortion being subject to life imprisonment from the moment of conception, all that stuff. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The bill, Abbott said at a signing ceremony, “ensures that the life of every unborn child who has a heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion.” Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “The total ban on abortion in El Salvador is nothing less than institutionalized violence against women and a form of torture or other ill-treatment,” Amnesty’s report said. El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z "Grandma," writer-director Paul Weitz's dramedy about an ornery septuagenarian poet who helps her teenage granddaughter try to rustle up money for an abortion, will open the Los Angeles Film Festival, organizer Film Independent announced Tuesday. 'Grandma' to open Los Angeles Film Festival; Lily Tomlin to be honored 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Kathie ended up having an abortion and began to assert her independence. Film: That?s Me on Screen, but I Still Didn?t Do It 2010-11-24T19:49:00Z As a sin, procuring an abortion must be confessed to a priest. Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z A half-century later, as a Catholic Democratic president in favor of abortion rights, he still seemed to have an awkward relationship with abortion. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The day before the interview, a court ruling had severely restricted abortion rights in the country and people were already on the streets protesting. A Rap Star Agonizes About His Role in Poland’s Culture Wars 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z That doctor had felt called to Montana from New York, where he had seen women die after shoddily performed illegal abortions. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z And Charlotte Taft, an abortion counselor who ran one of the main clinics in Dallas, she gives this interesting line about how even though Norma wasn't the "poster girl" for Roe vs. "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Two of the three physicians claimed that an abortion late in gestation is never necessary to save a woman’s life, which Greene calls “blatantly false.” V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z And so debates over abortion law in America have never been contained to disputes over medical procedures or questions of federal versus states' rights. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Today, Thurman credits her abortion for granting her "the path to the life full of joy and love that I have experienced." "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Lear says he thinks the public discussion of abortion rights is very similar to the environment when the Maude episode aired in November 1972, shortly before Roe v. 'Maude' Creator: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion Was So 'Bold' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A number of attempts since then to legalize abortion have been blocked by right-wing legislators. Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Wade, while 75 percent of Democrats believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z An "ERA NOW" gown and "PEG THE PATRIARCHY" pantsuit won't reverse Texas' nightmarish, dehumanizing abortion ban. From AOC to Cara Delevingne, are the Met Gala’s feminist displays meaningful or just performative? 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Holiday told Dufty some stories that were ultimately kept out of the book, including the agonizing home abortion that her mother forced her to undergo as a teen. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “Shrill’s” first declaration, then, is a level-headed assertion of legal fact — when a woman decides she needs an abortion, she should have one, unimpeded. Review | ‘Shrill’ and ‘Turn Up Charlie’ are passably cool TV shows that try too hard to be passably cool TV shows 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It would be made up of mini-games, each about an aspect of the abortion debate. Assassin’s Creed Rogue and Unity, Moral Tables Are Turned 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z "I read a lot about back-street abortions, and if you went down that road it was very dire." 'A Raisin in the Sun' actresses discuss play's stark resonance 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Set in the river towns and vast waste sites that line the banks of the Yangtze in Guangdong province, it tackles the grim issue of forced abortions and sterilisations with a prolonged and unflinching gaze. The Dark Road by Ma Jian – review 2013-05-02T11:00:02Z "It's easier to focus on abortion, the word is kind of ugly so people keep thinking about it," she started. "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And they used abortion as a way to galvanize those religious voters. “Reversing Roe”: Filmmakers on how abortion became a political dividing line 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It eventually took her life, this crackdown on abortion. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z She said there were not statistics available on the number of women with disabilities who encounter difficulties in getting access to abortions, in part because of the shame that surrounds the procedure. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z She had campaigned on a promise to overturn the state’s 1849 abortion ban, which had gone into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Ultimately she decided to get an abortion, a choice that “haunted me all my life.” Nicki Minaj Says Her Abortion Has 'Haunted' Her 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The film examines how McCorvey became "Jane Roe" after she failed to receive access to a safe and legal abortion in the state of Texas. "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade admits in "deathbed confession" she was paid to fake anti-abortion stance 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Saying she was an opponent of abortion rights who voted for former Arkansas Gov. Romney: Santorum an 'economic lightweight' 2012-03-15T01:52:00Z She talked about the one-child policy with her mother, who recounted brutal stories of coerced sterilizations and abortions. In “One Child Nation,” Nanfu Wang Confronts China’s History, and Her Own 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Porter, who is against abortion rights, was moved. Conservative and a Vegan in New York. Wait! You Are, Too? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “A right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions,” Alito wrote in the draft opinion. Perspective | The unmerciful ending of Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z I had only just grasped what abortion was a few hours earlier, and was still trying on this new pro-life idea. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Wade legalized abortion has been to play the refs, which included demonizing the film industry as a redoubt of reflexive, out-of-touch liberalism. Perspective | Abortion has always been a tough subject for Hollywood. ‘Parenthood’ got it right. 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Wade and revoking the constitutional right to an abortion. The Hosts of ‘5-4’ Never Trusted the Supreme Court 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z And one law proposing to take “no taxpayer funding for abortion” to ridiculous extremes nearly closed the basic OB-GYN training program of the state university, and would have cost the school its medical accreditation. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z A pastor and abortion counselor in Chicago estimated that “in Cook County hospital, in Chicago, 4,000 women each year are treated for complications resulting from botched abortions.” How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z “What Gosnell did and what I do may both result in ended pregnancies, but there is no other parallel,” a friend who provides abortions at Planned Parenthood told me. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In reality, the "abortion reversal" procedure is dangerous and almost certainly doesn't work. Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn't the enemy of motherhood 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Abby is hesitant, but the representative tells her that Planned Parenthood works to keep abortion safe, legal, and rare, and that no one should be able to tell women what to do with their bodies. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Imagine that almost nobody needed clinic- or hospital-based abortion services unless something went wrong with fetal development or a woman’s health. The right’s big abortion lie: The very real ways pro-life politics make women less safe 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher, the comic spoke about her fundraising efforts to help Texas women – who often have to travel extreme distances for the services – obtain affordable, safe abortions. A fetus is more than “goo” 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z This part generally doesn't enter into the dialogue about abortion. 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z This is currently restricted by the Hyde Amendment, a law passed in 1976 that bans the use of federal Medicaid funds for abortions in almost all circumstances. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z However, Veil – a right-wing, conservative woman – showed great courage in seeing through France's abortion legislation in 1974. My hero: Simone Veil by Marie Darrieussecq 2011-03-26T00:05:42Z The senator from Vermont wrote that, “while the abortion issue must remain on the front burner, it would be political malpractice for Democrats to ignore the state of the economy.” Perspective | This is your regular reminder that abortion access is an economic issue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z She went inside the clinic, and she saw a patient who’d recently received an abortion from Helen and had come for her follow-up appointment. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z For too long, abortion has been depicted as a last-ditch option that women should be talked out of. The “Gilmore Girls” have the right to choose: How television is changing the conversation about abortion 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z A pregnant woman who wants to have a baby deciding to do just that isn’t a statement on either side of the abortion debate. A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z At present he isn’t asking for the male equivalent of abortion—the right to eject the frozen embryos from their current state of suspended animation in a laboratory freezer. Brave new world: Shouldn’t we all be fighting for men’s right to decide the fate of frozen embryos formed from their DNA? 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z It's about anti-choicers spreading the myth that abortion is incompatible with motherhood. Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn't the enemy of motherhood 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The New York Times reports that immigration had already canceled his visa “after Australian politicians raised concerns that he might encourage violence against abortion providers or women seeking the procedure.” Australia doesn’t want this guy: Troy Newman, head of extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, not welcome Down Under 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z When women talk about their abortions, people listen. “Every time I tell my story, someone else will come up and tell me theirs”: How the 1 in 3 Campaign is turning abortion stories into art 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Indeed, they found such an idea as deeply offensive and absurd as other women found strict abortion laws and constraints on women’s reproductive freedom. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z It proved Scheller’s hunch: this story needed to be told, and without the trauma or fear that colours so many onscreen abortion tales. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Something that abortion rights activists might not realize: In the 1980s when McCorvey was on their team, she would sometimes call Taft late at night. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Later, the former House speaker accused the congresswoman of misstating the facts about his record on abortion, causing Bachmann to bristle. Gingrich, Romney set sights on Obama 2011-12-16T06:10:00Z She sees these laws as “the new battle lines” for abortion rights, a fight over “whether or not the state can force physicians to tell patients certain things.” It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z A study published last year in the journal Demography estimated that a nationwide abortion ban would increase pregnancy-related deaths by 21 percent over time, and by 33 percent over time for Black people. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z At the time of this writing, abortion has been legal in America for 45 years, and one in four people who can become pregnant will have an abortion at some point in their lives. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Oftentimes with the specific issue of abortion, again I felt that women – around the controversial question of abortion, women are asked to take very stark positions about what the experience is. A memoir of female lust 2013-06-09T00:00:00Z Most abortions resemble little more than a very heavy period. Conservative relatives can’t let the Planned Parenthood “scandal” go? Try these talking points 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z One longtime clinic staffer, a middle-aged woman who had previously worked for a local abortion doctor in the early post-Roe days, talks about how much the law frustrates the patients. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z "The Janes" is a documentary about an underground network of women who risked their freedom, futures and lives to work tirelessly to connect people with abortions in the years before Roe V. Wade. The best new movies to watch at home soon, from "Everything Everywhere All at Once" to "Fire Island" 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z And that was on a medication abortion case, not this much more blatantly unconstitutional House Bill 1456, the heartbeat ban. North Dakota may not spend a dime defending unconstitutional abortion ban 2013-03-28T17:34:00Z But when advocates like me talk about why abortion is a positive social good, we don’t talk just about the risks and challenges of gestating a fetus. Brave new world: Shouldn’t we all be fighting for men’s right to decide the fate of frozen embryos formed from their DNA? 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z By taking a stand against abortion, Mr. Bieber risks finding out how frail and tenuous that bond might be. Twilight of the Teen Idol 2011-02-20T06:15:04Z These new episodes put faces on tales of illegal immigration, the dark side of agribusiness, opiate addiction, abortion law and our lopsided justice system. Opiate for the masses: “American Crime” is better than ever and still hard to swallow 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z As with other recent productions touching on abortion — Forum Theatre’s “Nasty Women Rep,” Arena Stage’s “Roe” — Dominy’s play is timely, given recent developments threatening women’s health initiatives. Review | Two feminist plays ponder modern lives 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z For Anthony Del Grosso, 28, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision was just one of many reasons he has recently begun the process of obtaining dual citizenship by descent in Italy. Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z It's said that Jennings had two abortions during her relationship with Hurt — the second, as People reported, because Hurt "was beating her up so much." William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The most contemporary thing about it is the topic of abortion; it is taboo. Television Review: ‘1600 Penn,’ on NBC, With Pullman, Gad and Elfman 2013-01-09T18:12:03Z I was fortunate that, at the time, accessing abortion in TX was not the nightmare it is now. Celebrities answer call to share abortion testimonials 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z She also said she took issue with some U.S. states restricting abortion rights. Madonna takes on frightening world with new album 'Madame X' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Falwell portrayed abortion, and by implication anyone connected with it, as grotesque and inhumane, using detailed descriptions of mutilated body parts in his pitch to followers. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z I went to cover an abortion speak out, when the New York state legislature was trying to decide whether to slightly liberalise New York state laws. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In Lindi you cannot wait a month without hearing that some woman is dying, due to abortion that was done by a quack somewhere. These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z She doesn’t want the baby, but an abortion would be a career meltdown given prevalent Catholic pressures. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It helps that Obvious Child isn’t really a movie about abortion. How Do You Make a Romantic Comedy With an Abortion? Inside "Obvious Child" 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It wasn’t directed at candidates and their platforms, but instead used the premise of a beauty pageant to highlight the differences in abortion access across all the states voting today. “It’s really terrifying”: Lizz Winstead on stealth antiabortion laws and fighting politicians in “their last grasp of hanging on to unearned power” 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z One of the hidden realities that it somewhat inadvertently showcases is the existence of a large contingent of conservative Christian women who grow up pro-life but seek out abortions when they need them. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Before writing her new movie, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” about the odyssey of a 17-year-old girl in present-day Pennsylvania seeking a legal abortion, the director Eliza Hittman embarked on a journey of her own. Seeing Abortion Laws From a Teenager’s Point of View 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In today’s loaded context, the capacity of comedy to normalising how we talk about abortions continues. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z I had an abortion when I was 16. Main Course: Comedy With a Side of Disgust 2011-05-20T21:11:50Z She decides to have an abortion but struggles with figuring out how to tell the father, who continues to pursue her. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Snowfall’ and ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “Celebrities aren’t really going to change anyone’s minds on abortion or guns. For most people, this has become part of what has become a wedge issue.” In vaccination battles, pro athletes become proxy players 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But, of course, the conversation about Planned Parenthood revolves entirely around abortion. Another Planned Parenthood Protest Showdown 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In this year of the Dobbs decision, we can look forward to “Call Jane,” a drama about a group in Chicago that helped women get abortions in the pre-“Roe” era. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Wade, she became the first major television character to have a legal abortion -- and astonishingly, she's still one of only a tiny handful of television characters who've done so. Goodbye, Erica Kane, feminist pioneer 2011-04-15T15:29:00Z The controlling relationship that Martinez alleges followed ended after she was impregnated, got an abortion, then contracted mononucleosis which triggered Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological autoimmune disorder. Is time finally up for R. Kelly? "Surviving" series shows why he's been protected for so long 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z But then again, some women get abortions because they don’t want to be mothers, and that’s fine too. TV’s 10 best abortion moments of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z A recent Gallup poll found that Americans considered marital infidelity the worst thing a person could do, beating suicide, abortion, human cloning, and the death penalty. 4 reasons humans are so bad at sexual monogamy 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z I see abortion as a social good—like the guardrails right before someone’s life goes off a cliff. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Numerous questions were raised following the pope’s decision: Could priests not forgive abortions already? Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Midge understands much quicker about the abortion and she takes it more in stride, though her character's default — blame someone else! — switches on immediately. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z For a long time, abortion opponents have used the argument that abortion hurts women and their fetuses, and that curtailing it, through ever-growing layers of regulation, is in the interest of both mother and child. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It was the most recent volley in a dispute between the church and the governor over abortion. Cardinal 'deeply regrets' Quinn criticism 2011-11-07T14:08:00Z Because it turns out that the decades-long polling finding that Americans support access to abortion — it turns out this polling was correct all along, and Americans support access to abortion. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But she thinks that abortion should be legal, and she believes in a merciful Church, with doctrinal walls porous enough to welcome believers who do not conform to teachings on sex and romantic love. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Anti-choice activists, being panty-sniffing busybodies at heart, have long been extremely interested in gathering as much personal information as they can about women who are seeking abortion. Anti-choice tech stalking: Activists are using GPS to track women entering Planned Parenthood 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Infamous 19th-century women with no official training who performed abortions like Madame Restell made national headlines because of unfounded accusations of infanticide, selling babies and killing women. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Repeal efforts, by contrast, were led by a more eclectic group of college-age volunteers, radicalized women volunteering their time, social workers who worked closely with those seeking abortions and, increasingly, feminist attorneys. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Many congregations saw abortion “as a medical problem, not a religious or political issue,” according to Blumenthal, and people of faith helped thousands of women obtain illegal abortions. How Do You Explain the History of Reproductive Rights to Teenagers? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet it feels entirely fitting to be here, on the move and in front of the bus station, with the director of an abortion road movie that uses that site as a crucial film location. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director on making her anti-"Juno" film: "I just got on the bus" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Funds exist, local to each state, to pay for abortions as well as to support childcare and food. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Which is maybe why Leiby expected to feel something more sensational than relief after her own abortion. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Although I am devastated it did not, at least I learned something important from IACGMOOH: the right place for the abortion debate is Strictly. Strewth, I'm a Celebrity was tough. Strictly next! 2012-11-22T19:00:01Z The girl had pleaded for an abortion, but Paraguay, like many nations, has strict laws around the procedure and denied her request. Huckabee, Trump and the “life matters” lie: Every “life is precious” — except a woman’s or a girl’s 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z I want to march her right down to the nearest clinic for an abortion, but I can’t force that. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Your 15-year-old is pregnant. Show her what good parenting looks like. 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z What made you decide to write about some of these difficult topics: Body image, abortion, online harrassment? Lindy West is the troll-fighting feminist warrior you've been waiting for 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Close to 90 percent of American counties lack an abortion provider, meaning that most women in this country face some kind of burden — be it geographic, financial or legislative — to exercising their constitutional rights. America’s abortion deserts: How the right turns back the clock on Roe 2014-01-16T12:44:00Z As the president of the country’s largest abortion provider, Richards is a lightning rod for conflicting passions. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Several days earlier, a woman living near Stockholm had had an abortion. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Wade, “abortion was correctly identified as a constitutionally protected right, and it must remain legal,” she writes. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Scott Stewart, the official who is leading Mississippi’s effort to eliminate the constitutional protection for abortion rights nationwide, once wanted to tamp down the partisan rancor around the issue. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Charles Bethea reports on a standoff between anti-abortion protesters and clinic volunteers at the last abortion clinic operating in Montgomery, Alabama. Sunday Reading: The Challenge to Reproductive Rights in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The consequence of limiting abortion, I hope, will be fewer unplanned pregnancies, but there will be unplanned pregnancies. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z But the notion of abortion as an automatic trauma is pretty deeply rooted in the culture, and it’s not often interrogated onstage. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z At one point, an anti-abortion activist brought up a scale model of a fetus and told the audience, “This is the face of abortion.” Hide your kids from Carly Fiorina: Luring unsuspecting tots into a lurid anti-abortion rally is a new campaign low 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Birth control and abortion, arguably the Catholic church’s most contentious issues, are not always perceived in a negative light by young Catholics. Why millennials are abandoning the Catholic Church 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Each morning they would pick a different abortion clinic and turn out by the hundreds to harass women coming for their abortion appointments. My illegal abortion 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z While I don’t expect fiction to hold up an exact mirror to real life, this treatment of abortion felt hollow to me as a reader, and made me want to find more nuanced, relatable outlooks. 3 surprisingly sane books on abortion: When absolutely no women’s lives are ruined by one procedure 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z She now runs a hotline that Polish women can call before taking abortion pills, to make sure they’re using them correctly. Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women’s Lives 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Beyond that, the Trump administration is one dead or retired Supreme Court justice away from obliterating the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z How often do we read about abortion from a man’s perspective? This Is Parenthood — and Not Just the Charming, Photogenic Parts 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z I almost laughed aloud when she announced that she did not believe in abortion; of course she doesn’t. “True Detective” recap: Internal investigations and the shoot-out of the century 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z While Missouri has some of the most draconian restrictions in the nation, it’s hardly alone in limiting abortion access. The messy truth of Abortion: One HBO series takes a look at America’s abortion divide 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Throughout Obvious Child, Donna struggles with whether or not to tell Max about her decision to have an abortion. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z “It was not about any type of feeling that abortion was wrong – I’m pro-choice,” Cody says. 'There's this idea that mothers are completely selfless': Diablo Cody on Tully – and the Juno backlash 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z "Therefore the advertising of abortion facilities, their contact numbers or addresses is against the law in Northern Ireland." Abortion ad blocked in Northern Ireland 2010-05-20T09:24:00Z She had marched in an abortion rights rally during college, but it hadn’t become one of her central issues. Abortion rights leader’s pregnancy surprises opponents: ‘Is that real?’ 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The gotcha videos on Planned Parenthood by his and other groups opposed to abortion have made the organization a constant target in Congress. Sacha Baron Cohen Is Duping Republicans. Is He the James O’Keefe of the Left? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics by approximately 5 to 1. “I feel like I was tricked”: New documentary uncovers how crisis pregnancy centers lie to women 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “In between his racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic rhetorical outbursts, Buchanan speaks cogently and with conviction about a number of subjects -- including trade, abortion and foreign policy -- that clearly resonate with voters,” Tapper explained. Pat Buchanan back on PBS, really? Why we don't need a "McLaughlin Group" revival now 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the fundamental right to an abortion, established nearly 50 years ago, triggered protests across the country last weekend. Green Day lead singer says he’ll renounce citizenship over abortion ruling 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z And if you want to judge her for wanting an abortion, consider how healthy for everyone involved it might be for her to bring another child into her world right now. Getting an abortion as a career move 2014-04-21T18:49:00Z Among those polled, more than half say abortion should be legal in “almost all” or “most” cases, and 31 percent say it should be legal in “just a few” cases. Why millennials are abandoning the Catholic Church 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z She also discussed the inaccurate way in which he spoke about abortion after he claimed that they could be conducted one day before the due date. Samantha Bee on final election debate: 'Spare us the handwringing, GOP' 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In 1972, several Janes were arrested when a caller tipped off the police: A relative was scheduled to have an abortion, which the caller found immoral. Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z And progressives and people who claim to be pro-choice, it's very few people who center and understand abortion as a human right, and prioritize it. "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet her efforts to get an abortion are thwarted by the escalating crisis around her. Beware the infectious beasts of 'The Blondes' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z That’s the unambiguous refrain that runs through “Happening,” a powerful French drama about a woman seeking an abortion. ‘Happening’ Review: An Abortion Story, an Existential Drama 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z On Trump’s very first day as President, he signed an executive order defunding overseas organizations that provide abortion services and information. Margaret Atwood’s Grimly Relevant Additions to the “Handmaid’s Tale” Audiobook 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A Fox News reporter called her “not very polite” on air after she criticized the network’s coverage of abortion. Perspective | Kirsten Gillibrand didn't just play the gender card. She defiantly played the whole deck. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In the early 1960s, a small number of activists began to insist that women’s voices assume a larger place in the abortion debate. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z At the end of the day, tragically enough, not all problems can be solved by gathering the masses and spamming abortion doxing hotlines. Why “Shrek” memes shutting down anti-abortion snitch hotline are just the beginning 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z There are people who will cheer at the messaging in Alito’s leaked draft opinion, seeing it as a victory for the “unborn,” or the “preborn,” who they believe are the victims in the abortion war. Perspective | The unmerciful ending of Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In 2019, Alyssa Milano, the actor and activist who's long ruffled feathers over problematic, white feminist antics, called for one too, in response to the signing of a Georgia abortion ban. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Wade era estimates the hospital's septic abortion ward was full every day. HBO's "The Janes" spotlights the abortion activists who operated like a spy ring pre-Roe v. Wade 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z No sane woman is excited about getting an abortion. 'Abortion rom-com' Obvious Child is important – because it's so ordinary 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Walker has called the allegation a “flat-out lie,” saying he’s never asked anyone to get an abortion nor paid for one. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Under King Baudouin, Albert's predecessor, the only major royal scandal was Baudouin's refusal to sign an abortion law, which forced him off the throne for a day. It's King vs Prince in Belgium's battle royale 2011-04-05T12:27:12Z It won’t terminate the pregnancy of a single desperate woman in a place where abortion is illegal. Send in the abortion drones: We could use this Irish pro-choice tech protest here in the U.S., too 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z In an appearance on Fox News Monday, Cruz called out Democrats and the media and compared the abortion protesters to Capitol rioters. "The View" slams Ted Cruz for comparing peaceful abortion demonstrators to Jan. 6 insurrectionists 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z They stressed the harsh reality of illegal “abortion mills” and the dreaded “back alley abortion.” How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z “I went on an abortion journey with my grandma, and that was my most normal part.” Julia Garner Is the Tough but Tender Heart of ‘Ozark’ 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z My abortion story Topics: , , , , , , , I started seeing a therapist again after my abortion. My abortion story 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z Wade was overturned last year, I heard the same analogy used again and again: Conservatives had been chasing the tail of abortion for years. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In fact, at trial they were exposed as peddlers of unreliable pseudoscience – veteran antiabortion campaigners seeking to justify restrictions on abortion by any means necessary. Meet Vincent Rue, the man behind the pseudoscience of abortion restrictions 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Given that there is no definitive way to pinpoint when life begins, the decision of America’s politicians to leave abortion to the court guaranteed that it would remain unresolved. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Wade was overturned, many started referring to getting an abortion as “camping.” Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “Children are increasingly viewed as a limitation upon individual freedom, which contributes to liberalism’s commitment to abortion on demand, while overall birthrates decline across the developed world.” If Liberalism Is Dead, What Comes Next? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Bit by bit, they settled on abortion and sort of purged the Republican party of its pro-choice representatives. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z They dwell under Larch's care in a facility that's both obstetrics hospital and orphanage — and, covertly, a clinic where desperate women may obtain safe, free abortions. Review: A pleasing revisit of 'The Cider House Rules' 2010-06-17T22:48:00Z "It's harder to include trans people in the reproductive justice movement, when a lot of trans people who have had abortions don't feel they have a space." With Elliot Page, greater visibility of transmasc identity is “both great & awful” 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z But by the 1980 presidential election, that had changed; the “family values” coalition co-opted the party platform, won conversions on abortion from Ronald Reagan and George H.W. ‘Four Days That Changed the World’: Unintended Consequences of a Women’s Rights Conference 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z She’s known for her ambling, conversational flow and for kicking around heavy subjects like abortion and gun violence in a light, almost childlike voice, often over gospel-driven chord progressions. Things to do This Weekend: Free Arts in Parks! 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But there are questions that should be answered to determine if she can safely have an abortion at a clinic, as Ms. Schiebergen did, or if she should undergo the procedure at a hospital. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z But much of the recent legislation regarding abortion around the country targets or impacts this subset of cases specifically, and these new laws threaten to do grave harm. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Thus the evangelical Luther Dunphy addresses the Lord, in Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel, before firing a double-barreled shotgun into the jaw and throat of the abortion provider Dr. Augustus Voorhees. Joyce Carol Oates’s Novel Plumbs the Depths of America’s Abortion War 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But if nobody will admit they’ve had an abortion, we aren’t able to illustrate the connection between having an abortion and living a better life. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It was possible to be in support of robust anti-discrimination laws for women but oppose abortion. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z But those circumstances don’t apply to all women who seek abortions, and not all women feel burdened or distraught by the decision to end a pregnancy, Bonow says. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Today, mife is used for a third of U.S. abortions up to nine weeks, with most women still relying on clinic-based procedures. One pill the first day, four to follow: Why a safe alternative to clinic-based abortion is underused 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z He’s done great bits on gun control, on abortion, on the difficulty of refugees coming to the United States, and dozens of other topics. John Oliver demolishes Trump, finally: Here’s why his self-funded, business-savvy, tough-talking campaign is a lie 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z But in the end it’s not an abortion she chooses but single motherhood, a train ticket to Berlin and a chance to build a life on her own terms. How a Grandmother’s Diary Led to a Long-Lost Literary Gem 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z "I discuss abortion, neglect, drug abuse," she says of her lyrics. New band of the day: Amplify Dot (No 1,531) 2013-06-12T15:03:32Z Having had an abortion and been fitted with the implant, she finally had it removed and went back to relying on the pull-out method. Unsafe sex: why everyone's at it 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z There was the Hyde Amendment, passed just three years after Roe, which prohibited the use of federal funds for abortion. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Women are actually prepared to disagree about almost anything, even abortion, as long as the disagreement is respectful and not judgmental. Just Asking: Carly Fiorina of Good360 That it’s possible to be a devoted mother and still deeply support abortion access, and that antiabortion activists shouldn’t be allowed to corner the market on family values. Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s more honest, in a way: you cannot ban abortion without endangering the lives of people who become pregnant, and you cannot protect reproductive rights without accepting that fetal lives will end. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Although the sculpture might seem to directly refer to abortion, Smith said she prefers to think of it as an expression of “my ambivalence about motherhood.” After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Many conservative news outlets concur, reporting that up to 70% of women seeking abortions are Christian. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z She also recounts a dinner party of clowns she attended, where she learns "like eight other clowns at the table" had abortions, too. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Let’s make it official: All of us who believed that Joan did not go through with her abortion can now feel smug for having been absolutely right. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: A Whole New Kind of Clich? 2010-10-18T05:53:00Z Once the topic of abortion came up, the interview took an even more controversial turn. Todd Akin Still Doesn't Get What's Wrong With Saying 'Legitimate Rape' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z His statement turned a spotlight on the often medically complex world of infertility treatment, which many abortion opponents also consider ethically fraught. Lawmaker’s resignation raises questions of ‘pro-life approach’ to IVF, surrogacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Today, greed is still commonly ascribed to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z But in the same interview, Bieber also mentioned his opposition to abortion, which he considers to be "like killing a baby." Congressman's brief bout of 'Bieber fever' cured 2011-02-18T21:18:16Z Because the diverse circumstances that lead people to seek abortions illustrate the need for reproductive autonomy. A love letter to Roe and my first pregnancy 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z But their number one priority is stopping abortion. W. Kamau Bell on what unifies the right: "Christianity, capitalism and white supremacy" 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The targeted criminalization of disproportionately women of color for pregnancy loss, or self-induced abortions with medication, is already happening. Arc of “The Handmaid’s Tale” mirrors struggle for reproductive rights 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Take the recent hearing in the House of Representatives subcommittee on a proposed ban in the District of Columbia of abortions past 20 weeks. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z In fact, the most recent ASCs built to provide abortion care in Texas were between 6 and 7 million dollars. Texas’ sweeping abortion restrictions back in court as providers seek to minimize the damage already done 2014-04-02T21:59:00Z In The Letdown, Audrey feels an ambiguous grief, compounded by her mother’s observation that abortion is “a very solitary experience”. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Americans have grown accustomed to sensationalism from abortion opponents, but such alarmist language was generally absent from earlier public discussions of the topic. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Now, as Mr. Trump’s administration tries to eliminate taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, thrusting the debate over abortion rights back into the halls of Congress 45 years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z As one of the most conservative members of Congress, Franks was a member of the Arizona Right to Life organization and was known for picketing abortion clinics. Lawmaker’s resignation raises questions of ‘pro-life approach’ to IVF, surrogacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But the most poignant speech of the evening went to Michelle Williams, marking her Best Actress win for her work in “Fosse/Verdon” by voicing her support for abortion rights. Why the Golden Globes and host Ricky Gervais felt particularly pointless 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The morbidly funny web series Ctrl Alt Delete even relocates its zippy workplace comedy to an abortion clinic, with mothers receiving what doctors call an “evacuation of the uterus”. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z She could see how anonymous transactions might appeal to abortion providers, whose work could soon turn them into legal targets. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z For instance, Emily’s List, a group that supports Democratic women who favor abortion rights, has raised $4.5 million on Ms. Baldwin’s behalf. Tammy Baldwin, on the Edge of Making History 2012-11-05T18:31:35Z So, almost by default, Obvious Child is “the abortion comedy” the way that 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cannes’ top prize-winner in 2007, was called “the Romanian abortion film.” REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform is an antiabortion organization that likens abortion to the Nazi genocide and displays graphic images of aborted fetuses on college campuses and in other public places. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z We wouldn’t be fighting about abortion rights, frankly. WATCH: Author Jill Filipovic: Food and sex are pleasures women are shamed for 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z A pile of pineapples ceremoniously laid at the edge of the stage read as a reference to Kahlo’s unborn children, lost to abortion or miscarriage. Frida Kahlo meets John Coltrane in electric dance homage 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Rivers blazed trails for other women in the comedic industry by bringing taboo topics like abortion to light onstage. Remembering Joan Rivers: Groundbreaking Feminist Icon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z This week, a new documentary drops a boulder into the already complicated legacy of the woman better known as “Jane Roe” — the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion in America. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The lack of safe, legal and affordable abortion put me in a dingy motel in downtown Detroit to undergo a risky, unsanitary procedure that could easily have maimed or killed me. My illegal abortion 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, unveiled plans on Saturday to ease a complete ban on abortions in the socially conservative South American country. Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z In New York City in 2012, African-American women had more abortions than live births. REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z He is a black militant usurper of all that is good – a Zulu warrior committed to performing unwanted abortions on every Christian woman. Donald Trump is the white boomers’ last gasp — believe it or not, the future looks brighter 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z People may not find your jokes about abortion, starvation and terrorism hilarious. Why Soulja Boy shouldn't be sorry 2011-09-07T15:08:00Z Physician-assisted death and abortion and similar notions are key for the Catholic Church and religious conservatives. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z Ultimately, in a State Supreme Court appeal, the judge in 1972 ruled for the plaintiffs, decriminalizing abortion in Vermont. A Widow and a Widower Embrace Love After Loss 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z China investigates forced abortion photos Chinese officials say they are investigating claims that a woman was forced to abort her seven-month-old fetus after images of the corpse were posted online. India: “Lust and love” murders on the rise 2012-06-14T14:25:00Z She remembers one pregnant 14-year-old girl who wanted to have an abortion but whose family persuaded her against it by citing the Bible. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z My favorite part of her rant, though, is where she equates Plan B with abortion. Science or sex: Which does the right hate more? 2012-06-24T00:00:00Z Did you know that in the late 1960s the Southern Baptists came out for liberalizing abortion laws? Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Except, abortions had just been made illegal; the hospital’s attorney said if Gunter performed one she would be fired. Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, I was driven by a genuine need for a time and place that illustrated the stakes around abortion debates. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z George H. W. Bush is seen in a clip from 1980 opposing the idea of a constitutional amendment banning abortion. Review: ‘Reversing Roe’ Shows How Abortion Became Political 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Suicide, abortion, grief, religion, female friendship and first love are bold themes to tackle in a debut novel, but 26-year-old Brit Bennett seems admirably repelled by caution. Newly Released Books 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Abortion bans notoriously only victimize poor people and disproportionately people of color, not rich, white Republican men's wives or mistresses, whose abortions will almost certainly be bankrolled. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But it is important to recognize that although the Bible was written at a time when abortion was practiced, it never directly addresses the issue. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z He and his wife were detained without charges in 2005 after he angered local officials by documenting complaints about forced abortions. Blind Chinese activist seeking book deal 2012-06-07T15:32:08Z She runs an abortion clinic in Montana, the only one in the northwestern part of the big cowboy state. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z But critics such as the NAPW’s Ainsworth argue that the lack of consistency, amplified by abortion politics, has become a hallmark of the law. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The New York Times released an article examining the link between limited abortion facilities and increased online searches for self-induced abortions. DIY abortions are on the rise in the U.S. 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z In other words, an OB-GYN may simply object to abortion on moral grounds, but supporting that position by cherry-picking medical evidence, as many do, is another story. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z People of most faiths also overwhelmingly seem to support abortion rights. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Pauline tricks her parents into paying for Suzanne’s abortion and, as a result, is forced to leave home. ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’: Agnès Varda’s Polarizing Paean to Sisterhood 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Apparently, there was some uncertainty as to whether Audrey’s baby was also her husband’s; she scheduled an at-home abortion, but became ill after the procedure. We Can’t Quit You, Hank Williams 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The father, with whom she'd had a brief relationship, urged her to have an abortion. Alison Lapper: 'Disabled people are looked at as a drain on society, and I'm certainly not that' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z At one point, I screamed something to the effect of, "You should have gotten an abortion if I'm such a burden to you." Who cares about Ben and Paxton? Devi’s best "Never Have I Ever" relationship is with her therapist 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Five years later, millions of women viewed restrictive abortion laws as an obstacle to their full citizenship to the same degree as workplace discrimination. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z The brief aims to persuade the court that abortion access allows women “to fully participate in the economic and social life of the country.” Defy “compulsory silence”: To celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women are speaking out about their abortion experiences 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The third returns to Edith, now in a foster home and pregnant, who must choose between having the baby and having an abortion. Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People 2012-06-07T04:23:10Z Ben Folds Five's Brick deals with the emotional impact of an abortion. Readers recommend: songs about mistakes ? the results 2010-12-09T23:02:00Z If you wanted to nudge someone’s memory of “The Appointment,” the wild and wily abortion musical that was first seen in New York in 2019, you’d start by mentioning those vividly imagined womb dwellers. ‘The Appointment’ Review: A Chorus Line at the Abortion Clinic 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Many Black churches are led by men who feel ill-equipped to speak on abortion even if they personally disagree with it, says Pastor Earle J. Fisher of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The polling shows that on the key issues, such as progressive taxation, or abortion rights, or healthcare, or gun control, most Americans side with the progressive side of the argument. Michael Moore: 'We have the power to crush Trump' 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z This GOP has gone further than talking about banning abortion. Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Posturing and self-deception aside, only a small minority of Americans truly believe that abortion is murder, and Donald Trump really stepped in it recently by exposing that fact. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z De-Lin’s experience might seem mild in the context of the threats posed to other abortion providers across the country. “We need to talk about this as terrorism”: The war against abortion providers 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The debate about the legality of abortion should begin with that person’s right to bodily autonomy even in the face of decisions that others might personally disagree with, or believe they would make differently. Perspective | The one point abortion rights activists need to keep making 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Despite Juno not being morally opposed to abortion, the message was clear: she couldn’t go through with it and ultimately felt it was a better decision to have the kid. 'Abortion rom-com' Obvious Child is important – because it's so ordinary 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Pro-choice supporters usually wear green handkerchiefs at demonstrations, while those who are against abortion carry blue ones. Clad in green, film crew protest Argentina abortion law on Cannes... 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet, only one character who got an abortion on television in 2020 was raising a child. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The combined effect of both provisions is expected to shutter all but six abortion providers in the state, according to reproductive rights groups. Texas is home to more than 100 state-funded crisis pregnancy centers 2013-09-05T20:34:00Z So it goes with most decisions related to abortion. Wendy Davis’s choice: Why speaking out about abortion must remain a woman’s decision 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z You are saying that the political fight about abortion, even on the pro side, doesn’t reflect the reality of women’s lives. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Maybe an abortion could have simply been a pause. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “What responsibilities?!” he rages in her loft after insisting that she obtain an abortion and then quietly leave his life. Rise of the sane and angry woman: “Girl on the Train” is the 2016 rejoinder to “Fatal Attraction” 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z So there are certain words, and abortion is one of those words, that once you say them, people start getting nervous. How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z A tweet by the band says the show will benefit both Planned Parenthood and the Yellowhammer Fund, which says it provides funding for anyone seeking care at one of the state’s three abortion clinics. Russian band to stage Planned Parenthood benefit in Alabama 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z What can be done to prevent needless abortions, or the birth of thousands more severely damaged babies? Review: ‘Zika’ Tracks the Trajectory of an Epidemic 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “If someone getting an abortion calls it a baby, it’s a baby,” Lindsey said. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z No jokes, no second-guessing — the episode treats Lois' decision to have an abortion as being entirely within her rights and, in the context of her particular situation, a perfectly understandable choice. Seth MacFarlane: Progressive hero 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z In Juno, Page, playing the eponymous 16-year-old, decides to have an abortion, only to bump into a classmate in front of the clinic who is protesting against abortions. 'Why are people so reluctant to say they're feminists?' 2013-07-03T18:00:00Z Only Corinne hears the music — a brilliant way to capture Corinne’s profoundly mixed, quintessentially female feelings about abortion before any question of morality arises. What One Woman Packed and Another Woman Thought 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z There were fingerless gloves, neon face paint, white “Choose Life” T-shirts that had nothing to do with abortion: It was a new-wave dance party for cool kids who thought Mötley Crüe sucked. Andrew Ridgeley on George Michael and Life After Wham! 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Being a Mormon makes it exceedingly likely that a candidate has illiberal beliefs about a number of issues, from gay rights to abortion. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z She was followed by her fellow Republican Sue Wallis, who told of her own abortion years earlier, while she was in the midst of treatment for cancer and untangling herself from an abusive relationship. Motherlode: Mom for President 2011-02-18T21:38:27Z It’s also important that shows such as “The View” ensure the conversation about keeping abortion legal remains at the fore of the dialogue. What TV still needs to show us about abortion 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to choose to have an abortion. Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Even before Roe’s reversal, Leiby recognized that she was lucky, and that most women seeking abortion “do not stroll into Planned Parenthood with a Lululemon outfit and then take an Uber home.” When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Among them: driving Highway 101; her pandemic pooches, Walter and Jimmy Jazz; and abortion rights, for which she is a famously outspoken advocate. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Again, actually "reversing" abortions isn't really the point of these laws. Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn't the enemy of motherhood 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A hint to Huckabee’s real meaning came earlier in the day in Iowa, when he said he wouldn’t rule out using federal troops to prevent abortion. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z They're literally passing laws in Oklahoma that ban abortion at day one. Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z In which case, he’s wise to pass the six-week ban under the cover of night, because Americans want access to abortion. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “Have you ever thought that induced abortion is horrible to baby girls?” she asks her older sister, Wang Li, whose husband is desperate for a male heir. ‘All About My Sisters’ Review: Family Matters 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Friends would share memes and photos and hate-filled posts online, oblivious to my personal situation, claiming women who had abortions were everything I knew I wasn’t. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Among the topics candidates fielded on Wednesday were substantive exchanges about abortion rights, family leave, and gender inequity– lines of questioning underrepresented or completely omitted in previous debates. From "Survivor" to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z In 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, the teen abortion rate was down 59 percent from its peak in 1988. Science or sex: Which does the right hate more? 2012-06-24T00:00:00Z She built her own house, a magnificent and tasteful mansion, where she continued performing abortions in the basement. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z For many of us, our feelings on abortion are complex and deeply personal. Is Christianity pro-choice? 2012-08-21T15:53:00Z Wade Chicago who helped pregnant people secure safe but illegal abortions. Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Another Texas woman asked for an abortion after miscarrying one of her twins at 15 weeks and learning the remaining pregnancy made her susceptible to life-threatening infection, according to the New York Times. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Louisiana now stands alongside only Oklahoma, Utah, Missouri, and North and South Carolina as states with the longest abortion wait time in the nation. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Silverman fixates on abortion for a long stretch, and brings up a fact that she’s recently learned: spermatozoa have a sense of smell. Sarah Silverman’s Comedy Is Changing with the Times 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The 2011 law was enacted to prevent CPCs from portraying themselves as medical facilities that offer abortion services and other reproductive health care, a tactic many centers use to manipulate pregnant women into antiabortion counseling. Supreme Court upholds law to prevent crisis pregnancy centers from lying to women 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The unwed mothers, the women wounded by abortion, the elderly who are in need. Rev. Paul Scalia, son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, on faith and doubt 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The House Judiciary Committee had mailed letters to Planned Parenthood clinics around the country, requesting information about their abortion practices. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The movie is to be commended for using the word “abortion” rather than a euphemism. Review: ‘The Young Kieslowski’ Is a Sobering Comedy of Consequences 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Statistics are hard to come by on this issue, but what we do know about abortion access proves my experiences are likely representative of a broad trend. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z My friend's entire adult life, a life that includes three great kids, would be unimaginable without the abortions that have also been a part of it. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z His Holiness’ only reference to abortion was quite oblique: “In particular, I would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young.” The Surprising Things Pope Francis Said to Congress About Family 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z A few years earlier, she’d had an abortion in New York, but there it was a simple, one-day procedure, unlike the multiple appointments she had to make in Houston over several days. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z Photograph: Richard Saker When radio broaches the issue of abortion, it's mostly, inevitably, about strongly held views on either side of the debate. A week in radio: Victoria Derbyshire visits an abortion clinic 2012-05-24T20:29:01Z It leaves me wondering how to maintain a sense of empathy, instead of despair, in a nation that seems to be enacting cruelty all around—and not just around abortion. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Abortion opponents typically frame abortion as a relatively new phenomenon, as if it was invented during the sexual revolution of the '60s. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Anti-choice activists advocate for abortion bans by suggesting that forced childbirth will turn women from hussies to glowing mothers, gratefully cuddling babies they didn't know they needed. What the Ruby Franke story says about the Christian right 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Theirs is a show that makes cracks about abortion addiction and whose recurring characters include Jesus Christ, created by two guys who are currently developing a Broadway musical about Mormons. "South Park's" radical patriotism 2010-04-22T18:23:00Z A few months prior, my friend had had a second abortion—this one the result of an affair. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Instead, they begin to perform abortions themselves, largely for free, no Mikes necessary. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Tohan is another storyteller at We Testify, and a Texan like Rusk, who was fresh off of sharing her abortion story with the U.S. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z She got pregnant, and went to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion. Another Planned Parenthood Protest Showdown 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, an abortion rights rally was held on Broad Street in Center City. Rita’s Italian Ice responds to photo of mascot attending abortion rights rally in Philadelphia 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z In the 22-minute call, the employee told Ms. Schiebergen that the organization could not provide an abortion for her because of her use of a wheelchair and her inability to stand on her own. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z No, he doesn’t think the Supreme Court should legislate affirmative action, gay marriage or abortion rights. Drama about Antonin Scalia plays out like 'Beauty and the Beast' 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Lindsay Graham resurrected his politically doomed 20-week abortion ban on Tuesday because he is facing a tough primary in South Carolina and his base pretty much hates his guts. The right’s fetal ignorance: Why their 20 week abortion obsession is so short-sighted 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z As a woman with money, she said, she'll always be able to get an abortion. Michelle Wolf explains why “it’s so ironic that Trump could be the guy who ends legal abortio... 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z “You can be against or for abortion, but the goal of the artwork, and the exhibit at large, is to discuss difficult topics with mutual respect and empathy,” she said. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Series one of Sex Education was celebrated for including a realistic portrayal of abortion, depicting the procedure step-by-step, from the waiting room to the recovery room, in a tone that was neither sensational nor melodramatic. 'It answered my weird questions': what do teens really think of Netflix's Sex Education? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Dee, then 76, played a character known only as Grandma who, as the story opens in a scene set in Memphis in 1968, is preparing to perform an illegal abortion on a teenager. Bridgette Wimberly, Playwright and Librettist, Dies at 68 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Spurred on by Donald Trump’s comments about later abortions, Darla took to social media to share her story and the response was overwhelming, both good and bad. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z She seemed more reserved about using the word abortion, masterfully pivoting to phrases like “women’s health” and “reproductive medicine” when a reporter brought them up. Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It does not cause abortion if the egg has already implanted, which is the medical definition of pregnancy, according to both the National Institutes of Health and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Science or sex: Which does the right hate more? 2012-06-24T00:00:00Z If they won't ban abortion outright, they will allow states to use red tape to get rid of legal abortion services within their borders. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z They are so focused on their one issue, abortion, that yesterday, the Pope stated that caring for the migrant and poor is equally important. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z In our own country, four years ago Friday, Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his church because he performed abortions. These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z But refusing to linger on it, or to dwell in sorrow or any negative emotion, to simply accept the abortion is a surprisingly progressive move for the show. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But with her network of grassroots advocates, abortion providers and entertainers, she hopes to change the narrative around abortion, eliminate the shame and give newly fired-up supporters the tools to get involved. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z But he finally abandoned his plans to move to Texas after the abortion law came out and his wife vetoed the move: “That was the nail in the coffin.” They came to Texas for the big houses and barbecue. They also got new laws on abortion, guns and voting. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z One in four women has had an abortion — finding and listening to one over yet another cis-male pundit on whether or not advocates who fear the end of Roe are "overreacting," isn't hard. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But if abortion becomes illegal again in some parts of the country, then what we’re watching becomes a story about activists who were criminals then and would be criminals now. Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Tomlin, playing a cranky septuagenarian in charge of helping her granddaughter get an abortion, gives a prickly-tender performance that’s less about aging, specifically, than about the great and terrible process of getting to know yourself. Top 10 Best Movie Performances 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z For 25 years, McCorvey’s shift was framed as an archetype of redemption, the Christian right’s greatest evidence of the personal sin of abortion, a lethal narrative of regret. AKA Jane Roe: behind the headline-making abortion documentary 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Oates investigates the aftermath of the assassination of a doctor who performs abortions at the hands of a die-hard evangelical Christian in a small Ohio town. Best books of 2017: The best fiction 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z And along with that has gone a shrinking, it seems to me, of abortion discourse – the way we talk about abortion – that in several ways I think feeds into that mentality. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland’s first abortion clinic opens next week Topics: , , Ireland, Marie Stopes International, Northern Ireland, Everyone is thrilled! Northern Ireland’s first abortion clinic opens next week 2012-10-12T21:32:00Z I couldn’t help wondering whether Maya women would choose to lead gaggles of kids in housework if elective abortion were legal in the Yucatán. How Do Maya Parents Handle Temper Tantrums? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z I found heroines like Jamie Miller, a West Virginia activist who has fought doggedly for abortion access despite being repeatedly harassed and threatened. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Steven Tyler's abortion drama deepens Earlier this month, the National Review ran a story on the "trauma" of abortion with an unlikely star at its center: Steven Tyler. Steven Tyler's abortion drama deepens 2011-05-24T20:01:00Z Wade, and Republican representatives and governors who were supporting pro-life and feeling that abortion rights are under threat right now. "The everyday guy can fight and sometimes win": ACLU doc goes inside four David & Goliath cases 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the city’s annual Pride March went forward as usual, with a hefty and palpable dose of abortion rights sentiment. At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z "God bless abortions," she said, "God bless America!" Michelle Wolf explains why “it’s so ironic that Trump could be the guy who ends legal abortio... 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z And if you look at the language, the end game is basically, “Under no circumstances will abortion be legal or accessible in Tennessee.” “We need to get out of people’s personal lives”: Meet the Tennessee abortion restriction that even “pro-life” voters think is too extreme 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The early battles over abortion tended to be between Catholics and Protestants, with Protestants largely on the side of liberalization of abortion laws. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Her choice, in 1961, was between an illegal abortion, and paying a doctor to say that a legal termination was necessary for health reasons; she opted for the latter. ‘You've got to carry on that fight’: strangers swap life-changing experiences 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z A sneak preview of “Obvious Child,” a Sundance favorite that happens to be an abortion rom-com, will be among the films kicking off this summer’s Rooftop Film series, which begins in Brooklyn on May 16. ArtsBeat: Rooftop Films Sets Summer Lineup 2014-04-22T21:16:32Z Before Jenner tied on the bonnet, the costume had been co-opted by abortion rights activists. United We Stan 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Well, in some ways they are, but it’s the idea that there are these good abortions and these bad abortions. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z If women do choose to have an abortion, there must be some kind of magic asterisk: they were coerced, confused, duped or just not paying attention. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z A lot of time, unfortunately, it gets bifurcated: We talk about birth, and we talk about abortion as if they’re two completely separate things, but as we know, they’re so intertwined. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z You see it when daughters support universal health care only after their fathers are diagnosed with cancer, or when fathers support access to abortion only when their daughters need one. Perspective | Meghan McCain learned about the need for maternity leave the hard way. Nobody should have to. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Mississippi told the court in its brief that “Roe and Casey are egregiously wrong. The conclusion that abortion is a constitutional right has no basis in text, structure, history, or tradition.” Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z On the other is a pregnancy-care center that some women mistakenly enter thinking they are going to the abortion clinic. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z In one striking protest against the abortion ban in her country, she suspended her naked body, upside down, from the ceiling of an arts center in Seoul. An Artist in Pursuit of Balance 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Critics of the administration said it was hypocritical to condemn both abortion and single motherhood. That Time ‘Murphy Brown’ and Dan Quayle Topped the Front Page 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Were they going to allow abortion to truly belong to the states and the people who lived in them — developing laws based on the wills of Iowans, Arkansans, Idahoans, New Yorkers? Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z However helpless Texas' near-total abortion ban may make us feel, there are actually a lot of ways to help Texans get care. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Anti-abortion demonstrators explain their conviction, usually religiously based and visceral, that abortion is murder. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z Sisson’s work focuses on fictional depictions of abortion, not on urban legends, but from that she has picked up on a lot of common misconceptions about abortion that can distort how people understand the issue. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z It conveniently ignores the reality that while abortion is indeed a Christian issue, being pro-choice doesn’t make you a bad Christian. Is Christianity pro-choice? 2012-08-21T15:53:00Z State legislatures across the country followed suit: Ohio, Texas, and Virginia enacted the most severe abortion restrictions in any legislative session in memory. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z I know that “Obvious Child” — Gillian Robespierre’s new film about a woman who, in addition to doing a lot of other things, also has an abortion – is actually a romantic comedy. Shocking movie portrayal: Why “Obvious Child” is a revolutionary fairy tale 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “No one would enjoy The Bachelor if it had real-world consequences: ‘Ooh if he gives her the rose, abortions will be illegal.’” Late-night hosts skewer Trump over travel ban: 'embarrassing and inhuman' 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But here's the problem: This 2,000-year-old text says nothing about abortion. What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z But they also sensitively handle a late abortion, based on something a friend went through. Ctrl Alt Delete: the pro-choice comedy that's the bravest TV show in America 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Through this historical perspective, she frames the stakes of the next year, when abortion could grow even more prominent in the American discourse. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Across the country in the early 1960s, state laws prohibited virtually any form of abortion, turning hundreds of thousands of ordinary women each year into criminals, and dozens of states coerced women into sterilization procedures. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Spears revealed that while she was dating the lead vocalist of NSYNC, she became pregnant with his baby but ultimately had an abortion: The 8 biggest bombshells in Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me” 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z But perhaps the ultimate takeaway from Strong's brilliant three-minute stint as Goober is that abortion stories and experiences are all different. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z At the time, Rusk was only 17 and wasn't too familiar with the complex politics of abortion within the church, within America, or even within Texas. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z What do you see as the biggest difference between society’s attitude toward abortion now and its attitude when Roe v. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The day after the abortion ban took effect, beloved singer and actress Bette Midler was fired up with outrage as many of us were. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z That's part of the reason it's so hard to get an abortion. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z In Italy, abortion has been legal upon request and performed free of charge since 1978. Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z We need to get out and vote on issues of abortion, issues of women's rights. Young women were the "foot soldiers" of the anti-abortion movement and "morally bankrupt" Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Thomas writes, “O’Connor believed, not wrongly, that Alito’s vote would undermine her pragmatic compromises on abortion, affirmative action, freedom of religion and other important issues.” An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z As states like Texas pass laws dramatically restricting abortion rights, and the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case in December that could overturn Roe v. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z To that end, here is a list of the seven biggest myths about abortion. The 7 biggest myths about abortion 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z There’s an idea frequently put forth by anti-abortion groups that there’s only one acceptable ending for staffers of abortion clinics and their clients. How to push back against the anti-Planned Parenthood campaign: Talk more openly about unplanned pregnancies 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Believe it or not, Texas abortion funds, who have long worked against tremendous odds to help disproportionately poor, people of color get abortion care, have yet to ask anyone to help out by going celibate. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative, on the Supreme Court soon after, also invigorated abortion rights proponents who fear that Roe v. The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z But what is still missing from the debate is the broader reality of why it’s essential that abortion remain legal and widely available at and after 20 weeks. The right’s fetal ignorance: Why their 20 week abortion obsession is so short-sighted 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z “Look what just happened in Ireland: the vote for abortion. Things change. People ... they change their mind. And with a younger generation coming up, they are different kind of people, and they’re our future.” Elton John says Ireland abortion vote shows mindsets can change 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Through “public speak-outs,” they openly discussed their own illegal abortions and explained why they had made such choices. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z Leiby is part of a recent spate of female artists making comedy about reproductive rights that digs into the realities of abortion today more than abstract arguments about it. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z This has forced awful choices, a soaring rate of abortions in some Latin American countries, and tough debate in the United States. Review: ‘Zika’ Tracks the Trajectory of an Epidemic 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z As in the movie, a main plotline hinges on an unwanted pregnancy and the illegal abortion that ends it. A New ‘Dirty Dancing,’ and Baby’s Love Story Is Just the Start 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Plus, you get to the city where your abortion will take place and they tell you, we'll counsel you today, but you can't have the procedure till tomorrow or the day after. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z When I asked her about the forced abortion she suffered, she flinched. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z As Robbins explains, for families who don’t have access to the clinic home abortion is the more typical, “barbaric” route, including drugs and sharp objects. These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z We need to start saying that abortion is absolutely necessary care, and abortion is a human right. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “We talk about abortion so much and yet no one really knows what it actually looks like,” she writes. An abortion goes viral 2014-05-07T14:18:00Z Directed by newcomer Gillian Robespierre, the movie has earned positive reviews for its approach to the abortion rights debate. 'Obvious Child's' Jenny Slate ready to be in the lead 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Already, there’d been reports of a rise in self-induced abortions in states where access had been restricted. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z I want to shout from the hilltops all the names of my conservative friends who have had abortions. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The state of Louisiana is claiming that all providers really care about "is providing as many abortions as possible" and being "free from government oversight." Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Still, advocates estimate that between seventy thousand and a hundred and forty thousand clandestine abortions are carried out in Chile each year. Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women’s Lives 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Each movie revisits the Jane Collective, a group of women and some men who from 1968 to 1973 helped women in Chicago obtain safe abortions before the procedure was a Constitutional right. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z And yet, in spite of those numbers, abortion bans and restrictions have been shuttering clinics at an unprecedented rate, leaving seven states with only one clinic, and 90 percent of counties in America with none. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Doctors had been persecuted for performing abortions in the 1940s and '50s, which meant that fewer skilled practitioners would be willing to risk their careers for the procedure. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z This is akin to the reasoning of those who kill abortion providers: If, according to their understanding of God’s law, abortion is murder, then those who provide abortions are subject to death. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z When the pope extended the authority of priests to forgive the sin of procuring an abortion, he was addressing a crucial distinction in the law of the Roman Catholic Church. Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z This representation is critical to showing the exhaustive, everyday challenges for women and pregnant folks to get basic health care, and abortion patients as real people and not just political talking points. From "Plan B" to "Grandma," 5 abortion road trip movies that reflect our frustrating reality 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z So I said, many years later, it did teach me a lesson: that abortion should be safe, legal, affordable and available. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Access to abortion procedures had not always been so limited. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Instead, they accidentally escorted a young woman past protestors to an abortion clinic, and wound up getting free brownies and some really good swag. TV’s 10 best abortion moments of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z There’s also a misleadingly named “informed consent” requirement which actually is about feeding women lies to scare them into thinking abortion is dangerous when it is not. Mike Pence’s sadistic abortion law: Indiana passes draconian anti-choice bill geared towards humiliating and bankrupting women who have abortions 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z If your abortion experience wasn’t hard or sad, that’s also okay. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z And she’d already charmed him, unknowingly, by engaging in a spirited two-hour debate about abortion while sitting in a deer blind. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Election Day 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Of course, I would never publicly expose anyone who has had an abortion. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z It is also important to understand that in context of abortion the sin is “procuring abortion” – not just “abortion.” Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z He omits Tyler's recollection of her "sixteen and pregnant ... there'd already been abortions with her." National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take 2011-05-06T19:01:00Z Not even when it comes to the narrowly defined exceptions for the life or health of the person seeking an abortion. “We need to get out of people’s personal lives”: Meet the Tennessee abortion restriction that even “pro-life” voters think is too extreme 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Antiabortion groups lauded the decision and described it as the result of years of lobbying from Americans who oppose abortion. Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with Planned Parenthood 2012-02-01T13:02:00Z Sure, the late-night host has “comedian” baked into her job description, but the topics she takes on — homelessness, family separation, xenophobia, the recent restrictive abortion laws sweeping the nation — aren’t exactly funny. Samantha Bee isn’t covering antiabortion laws because she’s a woman. It’s because laughter makes a statement. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z And it’s just the latest addition to a bureaucratic juggernaut of regulations that restrict how abortion providers practice in Texas. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z This city has been embroiled in an abortion debate since 1991 in a very hard-boiled way. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z So both women have a stake in their quest for a safe abortion. The Best Films of 2022, So Far 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Leiby — who reports, incredulously, that she whispered the phrase “an abortion” to Planned Parenthood when she called to make an appointment for one — means her monologue to start people talking about theirs. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z What is unusual is the fervor with which North Dakota is developing a legal strategy to strike at the very heart of Roe and the underpinning of legal abortion in the United States. Anti-choice pseudoscience hits a new low: North Dakota argues that viability begins at conception 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z So abortion foes file anonymous complaints about us and other providers, and we are put in the position of proving they are not true. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The film “Obvious Child” has a curious tag attached to its own marketing materials: “abortion comedy.” Jenny Slate in Gillian Robespierre’s ‘Obvious Child’ 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Johnson had the abortion because she didn’t love the boy and wasn’t ready for a child. Illuminating the Beats From Their Shadow 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Supreme Court declined to block a Texas law that banned abortions beginning at six weeks of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. They came to Texas for the big houses and barbecue. They also got new laws on abortion, guns and voting. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Mike Huckabee, who has refused to rule out using federal troops to stop abortion, insisted the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution actually mean abortion is illegal because “DNA schedules.” They’re all Todd Akin now: How the Planned Parenthood sting backfired on Republicans 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Plus, in the decade after the time that Lady Edith changed her mind, more than a quarter of all maternal mortality in England was caused by abortion. A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z In 2011, Jill Lepore wrote in this magazine that anti–Planned Parenthood sentiment represented “two political passions—opposition to abortion and opposition to government programs for the poor—operating as one.” Another Planned Parenthood Protest Showdown 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In his proceedings, the man seeks orders restraining his partner from having an abortion or from leaving the Irish jurisdiction until the High Court can ascertain whether she is acting of her own free will. Man seeks Irish court order in family feud over partner's pregnancy 2013-07-17T15:35:05Z “The Men in My Life” is scariest on the subject of abortion — illegal and often fatal. In the 1950s, Patricia Bosworth acted with the best, married the worst, and lost those she loved 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z And that is exactly what she shows us, imbuing her characters — male and female, antiabortion and abortion rights advocates — with more shades of gray than a Pantone color wheel. Review | A hostage crisis erupts at an abortion clinic in Jodi Picoult’s ‘A Spark of Light’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z By 1980 the influence of the newly formed Moral Majority was apparent, with the GOP platform taking a stance supporting a constitutional amendment banning abortion. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Yet another pressing topic in America has been curiously absent from art: abortion, which became all the more timely when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Many midwives could perform abortions, as well as deliver babies. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z To us, it’s in the realm of what in the 1970s would be the edginess of the abortion episode of “Maude.” How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z Carlson writes: It would be unfair to single out organized Down Syndrome groups for their unwillingness to confront the subject of abortion, since the willful blindness runs much deeper. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z Constitution include a right of privacy encompassing abortion? Scalia’s shameless political agenda 2012-10-01T19:53:00Z “I regard a waiting period as a state sanctioned attempt to discourage abortion by instilling an unnecessary burden as part of the process to obtain this legal medical procedure,” Mary said in a statement. Satanist challenges Missouri’s 72-hour abortion wait: It’s “a burden on my sincerely held religious beliefs” 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Different translations and word choices presented very different stories, that's now being used by some religious leaders to stigmatize abortion. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The abortion, which she said she does not regret, has also been on her mind. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Grasping the limitations of such changes without abortion being legalized, feminists soon joined the medical abortion rights campaign of that era. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z She was told her life wasn’t endangered enough yet, that she had to be closer to death to receive the abortion she’d asked for. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z She called the abortions she helped undam a “holocaust,” but she once texted her daughter Melissa, “I should had abort you.” The Epic Life of the Woman Behind Roe v. Wade 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Both latter options are abortion procedures, though she never used that word. Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z And that’s pretty normal, because people don’t talk about abortion very often. “It’s thousands of different shades of gray”: What the pro-choice vs. pro-life debate gets wrong about American views on abortion 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z In her famous article "The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion," Canadian activist Joyce Arthur documents abortion providers' experience with anti-choicers seeking abortion care. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The reason it's so hard to get an abortion is a decline in the number of abortion facilities. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z At the start of the crackdown, many pregnant women went to hide near the reservoir, but the police hunted most of them down and took them off for abortions. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z So yes, women still have the right to legal abortion, but less and less access to abortion providers. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z It suggests that women are inherently too weak to be fully informed about abortion. Watch a Pregnant Woman Confront Anti-Abortion Protesters Outside of a Clinic 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In addition to our personal guilt in abortion, the United States government has abrogated its responsibility to properly deal with the blood-guilty. Australia doesn’t want this guy: Troy Newman, head of extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, not welcome Down Under 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Gillian Robespierre made a nervy splash with “Obvious Child,” a tart, audaciously unapologetic comedy about a young woman seeking an abortion. The best movies of 2014: ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Force Majeure,’ ‘Selma’ and more The access and affordability of abortions in my longtime state, Ohio, can be prohibitive, especially in the remote and rural area that was my home. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Trisha is at a community center rather than a clinic, and one of the tweaks made to the script for the Broadway production explains that it’s because women can’t get abortions anymore. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Now, she’s researching ways to legally work in the United Kingdom, where abortion is legal up to 24 weeks after conception. Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z When she discussed abortion, she was loud and unapologetic. Perspective | Kirsten Gillibrand didn't just play the gender card. She defiantly played the whole deck. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z As the last protection against ill-conceived childbearing when all else fails, abortion is part of a set of tools that help women and men to form the families of their choosing. I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z A few nights after the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the right to abortion protected by Roe v. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z For example, you can watch Carlin talk at length on abortion and the right's focus on forcing women to carry a fetus but not caring about the women or child that is born. Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z "Reversing Roe" tells the story of abortion in this country after Roe v. “Reversing Roe”: Filmmakers on how abortion became a political dividing line 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z I was afraid that as soon as it was over, I would be the girl who had an abortion. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The intellectual setting seemed appropriate; Ms. Myers encouraged introspective and journalistic work from her writers, including essays about abortion, political and cultural profiles, and an extensively reported piece about a murder abetted by social media. Departing Elle Editor Robbie Myers Gets Party, Tells of Fire 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Asked if Disney would keep filming in Georgia, Iger said it would be “very difficult to do so” if the abortion law is implemented. Exclusive: Disney CEO says it will be 'difficult' to film in... 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The experience and terms of pregnancy are ultimately going to be determined by the person, not some sweeping narrative that all people who have abortions are supposed to fit into. Sarah Silverman on anti-choice lawmakers: “It’s goo. It’s goo that they’re so worried about” 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z What is this Christian right obsession with abortion? Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The vast majority of Americans support access to abortion. Young women were the "foot soldiers" of the anti-abortion movement and "morally bankrupt" Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s not necessarily surprising when we see abortion on a show on HBO. LISTEN: Abortion comes of age on TV, from “Maude” to “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z There was a huge amount of money to be made performing abortions, as more women move to urban areas. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In just the first few months of 2019, 250 bills restricting access to the procedure were introduced by Congress and six states passed “trigger laws” that would make abortion immediately illegal if Roe v. L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Though he and his church oppose abortion, Mr. Cover said he was moved by the doctors’ compassion and the fairness of the filmmaking. How the True/False Film Festival and a Church Work Together 2014-02-22T00:21:15Z Having just broken up with her girlfriend, an ornery septuagenarian poet helps her teenage granddaughter try to rustle up money for an abortion. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z You are unlikely ever to see anything condemning abortion or advocating looser gun control laws in a Whitney Biennial. An Appraisal: LeRoy Neiman and the Serious Art World 2012-06-22T22:44:42Z They haven't had that life experience yet to understand why abortion access is so fundamental. Young women were the "foot soldiers" of the anti-abortion movement and "morally bankrupt" Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Although her arrangement with Planned Parenthood lets her work at the clinic only a few days a week, the state requires that the doctor providing the abortion be the same one who administered the ultrasound. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z These aren’t, of course, the only books to deal with the subject, but they are worthy additions to the bookshelves of readers who want to see abortion portrayed as a normal act that’s not overdramatized. 3 surprisingly sane books on abortion: When absolutely no women’s lives are ruined by one procedure 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion Topics: , Reproductive choice, , Women's Health, , , , In Texas this week, a pregnant teenage girl and her lawyers won a victory for reproductive freedom. Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion 2013-02-20T19:57:00Z The tactics used by CPCs to ensure that women don’t seek abortions elsewhere can be downright manipulative and unethical. Women are often told that abortion can cause breast cancer and mental health problems. Support shams: Anti-abortion clinics masquerading as pregnancy support centers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Across the world, illegal abortion remains a leading cause of maternal death. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z The inmates, referred to by the guards as “abortions,” are shackled to wheelchairs and brought into a classroom. Review: ‘The Girl With All the Gifts,’ and an Appetite for Flesh 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “Why didn’t you say that when you asked the question before, that I hate the concept of abortion?” he asks Alexander. Insults, threats and more insults: What it’s like to be a reporter covering Trump 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Cecily, you recently performed a Weekend Update character, a clown named Goober who tells jokes about abortion, that felt like she could have fit into this play. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Because abortion access is contested in the United States, termination for medical reasons can come with extra red tape compared with other countries. She ended a pregnancy so her child wouldn’t suffer. Now she helps others like her. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z You would need to make at least two of these visits, as Ohio currently requires a counseling appointment, including an ultrasound, for those seeking an abortion. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Even Kiki Smith, the pre-eminent sculptor of the female body, said that abortion is more interesting to her as a social topic than an art topic. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s also less confrontational than another Prinkshop tee supporting abortion access currently sold on Social Goods, which reads: “You are not the boss of V.” ‘1973’ Merch: How a Year Became Shorthand for Abortion Rights 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z For years, the frequent dismissal of crises surrounding abortion and reproductive health access because Roe v. Speak out: How "cultural silence" perpetuates the apathy towards and gaslighting of women's health 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z According to the suit, Ms. Misley eventually became pregnant by the singer and was coerced by him to have an abortion. Woman Accuses Steven Tyler of Sexually Assaulting Her in the 1970s 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z In the film, Ms. Hentoff talks about having had an abortion in the 1960s, with her husband acknowledging that he reluctantly acquiesced. Nat Hentoff Is the Subject of David Lewis’s New Documentary 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Spain considers abortion a form of health care and a human right. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Tell me where you stand on polar bears and I can probably guess where you come down on abortion and gun control. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z “Oz says his abortion position: should be between ‘a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders,’ ” wrote a Democratic opposition researcher. Perspective | What Dr. Oz really said about abortion 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The campaign against abortion is riddled with both mis- and disinformation, or what in plainspeak might be referred to as “myths” and “lies.” The 7 biggest myths about abortion 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Joy is an appealing character, but she’s also about the most anodyne emblem for abortion rights imaginable: a pretty lady with a life-threatening condition who wants to carry her pregnancy to term but can’t. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Women attempting to perform their own abortions was also more common and sometimes deadly, and the practice continues today among women with limited access to clinics. Women’s rights groups brace for Trump: ‘We are used to fighting impossible odds’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z In further signs of the Catholic Church's declining influence in Ireland, limited access to abortion was allowed for the first time last year, while a referendum on same-sex marriage will also be held in 2015. Ireland to vote on removal of blasphemy law last used in 1855 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Someone leaked the document to the media in which conservative Justice Samuel Alito authored an opinion to reverse Roe V. Wade, the landmark 1973 abortion judgement. 5 unsung whistleblowers on screen 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Did Braxton’s earlier abortion cause developmental problems with her later pregnancy? Toni Braxton’s strange diagnosis: Checking the science on her autism claims 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z And a pending Supreme Court case over a Mississippi law could upend the 49-year-old abortion protections set by Roe v. She ended a pregnancy so her child wouldn’t suffer. Now she helps others like her. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The right to have an abortion is not a “social issue.” Bye bye, Bernie: He’s not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can’t stop chasing the great white male 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z On her way out of the abortion clinic, Gisele meets with two volunteers to thank them for their work. Gisele Fetterman, forging on through her husband’s heated Senate race 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Already this term, the deeply conservative Kansas legislature has passed bills banning sex-selective abortion and “wrongful birth” lawsuits, protecting doctors who don’t advise patients they may be carrying a pregnancy with significant complications. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z Unless you’re in a state where later abortions are limited to special circumstances like threat to life, the United States doesn’t interfere, and rightly so, with a woman’s reason for having an abortion. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z He documented forced late-term abortions and sterilizations in his rural community, angering authorities. Activists slam US studio for filming in China city 2011-10-30T11:35:18Z "I'm going to have an abortion," she continues. Buffy's choice: Joss Whedon gets political 2012-02-10T13:35:07Z In the intro of the book you write that most Americans view the Christian right as a "cultural movement centered on a set of social issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage." Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Matt’s younger sister Erin is now 32 years old, and the reason he believes abortion should be illegal. Rep. Matt Gaetz wants you to know who he is, and his plan is working 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The Dutch think a third of their compatriots are opposed to abortion, when the real number is just 8%, while South Koreans think everyone is miserable, when the vast majority regard themselves as happy. Why 2016 is the year the public got things wrong 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The novel is about bullying, abortion stigma, and empathy, and the tricky realities of helping people whose beliefs might not align with yours. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z For those who believe these babies are unwanted, Matt says: “You’re not going to wait until halfway through your pregnancy to finally have an abortion.” The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z A full 95 percent of people who have abortions report feeling that they made the right decision. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z "I urged them to stand strong" against abortion and same-sex marriage, the U.S. U.S. Evangelicals cheer on Latin American culture wars 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z In particular, this study found that some CPCs counsel women that they have plenty of time to decide whether to have an abortion, when they might have just a few weeks. Support shams: Anti-abortion clinics masquerading as pregnancy support centers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Among the remaining selections, “Jackson” examines reproductive rights at Mississippi’s last remaining abortion clinic. At the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, a Lot of the Humans Are Women 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Governor Scott Walker's law would require women considering abortions to have ultrasound scans. Sarah Silverman's 'anal probe' tweet sparks political row 2013-07-10T13:49:04Z The show also captures how the party politics of abortion have hardened since the 1970s, when neither party, a wall text notes, had a clear position on abortion. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z But abortion and reproductive rights suggested a more radical liberation of women, an individualism that posited women as prior to, even outside, the family. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z In its more brutal form, enforcement tactics included destruction of offending families' property, as well forced sterilizations and abortions. "Always have doubts on what authority says is true," says "One Child Nation documentary filmmaker 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z I was five weeks pregnant when I arrived at the facility on the morning of my abortion. I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood — and I’m not ashamed 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Both times, she said, she had an abortion. One of R. Kelly’s Few Defenders Says She Was His Victim, Too 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z He made a rare post to his Instagram Stories about the protests around the new abortion law in Poland, which had become increasingly tense with governing-party politicians calling the tens of thousands of protesters “criminals.” A Rap Star Agonizes About His Role in Poland’s Culture Wars 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Grace Paley’s collection of nonfiction writings “Just as I Thought” contains a brief memoir of what it was like to live in the United States back when abortions were illegal. A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal? 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Benfer says, “There is no difference between this case and any of the cases in which girls have fought to receive an abortion without parental consent.” Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion 2013-02-20T19:57:00Z Wade decision made abortion legal, feminists learned how to end unwanted pregnancies as safely as possible. From mowing the grass to cutting the flesh 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Handel is a Republican who opposed abortion as a candidate for Georgia governor. Former Susan G. Komen executive has book deal 2012-08-13T16:51:55Z Maria is adrift, not only on the freeways but also in her life, which involves an abortion and a failing marriage, as well as a young daughter who has been institutionalized. Discovering the screenplay of Joan Didion's 'Play It As It Lays' 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Here are our TV’s best abortion moments of the year. TV’s 10 best abortion moments of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Yes, I know the naysayers will be saying, "So just what has Nadine done to educate people about late abortion?" Strewth, I'm a Celebrity was tough. Strictly next! 2012-11-22T19:00:01Z Amiri ultimately wins the case in a federal court, where the dissenting opinion is written by none other than Brett M. Kavanaugh, in his lone abortion case before being nominated for the Supreme Court. A new film goes inside the war on civil rights, and this time ACLU lawyers are the stars 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Musician Phoebe Bridgers shared that she had an abortion in October 2021 when she was in the midst of a tour. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z On Monday evening, the Daily Beast reported that a woman said Walker, who has described himself as antiabortion, paid for an abortion she got in 2009 while they were dating. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This marks a significant tonal shift in the cultural conversation about abortion. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But in the recent round of legislation, the fetal heartbeat measure is priority because it would effectively ban abortion in the state, she said. North Dakota may not spend a dime defending unconstitutional abortion ban 2013-03-28T17:34:00Z How do you want to see our cultural narratives about abortion continue to change? Lindy West is the troll-fighting feminist warrior you've been waiting for 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The abortions we didn’t have are as formative as the ones we did. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Despite what he says at the start of the show, he is less interested in telling us what he thinks about abortion than in dramatizing confusion and anxiety about it. Louis C.K.’s New Special Mines Comedy From the Middle Ground 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z "We cannot accept any suggestion of the subject of abortion," Breen repeatedly instructed. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z Haines continued, asserting that abortion laws as a whole hurt couples, including men. "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The widespread belief, she recalled, was that a chemical abortion pill would “solve all the abortion debate problems and guarantee privacy.” The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z One after another, the abortion rights candidates are all essentially in agreement; the only real differences are in the articulation of their shared beliefs. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Although, as I point out, there is one subject that isn't broached: abortion. Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw' 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z He was there to introduce honoree Dawn Porter, the documentarian behind the critically acclaimed film “Trapped,” on which Oliver’s show drew heavily during a recent segment on the lack of abortion access. John Oliver vows to stay in U.S., even if Donald Trump is elected 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It was that she decides not to have the abortion because of something a pro-life protestor said. 'Why are people so reluctant to say they're feminists?' 2013-07-03T18:00:00Z “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” Alito wrote. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Obviously, many abortion patients need to be secretive for safety reasons. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z However, the show is preoccupied with questions of reproductive justice, of which abortion is one very big piece. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The experience of abortion activists in California sheds light on the tension between reform and repeal movements as well as on the growing opposition to any change in abortion law. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Calling abortion a woman’s private choice, however, is not the same thing as grounding the right to make that choice on the legal concept of privacy. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z There, Pastor Jonathan Bright, led to believe that Tutar is pregnant by her father, still argues against abortion. The gonzo art of writing for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z The modern abortion debate can also be traced to a change in technology. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Your film ends with a title card that addresses Rosie's Law, which is a bill to restore health insurance coverage for abortion. "On the Divide" profiles three people at a Texas abortion clinic and asks: "What does choice mean?" 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z And in 2019, an Alabama judge allowed a man to sue an abortion clinic on behalf of a woman's aborted fetus, as the father of the fetus. Netflix's serial killer thriller "You" poses a pregnant question about personhood 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The decision in Dobbs tells its own story about women considering abortion. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Clearly, this wasn’t a problem just for women in traditionally conservative geographic areas, where access to abortion services is limited. Siri, find me an abortion provider: Apple’s weird anti-choice glitch is finally on its way out 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Anywhere else in the country, Wiener, who supports single-payer health care, state-sponsored abortion and fracking bans, would be considered a progressive. Where America’s Fight for Housing Is an All-Out War 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z When the topic was reproductive rights, he didn’t simply voice a pro-life stance, he suggested Democratic ideology in biblical times would have led to the abortion of Jesus Christ. Rush Limbaugh, radio king and architect of right wing, dies 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The law sets new limits for medication abortion and changes the criteria for administering abortion-inducing drugs, banning the procedure after 49 days and requiring doctors to comply with outdated FDA protocol. Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks two antiabortion measures 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Voters in Ireland, a once deeply Catholic nation, on Friday backed a change to abortion laws by a landslide. Elton John says Ireland abortion vote shows mindsets can change 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z So for these people not having enough money to pay for abortion is only the beginning. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z They also found that in the past 20 years, more than 700 victims have been abused, with some urged to have abortions and "forgive their abusers." Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Yet silence perpetuates a belief that abortion is atypical, even when the statistics say otherwise. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z He’s not killing it the way he once did, and it takes only a few minutes onstage to see why: “Let’s talk about this abortion of a town you live in,” he tells one crowd. Review: Robert De Niro as ‘The Comedian,’ a Has-Been Seeking a Comeback 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Oliver noted four states–Mississippi, Missouri, and the Dakotas–that now only have one abortion clinic each, adding, “Mississippi now has four times as many S’s as it does abortion clinics.” John Oliver lays bare the South’s abortion-clinic nightmare: “Mississippi now has four times as many S’s as it does abortion clinics” 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z When they were teens, Jamie took Beth to get an abortion, without telling her she was also getting a hysterectomy. Wes Bentley Was at Rock Bottom. Now He Is on ‘Yellowstone.’ 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In 1972, Ms. magazine published a campaign and petition that thrust the movement for abortion rights into the national spotlight. Fifty Years Post Roe v. Wade, the Art of ‘1973’ Frames a Turbulent Era 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Her personal political takes, specifically on issues like gun control, mask mandates and abortion, have landed her in heated arguments with the show's more liberal-leaning co-hosts. "The View" replaces Meghan McCain with GOP duo, fans revolt 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The law prohibits the use of Medicare dollars for abortions. Megan McCain: Biden will have to "talk to his creator" about stance on abortion 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The Utah law will require you to have a burial or a cremation for the products of your miscarriage or your abortion. "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet, Ms. Sandler argues, mothers never figure prominently in the stories of women’s struggles invoked by the campaigns both for and against abortion rights. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z In the wake of the abortion law, his friends have been posting anti-Texas memes. They came to Texas for the big houses and barbecue. They also got new laws on abortion, guns and voting. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z An abortion clinic is not a terrifying place of death, like many pro-life advocates would want women to believe. Pro-life fanatics want you to think abortion clinics are terrifying places; here’s what one really looks like 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z We see Letts — hair covered and wearing a surgical robe — on the table, we hear her doctor talking her through the abortion, we see a nurse holding her hand. “There is so much shame”: Emily Letts on why she filmed her abortion — and what happened next 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z She presumably has an abortion, but that word is not mentioned. Movie Review: ‘As Cool as I Am,’ Starring Claire Danes and James Marsden 2013-06-07T01:06:31Z After what she thought was a one-night-stand turns into an accidental pregnancy, the story explores the difficult, and at times comic, reality of dealing with an abortion. 'Abortion rom-com' Obvious Child is important – because it's so ordinary 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z As Andrea Grimes at RH Reality Check reports, there are now just 19 abortion facilities left in the second most populous state in the nation, down from 41 in 2013. Texas just lost another abortion provider in the wake of sweeping new restrictions 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z It seems counterintuitive, but I believe abortion has the potential to be one of our most unifying issues. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Bobby Newport Played by: Paul Rudd Money quote: “I guess my thoughts on abortion are, you know, let’s all just have a good time.” These Are the 25 Best Minor Characters on 'Parks and Recreation' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Dunne welcomes the recent extension of abortion rights to Northern Ireland, aligning the region with the rest of the UK and the Republic. Amy Dunne on her lonely, harrowing abortion fight: 'I was told I would be done for murder' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Oh, definitely I was going to have an abortion. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z People often don’t understand about the loss of access until it’s too late, and it’s easy to miss the decline in numbers of clinics when abortion is theoretically still legal. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Texas reproductive healthcare providers are still fighting to block provisions of the state’s sweeping abortion law, but this week marked a small victory for two abortion providers in Dallas. Texas hospital reinstates abortion providers’ admitting privileges despite pressure from anti-choice groups 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z In 1965, abortion had been a taboo subject, rarely discussed in public. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z All of that sounded, to many viewers, like an argument against abortion: A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z “Heartbeat bills” prohibited abortions later than six weeks after a woman’s last period, at which point many women do not even realize they are pregnant. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z I believe that abortion care is a positive social good. I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z It would require insisting that women’s suffering matters and that fairly legislating against abortion necessitates everyone knowing exactly what kind of suffering mandatory childbirth will inflict. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Over the years, Cipollone naturally fell in with the city’s circle of well-connected Catholics, like-minded influencers with firm positions on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Trump lawyer Pat Cipollone was a camera-shy Washington Everyman — until impeachment made him a star 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But by ordering abortions, the suggestion is that the authorities are substituting one inhumane act for another. TV highlights 19/7/11 2011-07-18T21:59:01Z Although I knew it was the right decision, I couldn’t protect myself from the stigma attached to abortion, to the idea that there was something inherently bad or wrong with the women who had them. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z And in the period since the economic woes of the Great Recession started hitting families, the National Abortion Federation reported to Ms. Sandler, fully 72 percent of clients who came seeking abortion services were moms. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z Federal law already prohibits public dollars from being spent on abortion or abortion-related care. Jeb Bush didn’t misspeak: The GOP wants to dismantle reproductive health programs 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z In 2004, The New York Times published an article about culture and abortion titled “Television’s Most Persistent Taboo.” Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z They used to send women to Kansas for abortions, she told her, but that was before Dr Tiller was shot in the face at a Sunday church service. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z If Edith had gone through with the abortion, it might have fueled an episode or two of scandal. A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z The pair, who are both students and have been dating since last August, have differing perspectives on abortion. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z I watched a Republican propose an amendment that would allow for abortions in cases of “extreme fetal anomalies.” Perspective | Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z They send them to state legislatures and they cry and read from their statements about how abortion ruined their lives. Katha Pollitt discusses 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Wade decision in 1973, many resolutions that discussed abortion also contained the word "women." From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z As the Republican Congress plots to cripple Planned Parenthood and the right to choose hinges on one vacant Supreme Court seat, “American Martyrs” probes all the wounds of our abortion debate. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z What we’ve seen in the past two years is really different — a focus on using abortion in stories that are really about something else. LISTEN: Abortion comes of age on TV, from “Maude” to “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z PG: But even on abortion, you focused on reducing the need for them, not screaming on Fox News about constitutional amendments outlawing them — or gay marriage, like we have now. Jimmy Carter and Jacqueline Woodson on Race, Religion and Rights 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “Several people suggested possible issues,” he said, “and finally a voice on the end of one of the lines said, ‘How about abortion?’ I don’t miss Jon Stewart now: Samantha Bee’s hard-hitting political comedy just keeps getting better 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Autumn wants to get an abortion, take control of her life and her body. ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review: A Woman’s Heroic Journey 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z I'm going to go get this abortion and I'm going to move on with my life.' Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z That panel felt pointed at a time when control over one’s body is being hotly debated in issues relating to transgender lives and abortion. A Festival That Conjures the Strange Magic of H.P. Lovecraft 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Reform and repeal advocates disagreed over how much freedom women should have in reproductive matters, but their opponents fought all proposed changes to abortion law with equal passion. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z She works to compel her community to recognize her humanity through abortion’s veil of criminality and taboo. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, a Republican from Sarah Palin’s home of Wasilla, has some strange notions about why women get abortions. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z “For a lot of these folks, in the only clinic in their state, they feel really isolated,” said Amy Elizabeth Alterman, an abortion scholar, ethnographer and public health researcher at U.C.L.A. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z An abortion or sterilisation performed on a woman against her will is an atrocity that, one might assume, could only happen during temporary periods of social psychosis or war. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z As a result, she underwent an illegal abortion that landed her in an intensive-care unit, where, while almost bleeding to death, a nurse told her, “This will teach you a lesson.” The Avenger: Gloria Allred 2010-06-18T22:27:00Z Wade is expected to guarantee that roughly half of the country's population residing in at least 20 states would no longer have access to safe, legal abortions. HBO's "The Janes" spotlights the abortion activists who operated like a spy ring pre-Roe v. Wade 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The organization, he says, “represents a whole spectrum of opinion on abortion, from ‘not only no, but hell no,’ to abortion on demand, to everything in between.” V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z Because, by the time I saw the film a second time, its vision of direct action no longer looked musty, but instead resembled the new underground abortion networks operating in states that have banned abortion. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Officially called the Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation, it became known as the Jane network, because women seeking abortions were told to call a number and “ask for Jane.” When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Because abortion, as Strong drives home, isn't just about ending a pregnancy — it's about building the life you want to live, and there's nothing more joyful than that. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z She’s referring to her son, but she also seems to be making the point that access to abortion care can benefit all Americans and American families, not just women. Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The state has passed a law requiring doctors who perform abortions after 16 weeks to hand over ultrasounds to state officials. Making Limbaugh’s dreams come true: North Carolina’s privacy-invading anti-abortion law forces docs to turn over photos 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The Very Special Episode — such as when Maude decides to get an abortion in the two-part episode “Maude’s Dilemma” — pushed the boundaries of that approach. A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z J. Paul Nicholas, the director, has a smart, unusually thoughtful script to work with — one that convincingly appears not to side with the abortion rights advocates or the abortion foes. Theater Review: ‘The Water Children’ at Theater 54 @ Shetler Studios 2012-10-07T21:50:50Z Similarly, the majority of U.S. abortion patients are parenting at the time of their abortions and cite their need to care for their children as a reason for an abortion. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Through Parker’s story, Richardson explores why political debates about abortion are so fraught. Weekend Reading: Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic, Airbnb Battles, and More 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z When, precisely, was it morally too late for them to personally support someone having an abortion? Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Her goal is to get the majority of Americans to talk openly about their deeply ambivalent feelings about abortion. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But then Abby views an abortion procedure being performed, on ultrasound, and watches the fetus recoil, squirm, and fight for its life. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z These clinics are among the last offering abortion care in their communities. Texas’ sweeping abortion restrictions back in court as providers seek to minimize the damage already done 2014-04-02T21:59:00Z “Speech that is favorable to abortion can be a part of academic discussions about science, medicine, philosophy and gender equality,” she said. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z In September 2020, Shires and Isbell released a duet called “The Problem,” a stirring story song about a young couple considering an abortion; all proceeds from the song went to Alabama’s Yellowhammer Fund. Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In our own non-Marvel world, women and pregnant-capable people are scorned for lacking "maternal instincts," for having abortions, for being selfish if they don't want kids, while also being shamed for miscarriages and fertility issues. “Black Widow” challenges treatment of women without biological families as disposable 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z This emphasis also makes day-to-day abortion laws with these exceptions seem normal and humane. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Nobody likes poor people procreating, but they judge abortion even harder. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s a fictionalized drama about the Jane Collective, a real-life clandestine Chicago group that, starting in the late 1960s, helped women secure safe, illegal abortions, stopping only in 1973 with the passage of Roe v. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Though the women behind Jane were working under stress to provide secretive abortions to desperate and terrified women, a kicky sensibility pervades the film. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Anthony Comstock, a one-man vice squad, dressed in disguise as a destitute man one January night in 1878, entered Restell’s basement office and asked for some abortion powder for a woman in distress. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Perhaps the most insidious link these sensational novels and press reports made was the one between abortion and infanticide. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z There’s also a forced abortion, a pregnancy test taken at gunpoint and a stunningly graphic miscarriage that leaves the expectant mother covered in blood and holding the fetus in her hand. Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z An abortion was a five-minute medical procedure, and an abortion was a query into the literal meaning of life. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Eight years ago, the game designer and critic Ian Bogost imagined an abortion video game that might do something like that. Assassin’s Creed Rogue and Unity, Moral Tables Are Turned 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z “Back in the 1960s, nobody talked about abortion. It was a word that was never said, never written,” says Diane. ‘You've got to carry on that fight’: strangers swap life-changing experiences 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z “The Janes,” too, is a story about women claiming their potential, though the members of the Jane network fulfill theirs not by receiving abortions but by providing them. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z El Salvador is one of seven Latin American countries that outlaw abortion without exception, and 95 percent of all abortions carried out in the region are considered unsafe, according to the World Health Organization. El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Americans are no longer as scandalized by the concept of abortion as they once were. Perspective | Trying to disgust you is the only move the Republican convention’s antiabortion speakers have left 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z How did opposition to abortion get bundled together with opposition to worker rights and opposition to government services and opposition to gun control? After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z It also addresses the issue of abortion, as does West’s memoir. ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Aidy Bryant ready to be shrill 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Kraus’s books dangle the possibility of radical disclosure by “confessing” private things—abortions and suicidal impulses and sexual liaisons—but complicate the terms of these disclosures by refusing to confess their genre. This Female Consciousness: On Chris Kraus 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z "I was in a state where being a social conservative was not easy," he said, recounting how he changed his views on abortion as he weighed a bill on embryonic stem cell research. Victory in sight, Romney credits forceful effort 2012-01-31T20:28:00Z How did we find ourselves in a place where abortion access is being regulated in a way that is so profoundly out of step with public opinion? After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z In an ordinary world, disagreements over beliefs would be left alone, but this is abortion we’re talking about — an opinion on abortion that diverges from conservative orthodoxy, to be specific. Tomi Lahren steps on the third rail: 3 things we learned from her suspension from The Blaze 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Davis’s second abortion, in 1997, occurred near the 20-week mark of her pregnancy, after the fetus developed a dangerous brain complication — a reason the National Review referred to as “convenient” and “statistically unlikely.” Wendy Davis: “My family would give anything” for abortion stories not to be true 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But some of the decline in abortions has to do with self-managed abortions. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z In addition to the upcoming election, the show’s topics include gun control, abortion rights, Black Lives Matter, immigrants and refugees. In the galleries: Lines are clearly drawn in ‘Art as Politics’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z If we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is President Obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. Romney, Santorum clash on spending 2012-02-23T03:09:00Z In closing, she reminded viewers to vote because, as she put it, “We all love someone who’s had an abortion — I mean, drives a truck.” On ‘S.N.L.’, President Biden Has Two Words on the Midterms: ‘Big Yikes’ 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Roe has overturned and now we're looking at the return of black market abortion. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z If you were living in Appalachian Ohio, to obtain an abortion you would need to travel 90 minutes each way into the state capital, which likely means finding a car, as public transportation is inconsistent. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “And they should refuse to provide inaccurate information about the consequences of abortion, or to follow any other prepared script in counseling their patients, particularly when it involves treating women like children.” V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z After attempting an abortion at home, a 14-year-old girl lies dying of sepsis at the Elizabeth Institute. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A lot of the religious issues we’re dealing with today weren’t really part of the national discussion back then, like abortion, capital punishment, that sort of thing. Coming to the Festival of Books: Scott Martelle 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z I got emails from all sorts of women — ones who had had illegal abortions 60 years ago, and ones who had ended pregnancies quite recently. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Were those states rejecting the film because it was about abortion? Sigourney Weaver Has Us All Fooled: She’s Really Quite Silly 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z But whatever radicalism existed in these stories involved framing abortion as ordinary. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z This surge in restrictions led to the closure of clinics, threatening others and has made it increasingly difficult to obtain abortion in many regions for women. 10 shameful ways the United States is failing to preserve basic human rights 2014-03-18T11:50:00Z Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky: It is in the states’ “compelling interest in preventing abortion from becoming a tool of modern-day eugenics,” Thomas argued. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Put simply, you’re really doing this wrong if your first thought on seeing a lobster is: “I’d like to eat this thing, not surrender my abortion rights to it.” Pity Jordan Peterson. Can a giant lobster analogy ever replace a sense of humour? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The candidates are diametrically apart on health care, Medicare, gay marriage, immigration and abortion rights - all potential issues. Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates 2012-09-08T09:46:06Z Jane the Virgin responds by tackling complex issues from unexpected angles: plots about abortion, postnatal depression or the grief of losing a partner don’t necessarily happen to the characters you might expect. Farewell Jane the Virgin: the best possible antidote to TV's bleak streak 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z With equality law effectively dismissed by the legal establishment, abortion rights advocates leaned heavily on the liberty argument available under due process. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z That they’re also feminists surely, if gratifyingly, goes without saying and may help explain why there are three movies in the slate about abortion. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z However, that's also a film where abortion is the driving force with the women at the heart of the story struggling to break free of multiple insistent forces clawing to keep them in their place. "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She ordered that the girl be allowed to obtain the abortion in Texas. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Russell recounted in her autobiography that before her marriage to Waterfield she had had a botched abortion, which she thought might have affected her ability to have children. Screen siren Jane Russell dies at 89 2011-03-01T04:30:00Z Both anti-abortion protesters and abortion rights clinic defenders remember the summer like it was last year. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z Last fall at the National Book Festival in Washington, Oates reflected on these Christians who so aggressively oppose abortion: “I wouldn’t write about people that I didn’t like and respect,” she said. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Elizabeth Banks, who plays the Republican abortion rights activist Jill Ruckelshaus, said, “One of the great things about this series is that it shows you that women are not a monolith.” ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z This is the second potentially landmark challenge to Ireland’s abortion restrictions. Irish hospital reportedly keeping brain dead pregnant woman alive 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z After the abortion, the honeymoon period of my relationship ended abruptly. ‘I felt colossally naive’: the backlash against the birth control app 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “To show women that there is such a thing as a positive abortion story.” An abortion goes viral 2014-05-07T14:18:00Z The UPM ran through the plot quickly, telling him that the film takes on the landmark Roe V. Wade Supreme Court case, which legalized abortion in 1973, from a pro-life perspective. Why one crew member quit the anti-abortion “Roe V. Wade” film, featuring Jon Voight and Stace... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z At first, the abortion storyline on "Mrs. Maisel" feels like a whirlwind. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Montague's enthusiasm is shared by the local pharmacist, Dobson, a supplier of "contra-conceptives" and performer of abortions who believes "urgencies of the age demanded that every responsible parent adopt the practices of the successful agriculturalist." Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan – review 2013-02-22T21:45:01Z She became pregnant with Sarah in her early 40s; after initially deciding on an abortion, she changed her mind on the way to the clinic. Stories We Tell – review 2013-06-27T14:29:01Z Most national abortion nonprofits and health care providers still do not accept cryptocurrency. Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The task now will be to make sure that abortion is both “illegal” and “unthinkable.” Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z It was remarkable that Inslee had voluntarily waded into the abortion issue, which is reliably a third rail. Perspective | Three women — three! — were on the debate stage, and it was game-changing 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Because abortion undermined their understanding of motherhood and family and constituted the taking of a “life,” for them it could never be the basis for women’s equality. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z She introduces herself — “I’m Samie Detzer” — and begins to recite a list of things that happened on the day she had her abortion. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The organizers we met taught us about her because she passed away in a hospital that used to be across from the abortion clinic. "On the Divide" profiles three people at a Texas abortion clinic and asks: "What does choice mean?" 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z With abortion providers in the western part of the state shuttered, women who live in the region — particularly the Valley — are left without options. How to get an abortion in Texas 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z In the show, she is serving time for shooting a nurse at an abortion clinic in Fishersville, Virginia, who made disparaging comments about the number of abortions she had. We still don’t know how to talk about Pennsatucky: The reality of rural sexual assault and how class plays out in “Orange Is the New Black” 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z But in purple Michigan, voters also chose to codify abortion rights in their constitution, and they reelected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had run on a platform that stressed her commitment to abortion access. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z They can sort through complex issues related to the Second Amendment, climate change and abortion to not only have an opinion but also organize to change the opinion of others. Perspective | The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity. 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z They take a chainsaw to some of their recent movies, and manfully admit that Your Highness was offal and The Guilt Trip an abortion. This Is The End sees the Freaks And Geeks crowd atone for their recent sins 2013-06-24T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in the challenge of the Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks and could lead to Roe v. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z This seems like a connection to abortion, one of the main plotlines; reproductive rights are still a major battleground in the US. Satin v cheesecloth: how 70s style defines the warring women of Mrs America 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Kenny had to expel five of his 76-member conservative Fine Gael party for voting against last year's abortion bill, having lost one deputy over economic austerity measures. Vote for same sex marriage would be 'grave injustice': Irish church 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z If abortion is the law of the land, then we can interpret the Jane Collective’s story as a relic, a women’s liberation story of a bygone time. Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z That in 1968 Ronald Reagan, then governor of California, signed what was at the time the most liberal abortion law in the land? Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The high hurdles to abortion mean access is all but impossible and often done dangerously at home. Abortion drama from Chad stirs Cannes Film Festival 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The response to Komen was surely so tinderbox explosive because it had been building with every politically theatrical investigation launched by Cliff Stearns and every grisly abortion scene enacted on the House floor by U.S. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Which makes me wonder further: if “choice” is now perceived as the purview of the privileged few, the abortion rights movement may need to find itself a new slogan. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z Ms. Yorke appears throughout as a woman in a hospital gown, going through the medical process that precedes an abortion, including an ultrasound and, finally, the operation itself. Review: In ‘The Appointment,’ the Fetus Sings Out 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In 1969, when abortion was illegal in Illinois, an underground operation arose in Chicago. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of last night’s episode was about the coalescing of the religious right around abortion in the 1970s. I don’t miss Jon Stewart now: Samantha Bee’s hard-hitting political comedy just keeps getting better 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “We believe that it’s the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that represents the biggest obstacle to access to safe abortion for Mexican women,” says Maria Consuela. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z Members of the Nevada Republican Party voted Saturday to remove opposition to marriage equality and abortion rights from the official party platform, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nevada GOP drops platform against marriage equality and abortion rights 2014-04-14T13:28:00Z He said as well, "God is the God of justice. And ending the violence of abortion is the justice our nation needs." March for Life 2022: Advocates pray for a 'culture of life restored' in America 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z A campaign decades in the making to overturn abortion rights in America came to fruition on Friday at 10:10 a.m. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “We fear that he will end abortion care as we know it in America,” said handmaid Nadine Bloch, referring to Kavanaugh, who progressives believe will provide the fatal blow to Roe v. Summer’s over, and things are back to bonkers. Here’s the view from Crazytown, D.C. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Last month, the conservative legislature of Arkansas rejected an exception to the state’s near-complete abortion ban. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “Happening” follows Anne, a student of literature who becomes pregnant and seeks an illegal abortion while studying for final exams. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z As in previous years, 74% of this year's abortion plot lines featured white characters. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z It's simply false to claim that abortion is an agonizing decision for most women or that "abortion regret" is even a thing. Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn't the enemy of motherhood 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z She was among the campaigners who fought to legalise abortion in Italy in the late 1970s, yet she is against terminating pregnancies. The Vatican editor who exposed the sexual abuse of nuns – and took on the Pope 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Five hundred female athletes also signed an amicus brief demanding that the court protect abortion rights. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Documentaries are one of Sundance's strengths, and this year's competition crop focuses on the usual topics: abortion, AIDS, war, drug cartels, economic inequality. The Carpetbagger: From Sundance, a Competition Slate That Could Be Called Accessible 2012-11-28T21:00:48Z Based on what I do, it seems that women have abortions for not necessarily their own reasons. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Parker is one of the plaintiffs named in the court case challenging the admitting privileges requirement — a case that will likely decide the fate of legal abortion in the state of Mississippi. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z Thus, we are told by three different people that women “are the second victims of abortion.” The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The exception would have allowed for abortions in cases of fetal abnormalities that were incompatible with life — pregnancies where the infant would not survive past birth — but it didn’t make it out of committee. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Still, restricted access to abortion is less a topic to grapple with in “Unpregnant” than a given in its world, and other than one particular on-the-nose outburst, the movie declines to moralize. ‘Unpregnant’ Review: Friendship Is a Long and Winding Road 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Two families on opposite sides of the abortion debate are brought together by tragedy. What books to read in 2017: 26 titles to start the year 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z "It's a medical subject and I'm a doctor," said Paul, who argued that government should get out of healthcare because any federal funding could end up being used to pay for abortion. Gingrich rips into media, then his rivals, in GOP debate 2012-01-20T06:35:00Z They emphasized women’s anguished search for safe abortions. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Few developments are more emblematic of the extraordinary transformations wrought by ’60s feminism than the shift from male to female authority in the abortion debate. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z One of the group’s messages is that everybody can find a way to contribute; abortion rights supporters need not march in every street protest or continually reach into their overstretched wallets. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z A few weeks after her abortion, Ms. Schiebergen and Ms. Rhodes went to lunch with a friend who was a disability lawyer. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In human beings, an estimated 60 to 80 percent of fertilized eggs fail to reach the live birth stage even without therapeutic abortion as part of the mix. Moving the dial on what’s possible: When it comes to extremely premature infants, what we can and what we should do are not always the same 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s also the rare movie about abortion rights that doesn’t litigate their morality, choosing instead to focus on the social and structural forces that would subvert a young woman’s will. Seeing Abortion Laws From a Teenager’s Point of View 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Women like me had to go to people who gave back-alley abortions, who were not licensed health care providers, and I haemorrhaged and almost died – some did die, from illegal abortions. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z It takes guts — or is it balls?— for a series to slide headfirst into an abortion storyline six episodes into its freshman season. There is joy in Morristown: Salon talks to Hank Azaria, star of “Brockmire” 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Late-term abortion and abortion for fetal anomalies are hard to talk about. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z But Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not list abortion as a cause of death. Why one crew member quit the anti-abortion “Roe V. Wade” film, featuring Jon Voight and Stace... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Facing hundreds of restrictive laws nationwide, abortion rights advocates are going on the offensive with a new strategy. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The banning of mifepristone would not signify an end to abortions, which desperate women and other pregnant individuals will find a way to have, whatever the cost to their own health and bodies. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Wade legalized abortion across the country–though it was . 'Maude' Creator: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion Was So 'Bold' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Thousands of women get abortions every year, feel fine about it, then move on with their lives. 'Abortion rom-com' Obvious Child is important – because it's so ordinary 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But Mei doesn't say how or where her abortion was obtained. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z All of those other pieces are so important that it wouldn’t be a rich conversation to just reduce the show to an allegory of abortion rights. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The waiting period proposal was just one of more than a dozen new abortion restrictions introduced by anti-choice lawmakers during the current legislative session. Missouri governor vetoes 72-hour abortion waiting period: The measure is “insulting to women” 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z But as Sisson noted, the more subtle idea “that abortion leads to depression or adverse psychological outcomes, that a lot of women are regretting their abortions” is widespread in pop culture and urban legends. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z And a couple of careless abortions has left her infertile and mourning. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The temple has also worked at defending abortion rights, fighting against those who have tried to insert religious beliefs into the structure of the law. Hail Satan?: the film that will change your mind about satanism 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z She was rumored to be the victim of a botched abortion by an unnamed abortionist whom Buntline calls a "she-devil." How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Our patients choose to have an abortion because they want to be better — I want to be a better mother, to focus on the children I already have, to finish school. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Watching it again recently, four months after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, it felt like a different film. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Dressed in an American flag leotard and leading a small marching band, she encouraged women who want or need an abortion, to "get one!" Michelle Wolf explains why “it’s so ironic that Trump could be the guy who ends legal abortio... 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z What does an abortion story look like freed from justification? When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Mississippi may be on the verge of becoming the first state without a single abortion provider. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z “Restrictive abortion laws are a major contributor to unsafe abortion,” Amnesty’s report said. El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The New York-based group already represented the clinic for free in a lawsuit over a 2011 law banning the widely accepted use of a medication that induces abortion. North Dakota may not spend a dime defending unconstitutional abortion ban 2013-03-28T17:34:00Z Just this year, 400 abortion restrictions were introduced in 41 states, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z “This significant increase coincides with what the Guttmacher Institute describes as a “seismic shift” in the number of states with laws hostile to abortion rights.” 7 appalling instances where pregnant women were criminalized 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z She explains, “That it is possible to hold this paradox as part of my daily reality points to the reductive and narrow-minded nature of Rick Santorum’s assertions that prenatal testing increases the number of abortions.” Motherlode Blog: Mother of Child With Down Syndrome: Prenatal Counseling, Not Prenatal Testing, Is the Issue 2012-03-02T17:06:47Z Because termination for medical reasons is technically abortion, though, in the United States the option is starting to disappear: Texas’s new S.B. She ended a pregnancy so her child wouldn’t suffer. Now she helps others like her. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z She thought this was due to an illegal abortion she had in the 60s, but pain in her abdomen suggested there was another problem. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In one of the book’s most arresting images, Ms. Heyman photographed herself undergoing an abortion. Abigail Heyman, Feminist Photojournalist, Dies at 70 2013-06-09T00:39:25Z The impact of the ruling will be most felt along the Texas-Mexico border and in the western half of the state, where access to a legal abortion is especially limited. 5th Circuit gives the green light to restrictive Texas abortion law 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z There’s the letter that a twenty-two-year-old Brazilian woman wrote to her boyfriend before an abortion, in 1928, telling him that she might not survive the procedure. Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women’s Lives 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It's illegal for women in certain places to have abortions, before they even know they're pregnant normally. "High Desert" star Patricia Arquette on fighting for equality: "We need to claw back some territory" 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In a new interview with TIME, on stands Feb. 6, Minaj opens up about the challenges of building her business, body image pressures in the music industry and the abortion she had as a teenager. Nicki Minaj: What It's Like When Beyoncé and I Are in the Studio Together 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z But even within the shorter domestic sections, Raddatz managed to hit on subjects, like abortion and the math of tax cuts, that Lehrer either didn’t raise at all or didn’t pursue aggressively. Debate Watch: Pointed Questions and a Hot Cuppa Joe 2012-10-12T12:16:43Z The conversational void is then filled by advocates on both sides, who emphasize what Watson calls “extraordinary abortion.” ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Last year, Donald Trump suggested that current abortion laws allowed doctors to “rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby”. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Majkut says the college also informed her, hours before the opening, that exhibiting wall text explaining Idaho’s abortion laws was not permissible. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The myth that abortion is a dangerous procedure proliferates in anti-choice circles, and is propagated by the same. The 7 biggest myths about abortion 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Best actress was given to Sidney Flanigan who plays a Pennsylvania teenager who travels to New York for an abortion in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.” ‘First Cow’ named 2020’s best film by New York Film Critics 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The latest attack is the most dire, with the Supreme Court predicted to reverse Roe V. Wade, which has permitted legal abortion for 50 years. Mother's Day is gaslighting 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z In this case, Veronica and Bailey's journey of nearly 1,000 miles and across several state lines, from Missouri to New Mexico, is incited by Veronica's need for an abortion. "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Three years ago, I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood. I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood — and I’m not ashamed 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Timberlake successfully weaponized the song and video to implicate Spears in the demise of their relationship, all while she was privately dealing with the difficult emotions surrounding her abortion and the loss of a relationship. Cry me a river: Why Justin Timberlake always soared while Spears and Jackson suffered 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Walker’s former girlfriend provided a receipt from an abortion clinic and a $700 check she received in a get-well card, The Daily Beast reported. Stephen Colbert Pens Get-Well Card to Herschel Walker 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z “People come to me and they say things like, ‘I have always been dead-against elective termination and abortions. She ended a pregnancy so her child wouldn’t suffer. Now she helps others like her. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Passing for upbeat were “Obvious Child,” an abortion comedy, and “The Skeleton Twins,” a comedy about suicidal siblings. The Carpetbagger: Sundance: A Dark Mood Pervades This Edition 2014-01-24T16:50:57Z Another, Rick Perry, has presided over the closing of most of the abortion clinics in Texas. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The fact is, women were having large numbers of illegal abortions before Roe: everyone knew this. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Whether ABC is concerned about blowback for broadcasting the abortion subplot is unclear. A New ‘Dirty Dancing,’ and Baby’s Love Story Is Just the Start 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Wade decision that legalized abortion until the Supreme Court struck it down last June, the show lands with more urgency than it used to. ‘The Appointment’ Review: A Chorus Line at the Abortion Clinic 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z In fact, rather than serve as a wedge, Donna’s abortion is the catalyst for an emotional moment between the two women. Shocking movie portrayal: Why “Obvious Child” is a revolutionary fairy tale 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The analogy is totally inapt because abortion involves the definite termination of another life, so it’s a conscious intent to end the life of another being. Laura Ingraham: ‘What I think is best is to let people make their own personal medical decisions, which I thought that liberals used to be in favor of’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The same number said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z One is blond, honest, self-sacrificing, the other dark-haired, manipulative, passive-aggressive and self-centred, and the story concerns the blonde seeing the brunette through an expensive, dangerous, illegal late abortion. Beyond the Hills – review 2013-03-17T00:05:37Z Bessett and her colleagues found that political beliefs and location did not reflect the highly partisan nature of abortion views, nor did they seem to influence education about the issue. People in red states and blue states are equally clueless about abortion 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Last season, Dunbar’s attempt to blackmail Underwood using Claire’s journal — which contained some damaging information regarding the first lady’s abortion history — blew up in her face. ‘House of Cards’: 5 Things to Remember Before Watching Season 4 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z We are in the headquarters of a group of camouflaged radicals — liberals, or even Democrats, they might be called today — who are desperately fighting a rear-guard action to help women retain the right to abortion. Critic?s Notebook: Nothing Left to Lose, or Too Dark to Contemplate 2010-09-07T22:17:00Z You also speak openly about getting an abortion. Lindy West is the troll-fighting feminist warrior you've been waiting for 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z In “Joke Show,” she says she believes women “should be able to get an abortion for any reason you want” and recounts how simple and uneventful the experience was for her. Michelle Wolf Doesn’t Want to Be Your Folk Hero 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Wade decision allowing abortions; Nixon appointee Harry Blackmun wrote the majority opinion, about which the President made no public declaration. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z More to the point, there is also proof that religious white women have a lot of elective abortions. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Instead, following a wave of years of organizing and storytelling from people who have had abortions, Strong turns the dark, traditional narrative about people who have abortions on its head. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z A novel imagines a dystopian near-future where abortion is again illegal, and single women are the subject of discrimination. New in Paperback: ‘An American Family,’ ‘Red Clocks’ 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z For years afterward, McCorvey went public as a hero for abortion rights, though she never actually received the procedure. AKA Jane Roe: behind the headline-making abortion documentary 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Dunham’s recent jocular declaration in her Women Of The Hour podcast – “I haven’t had an abortion but I wish I had” – is evidence that her public evolution continues to be a painful process. Lena Dunham’s Girls: the show that turned TV upside down 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Because she kept the baby everybody said the film was against abortion. Ellen Page: 'I'm totally pro-choice. I mean what are we going to do ? go back to clothes hangers?' 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z A Planned Parenthood representative then canceled the appointment, saying the organization did not provide abortions to women in wheelchairs, Ms. Schiebergen said. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “A patient headed for the abortion clinic door, holding a male companion’s hand. Her face was hidden beneath a beach umbrella with ‘Title 13A § 13A-11-8,’ Alabama’s legal code for harassment, handwritten across it.” Sunday Reading: The Challenge to Reproductive Rights in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Never Rarely…, on the other hand, is tautly told and coldly realistic, painstakingly chronicling the hoops that Autumn jumps through in order to get an abortion. ‘Women's stories are seen as niche’: Eliza Hittman on her new film 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Women resorted to spoons, uterine probes, and abortion instruments that were readily available through the mail and at retail establishments. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Their name, Whole Woman’s Health, reflects her ongoing determination to treat abortion care as more than a medical procedure: “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Some abortion patients prefer to see the sonogram, others are indifferent, others are traumatized by the very idea. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z And when a Romney relative died of a botched abortion in 1963, the family asked that memorial donations go to Planned Parenthood. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z What, outlandish ancient fables tell us what to do about abortion? Oh God! The lord’s my sex guru: Pious perverts, quasi-incestuous misogyny and the twisted world of religious sexual repression 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z But while the story is organized around Amina’s heroic efforts to secure a safe abortion for Maria, each step in this difficult venture expands the movie’s narrative and political horizons. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Vox’s Sarah Kliff conducted an in-depth poll of over more than a thousand Americans about their attitudes toward abortion, regarding its legality, its accessibility and even its place in ordinary conversation. “It’s thousands of different shades of gray”: What the pro-choice vs. pro-life debate gets wrong about American views on abortion 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z We believe that abortion is health care, and we believe, fundamentally, that self-determination begins with being able to control your own body and freedom begins with being able to control your own body. Planned Parenthood president: Saying abortion is a small part of what group does is stigmatizing 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z During this period of activism and reform, four states — New York, Hawaii, Washington and Alaska — eliminated nearly all restrictions on abortion within the first trimester. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z You absolutely oppose abortion, but you’re not one of those screaming protesters outside a clinic — the closest one is hours away, anyway. An open letter to the “Ivanka voters” I grew up with: I hope you get what you want 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z To ensure its doctors and other staff comply with Missouri’s abortion regulations, Planned Parenthood has created training programs and guidelines for staff, all carefully legally vetted. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z Sporting a bright red nose and bright yellow and pink clown attire, Strong normalizes the everyday discussion of abortion while also emphasizing how ridiculous it is that it's a topic of debate. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Would I be able to access abortion pills for a maybe-ectopic pregnancy that was seven and a half weeks along? Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z “Women should be the ones to define the experience of what abortion is, instead of colluding to this idea that it’s bad, and that we’re bad,” she says. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The game truly takes off at roughly the midpoint, at a hilarious, if uncomfortable, battle in an abortion clinic. Video Game Review: Trey Parker and Matt Stone Make a ‘South Park’ Game 2014-03-04T22:47:52Z But when she becomes pregnant, her efforts to obtain an abortion, newly criminalized at the time, turn desperate. The Best Films of 2022, So Far 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z "Right now we are talking about abortion, which hits the lowest income people in this country," Haines then claimed, prompting Goldberg to interject. "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In his extended reign of constant media exposure, Oz has left a huge swath of television and radio interviews espousing more temperate positions on abortion and gun control for opponents to harvest. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z At the beginning of my fourth year of medical school, I had an abortion, an experience about which I have written previously in detail. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Still, Roe remained central to McCorvey’s life, bound to her by those same two crosscurrents that would frame the abortion debate in the United States — religion and sex. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Even the abortion bans being enacted in state after state, as horrible as those are, are being met with a level of female fury that shows we won't give up easily. The gospel according to Sinéad O'Connor: She was right all along 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z “I’m running for state’s attorney,” she said — finally — which meant that if he was asked about the abortion, he was to say that he had discussed it with her and she’d advised him against it. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Lies and More Lies, and Alicia's Big Decision 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z She had immediately expressed her support for abortion and didn’t make it a big deal, which was comforting for someone like me, who found most life decisions to be big deals, cosmically or spiritually. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The father volunteers as a patient escort at an abortion clinic, where he has a chance to reflect on the decision that preceded his son’s birth. This Is Parenthood — and Not Just the Charming, Photogenic Parts 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z After Tiller – A look at late-term abortions in the US after the murder of doctor George Tiller by an anti-abortion activist. Sheffield Doc/Fest hopes to rekindle last year's Oscar magic 2013-05-09T10:00:03Z Like it or not, abortion is a fact in many women’s lives and therefore as available for humorous treatment as any other aspect of human experience. Jenny Slate Considers Abortion in ‘Obvious Child’ 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z I realised I was in the same room where I’d had an abortion 15 years earlier. Women aren't meant to talk about miscarriage. But I've never been able to keep a secret 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z “And then in the end, if the teen is allowed access to an abortion, the fetus lawyer can appeal and run out the clock,” explained Wilson. “The Daily Show” slams appalling Alabama law that appoints lawyers for fetuses 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The abortion wars are only a sign of a deeper, systemic problem: the white Protestant left’s inability to assert its religious identity. The weakness of the religious left: How progressive evangelicals ceded moral authority to the right wing 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Even as party polarization around abortion has widened, public opinion has “remained strikingly stable, with most Americans supportive of a right to abortion with some restrictions.” How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Reproductive rights activists are not “ignoring the state of the economy” nor are they claiming that abortion is the only issue that matters on the ballot. Perspective | This is your regular reminder that abortion access is an economic issue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z As the nightmarish trial continues, the horrors of being forced or pressured to have an abortion and being denied agency over one's body may be buried or forgotten. What the R. Kelly trial allegations about teen abortions can tell us about reproductive coercion 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Some others became pregnant but there was one miscarriage and two abortions, one because a relationship broke down and the other because the woman’s cancer returned, unconnected with the transplant. Ovarian tissue transplants safe and successful, study suggests 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z And he knew I was going to get on stage naked and talk about my abortion. How Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman split emotional labor and "the diva card" 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z I know mothers who've had abortions when they were young and their circumstances would have made raising a child impossible. Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z She was distraught about anyone finding out but went ahead with an abortion. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But I also shudder at the prospect of the anti-choice lobby exploiting revolting crimes to prevent women from access to their constitutional right to abortion. Is killing a fetus murder? 2013-05-17T20:11:00Z It's not like we're doing a comedy show about abortion rights or reproductive rights, or even politics. "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z She lived through the same thing, watching abortion become more criminalized. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z As a society, we've characterized one type of pregnancy and one type of abortion. Motherlode Blog: Egyptian Abortion, American Choice 2012-10-21T15:55:26Z With the huge tectonic shifts that happened in Ireland in the last decade with equal marriage and abortion referendum, she has inspired the masses. Sinéad O'Connor "refused to play the game": "Nothing Compares" filmmaker on the bold non-conformist 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Wade, one aspect of the abortion debate stayed the same: lurid sensationalism. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Dozens of states require abortion providers to report abortions to the government, and just two years ago, Missouri's top state health official admitted to tracking and recording Missourian's menstrual cycles. Why “Shrek” memes shutting down anti-abortion snitch hotline are just the beginning 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The camera is focused on a middle-aged white man in sunglasses, who is holding a poster depicting what appears to be a fetus with the word “abortion” printed on it. The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “It definitely means the Gosnell story is more relevant than ever and plays about abortion are more relevant than ever,” he said. Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Dr. Willie J. Parker, a churchgoing obstetrician and gynecologist who provides abortions, is heckled by an anti-abortion campaigner en route to his job. Review: ‘Trapped,’ a Documentary, Looks at Abortion Clinics in the South 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She felt she had no option but to seek an abortion. 'I saw his fluffy little head going out the door': one woman's fight to keep her baby 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z All are reasons to get an abortion, and it goes on for five pages. Three of Fiction’s Brightest Stars Have New Books — of Poetry 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Before the referendum that led to the repeal of the ban on abortion, Ronan appeared in a video supporting the reproductive rights campaign. Saoirse Ronan: ‘I’ve played a lot of weird people. I have!’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Pro-choice activists celebrated a win at the Supreme Court on Monday when a law that limited access to abortion in Texas was struck down. 'Daily Show' Tweet About Texas Abortion Case Sparks Backlash 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Lil is only 31 but has lost all her teeth because of taking abortion pills. Pubs in books 2010-07-08T13:37:00Z I wouldn’t have the two children I have now if I hadn’t been able to access that abortion then,” Scheller says, referring to a pregnancy she terminated in her 20s. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Claire’s anguished recounting of an abortion she had to secure what she thought would be a life-changing role scarcely draws a ripple of sympathy to his chilly surface. | 'Cradle and All' : A Clock Ticking to Incessant Wailing 2011-05-26T02:01:03Z Reform advocates focused on the physical and emotional harm to women and children, the threat of population growth and the problem of underground markets in abortions. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z A Texas law requiring abortion providers to show or describe an ultrasound image to a pregnant woman and to play sounds of the fetal heartbeat does not violate the U.S. Appeals court unblocks Texas 'ultrasound' abortion law 2012-01-10T19:22:00Z The majority of Americans want to keep abortion safe and legal. What TV still needs to show us about abortion 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z A narrow exception in the bill would allow for insurance to cover abortion in cases of ectopic pregnancies. Ohio considers banning insurance coverage of all abortion — even if the pregnancy is life threatening 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z I’m sure that to some people, my talk about empathy and abortion seems very one-sided, that I’m not empathetic for “the unborn.” Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Despite Ms. Sarah "real feminist" Palin's support for Abbott, Texas' ban is especially harmful to survivors and victims, whose abusive exes could use it as grounds to stalk and report them for having abortions. “Impeachment” pokes at the enduring myth of conservative feminism 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Dorries said she wanted to use her TV appearance to talk directly to voters about her view on abortion. I'm a Celebrity's Nadine Dorries: I'd do the same again 2012-11-25T19:22:50Z She became a "prayer warrior," and loyal to Yolanda, a devout Christian woman who owns a pregnancy crisis center three doors down from the abortion clinic. "On the Divide" profiles three people at a Texas abortion clinic and asks: "What does choice mean?" 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Wade ruling, which ensures safe and legal abortion. Jodie Sweetin, the “Full House” star who became an activist, pushed by LAPD at pro-choice protest 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z “The movie isn’t saying that abortions are funny. It’s saying that people are funny.” Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’ 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “All health plans must treat maternity services and legal abortion neutrally.” California gets it right on sexual assault and abortion coverage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z State Laws Restrict Rights Elsewhere The Guttmacher Institute did a survey in May of abortion restrictions enacted up to this point in the year, and already found quite a few. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z He argued, perhaps counterintuitively, that presidents should talk about abortion more. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Hellerstedt, the first major abortion case to reach the Supreme Court in almost a decade. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z In some instances, such as the Asian abortion doctor in Brawl that pops up in apparent homage to old-school Orientalism, his attachment to the past is pretty straightforwardly indefensible. Trolled across concrete: why Mel Gibson's new film is a curious provocation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Then she stroked her large belly and, tears filling her eyes, told me that before she left Bobai she was given a forced abortion. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z They demanded three rights: legal abortion, universal childcare, and equal pay. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z “All Adults Here” touches on fraught topics like coming out, gender identity, marital infidelity, abortion and predatory behavior, all while maintaining a feel-good mood that suggests most things will work out in the end. Emma Straub’s New Family Saga Is Half Feel-Good, Half Fraught 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z This removes US aid from groups involved with abortion services in any way. HIV/Aids adviser says panel's sudden firing by Trump 'feels like retribution' 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z According to Rodgers, he's just "a critical thinker" who believes "strongly in bodily autonomy," though we've yet to see him march in the streets against abortion bans. In anti-vax rant, Aaron Rodgers reveals he consulted pal Joe Rogan about COVID, identifies with MLK 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Gov. Dan Patrick, a firebrand who in two terms as second-in-command has driven the Texas Capitol to the hard right over guns, abortion and immigration. Ex-Bush strategist Matthew Dowd running as Democrat in Texas 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “There was so much misinformation and there were so many dangerous ‘abortion mills,’” she writes. In the 1950s, Patricia Bosworth acted with the best, married the worst, and lost those she loved 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “No bill that criminalizes abortion will stop anyone from making this incredibly personal choice, but these laws will put more women at risk,” Philipps said. Actor Busy Philipps condemns Georgia's six-week abortion ban 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Touching on infidelity, abortion and euthanasia, it feels thrillingly ahead of its time – and is a classic in Sweden, where it's taught in schools. Wallander's Krister Henriksson: 'I'd like to play King Lear' 2013-04-07T16:59:01Z Since they don't use the word abortion, let's be clear: Reader, they're talking about whether to have an abortion – something married people do in real life, but we rarely see depicted on TV. "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Hittman, who is 40 and lives in Brooklyn, traveled by bus to a blue-collar town in Pennsylvania, where state law forbids minors from receiving an abortion without a parent’s consent. Seeing Abortion Laws From a Teenager’s Point of View 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z A medication abortion, though conducted at home via pills, requires a clinical follow-up. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Deprived of children of her own – the account of her abortion in her memoirs makes gruesome reading – she poured an almost maternal love into her garden, carved out of the Ischian rock face. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z It was more regimented than at any point in its , the time of the Lady Chatterley's Lover ban and backstreet abortions. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-14T09:00:01Z On cable news’ top-rated show Wednesday, their raised voices overlapped as they disagreed on taxation of the wealthy, gun control, abortion laws and the environment. Hannity to de Blasio: ‘You drive me crazy!’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Here’s one: “If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion at an ATM.” Don Draper, Eleven, Selina Meyer lead AP roles of the decade 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Joking about abortion is nothing new; George Carlin went there, among many others. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Weddington, who served in government and was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin until 2012, continued to be an advocate for abortion rights. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Around a fifth of all conceptions in England and Wales led to an abortion in 2017. More women getting pregnant after 30 than in 20s for first time 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z International human-rights treaties don’t explicitly prohibit abortion or nuclear power, as they do execution and torture. Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z While writing “Roe,” Ms. Loomer sat in on classes on feminism at the University of Texas at Austin and spoke with young women about abortion. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z All of these takes, of course, were spewed in the presence of fellow co-host Whoop Goldberg, who has shared her story of self-inducing her abortion as an adolescent girl, decades ago. Meghan McCain’s legacy at “The View” exposes real-life problems with across-the-aisle "friendships" 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z And that is the issue of whether or not abortion providers have standing to bring cases on behalf of their patients. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Nearly 99% of abortions occur before 21 weeks, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, but when needed pass that point it is in response to harrowing circumstances. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The same for her stand on issue after issue, notably abortion rights. Cultural Studies: Why Gerry Ferraro Mattered 2011-04-01T23:37:02Z Here’s a look at the eight most surprising nations that require a prescription, along with their birth rates and rates of abortion: 8 countries you won’t believe have it backwards on birth control 2014-04-09T12:46:00Z Twenty-five years after my abortion, busloads of antiabortion protesters came to my town. My illegal abortion 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z But, she continues, “When I talk about who is potentially affected by abortion bans, I thus talk about people who can get pregnant.” Perspective | What Josh Hawley doesn’t get in the discussion about ‘pregnant people’ 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Diaz has earned his enemies over 14 years in the state Senate, vehemently opposing gay marriage and abortion, and reveling in his notoriety among his peers. Two Bronx politicians, father and son, find themselves at odds in the 2016 race 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It's a stark and harrowing reminder that restricting access to abortion does not make abortion go away. A "House" actress's chilling pro-choice ad 2011-02-16T20:14:00Z When pregnancy prevention fails—whether because of technology factors or human factors—induced at-home miscarriage offers a safe, private and low-cost alternative to clinic abortion. The right’s big abortion lie: The very real ways pro-life politics make women less safe 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Anti-choice CPCs, many of which notoriously rely on disingenuous tactics to prevent women from seeking abortion care, often set up shop near abortion clinics, but promote misinformation about reproductive healthcare services. California could force crisis pregnancy centers to stop lying to women about abortion 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z She soon recanted, but that aspect of her narrative has long been a conservative sticking point in the debate over abortion. Todd Akin: Blame “Law & Order” 2012-08-23T15:56:00Z She is well within the time frame for an abortion pill, rather than surgery. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z But the true value in each of these books is that abortion is treated as something that does not hinder these women’s and girls’ lives, but advances them. 3 surprisingly sane books on abortion: When absolutely no women’s lives are ruined by one procedure 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z I know women who have been relieved at their abortions and grieved over their miscarriages. So what if abortion ends life? 2013-01-23T15:43:00Z The important facts of her story – that she goes to a clinic to arrange an abortion – are subordinated to her sense of place. John Mullan on NW – Guardian book club 2013-07-27T07:00:03Z “Shrill” may be the only comedy to feature its main character getting an abortion in its first episode. Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z They also collaborated on “Obvious Child,” which starred Ms. Slate, and which was notable for the mixture of sweetness and candor it brought to the subject of abortion. Review: In ‘Landline,’ the Family That Strays Together 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z We have no intention of taking away your right to an abortion or things like marriage.’ Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Schlafly was a mouthpiece for the religious right, who said the ERA would be a tool to expand abortion. John Oliver: equal rights are 'so obvious, you assume we already have it' 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z “At the same time,” Kaling demurred, “abortion is not a hilarious subject –” Mindy Kaling addresses recent controversy over abortion and sitcoms with Stephen Colbert 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Some of us would have never survived our abusers or our addictions without our abortions. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Actually, most women who have abortions already have children: 61percent are mothers. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z He was also well known as a supporter of abortion rights, Brooklyn College and the Central Park Conservancy. Irwin Schneiderman, Philanthropic Guide for City Opera, Dies at 88 2011-11-17T04:15:06Z The movie, which will be released by Sony Pictures Classics in August, stars the actress as a salty academic on a mission to help her teenage granddaughter get an abortion. Lily Tomlin pranks the crowd at her own tribute from Los Angeles Film Festival 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But then, abortion is a singularly discomfiting topic, not just among art institutions, but even among artists, a famously liberal bunch who overwhelmingly support legalized abortion. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The high school as abortion protest battleground is becoming an increasingly common school year theme. Anti-choice protestors are targeting high schools now 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Romney endured mild hits during the night as opponents criticized the healthcare plan he pushed when he was governor of Massachusetts, his position shifts on abortion and his work for a private equity firm. Gingrich rips into media, then his rivals, in GOP debate 2012-01-20T06:35:00Z There are two American martyrs at the center of the novel, on opposite sides of the abortion divide. Joyce Carol Oates tackles abortion in her powerful novel, 'A Book of American Martyrs' 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Adding an extra complication, Clarissa, who recently had an abortion, may or may not be pregnant again. ‘My Girlfriend’s Wedding’: Her Life Plays Like a Movie 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The majority of the women I know who've had abortions have been white and conservative, and I've lost count of how many asked me to help hide the details. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z He is also known for his 2005 fiction film “Nordeste”, which includes a scene showing the film’s lead actor having an abortion procedure on screen. Argentine filmmaker shines light on country's abortion battle at... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z People are ordering drugs used in medication abortion off the internet. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Now we have Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision backing the right of unlicensed “crisis pregnancy centers” in California to refuse to dispense accurate information about how to obtain and abortion to their patrons. "The Handmaid's Tale" is so brilliant and relevant that I can't stand it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Also, abortion and gun control, though she recently did one on the latter. Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Her “Abortion” series later in the decade was a response to a failed referendum to legalize abortion in Portugal. Paula Rego, Artist Known for Unsettling Images, Dies at 87 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z By participating in abortion rights activism and creating artworks that challenged traditional notions of gender roles — and the actions of powerful people — Ms. Grossman said she started “feeling like an autonomous and dangerous person.” Fifty Years Post Roe v. Wade, the Art of ‘1973’ Frames a Turbulent Era 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In that way, it’s not just the representation of abortion that matters, but the cultural and political climate around them. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Lacking any good option—it was 1923, and abortion was illegal and dangerous—the thirty-year-old Sayers chose to keep the child a secret, sending him to live with a cousin. An Overlooked Novel from 1935 by the Godmother of Feminist Detective Fiction 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z For example, in addition to procuring abortion, attacking the pope, ordaining women to the priesthood and violating the confidentiality of the confessional would be considered “crimes” according to Catholic canon law. Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Another moment caught fire online this month, as Texas was passing a law that effectively banned abortion in the state. Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Did you expect to see something like the Senate Bill 8, Texas’s near-complete ban on abortion? Eva Longoria Knows There’s Still Work to Do 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Wade that guaranteed me a legal abortion when a gynecologist told me I couldn’t conceive. The best “defence”: On fighting for the good life in Trumplandia 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Her code phrase for colleagues having abortions was apparently “to get fixed up by the Paris doctors.” Over There: Daughters of Liberty 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z One senses that a baby might be more than a symbol to Sylvie, who has already had three abortions. This Female Consciousness: On Chris Kraus 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Spiegel’s slyly political play obliquely addresses the dwindling access to abortion in certain states, but that's not really the point of her disturbing and gripping drama, which is not for the faint of heart. Echo Theater's 'Dry Land' pulls no punches in tale of an unwanted pregnancy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z We just completed a big bake sale at the Wythe Hotel for the Brigid Alliance, a nonprofit in New York that connects people who are traveling out of state to receive abortion care. "Make every mistake once": Natasha Pickowicz's secret to being a great baker 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z It's a selfish, reckless young woman who believes in abortion out of "convenience." Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z There is a botched abortion and an absent father. Review: In John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries,’ a Blur of Aphorisms and Magical Events 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Sue’s core belief is that a fertilized egg, at the instant of conception, is exactly the same as a human being, so abortion is exactly the same as murder, and that means no exceptions. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court having ruled that there is no constitutional right to an abortion, rap lyrics will undoubtedly reflect this new reality. Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z There, she begins exploring the one-child policy, speaking with family members and neighbors, as well as former workers who performed forced sterilizations, abortions and labor induction for China’s family-planning program. Sundance Documentaries Expose Truths, Both Glorious and Bitter 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Because our son’s cleft was picked up at 22 weeks, we were told right away that we could still have an abortion. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z A decade later, McCorvey shed the pseudonym of "Jane Roe" and began working a circuit of protests and media events centered around abortion access and women's health issues. "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade admits in "deathbed confession" she was paid to fake anti-abortion stance 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z But forget laying blame for Steven Tyler's epic drug and alcohol abuse on abortion. National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take 2011-05-06T19:01:00Z In 2010, she declared “I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood,” and that she “strongly supports” laws prohibiting “the use of taxpayer funds for abortions or abortion-related services.” The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z If elected, Gingrich pledged to reinstitute the Mexico City policy, which forbids American funds being used to pay for abortions overseas, to move the U.S. Gingrich vows to fight religious persecution 2012-02-04T13:59:00Z In response to Smith’s description of a second trimester abortion, read on the House floor, Democratic U.S. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z These questions became more urgent after a suicide attempt in the early 1920s, following a traumatic abortion, and again, later, when she gave birth to a child out of wedlock. Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive? 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z We need to be out there saying that we support abortion, and particularly supporting those voices who are seeing it in places where the stigma is so high. Young women were the "foot soldiers" of the anti-abortion movement and "morally bankrupt" Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z What are solutions to getting people to care about abortion bans? Speak out: How "cultural silence" perpetuates the apathy towards and gaslighting of women's health 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Nicole Patterson, 26, who is from Mississippi, said lack of abortion access there “can be a death sentence to Black women.” At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z McCorvey’s conversion was a cinematic story, a morality play, and who you thought was good or bad depended entirely on what you thought of abortion. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z A patchwork of restrictions has made the idea of legal abortion in Utah seem like something of a fantasy for thousands of women, according to Torres. America’s abortion deserts: How the right turns back the clock on Roe 2014-01-16T12:44:00Z Michigan’s Republican-controlled Legislature is set to vote on a measure to ban abortion coverage from all health insurance plans, requiring women to purchase a separate policy to cover the procedure. Michigan lawmakers want to force women to take out “special” insurance for abortion 2013-12-03T18:27:00Z That’s when she told me: the “household accident” that had killed her mother had, in fact, been a self-induced abortion. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Under “cause of death,” the coroner had written in a sloped hand: “Attempt at criminal abortion, self-inflicted.” My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Like plenty of real women who’ve had abortions when they were young, Tami Roman then went on to have a career and children. TV’s twisted abortion history: How the conversation changed about choice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The black community has historically supported bodily autonomy and access to safe and legal abortion. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z “But now, they’ve repealed the abortion bans and same-sex marriage bans, and they just seem to be moving in the right direction.” Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z She asks if Kansas is on its way to being a state without any abortion, and says that if the slate of 2013 legislation comes through, it might. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z In Detroit, Dr. Edgar Bass Keemer Jr. provided abortions from 1938 through the 1950s, ensuring that black women had access to safe abortion care regardless of their income. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z The successes of abortion activists at the state level were a direct result of their ability to build powerful coalitions composed of women’s groups, liberal clergy and medical professionals. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z This week, two generations after the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the U.S., many women will be commemorating the 1973 Roe v. Defy “compulsory silence”: To celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women are speaking out about their abortion experiences 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Women endured forced sterilizations and late-term abortions; a midwife says she performed tens of thousands of sterilizations and abortions, adding, “Many I induced alive and killed.” ‘One Child Nation’ Review: Controlling Minds and Bodies 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Directed by Eva Steinmetz, “The Appointment” wades into the national abortion debate with a well-honed sense of absurdity, and firmly takes the side of abortion rights. The Week in Arts: ‘The Appointment,’ Robert Motherwell and Amanda Palmer 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Not about the abortions women will no longer be able to have, but about the choices they will no longer be able to make. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z There are two pregnancies, one abortion, an autism plotline, and an honest account of parenting with “a distinctive whiff of memoir.” New in Paperback: ‘Made in China’ and ‘Better Luck Next Time’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Another 2013 study found 90 percent of women reported feelings of relief following an abortion, while “those denied the abortion felt more regret and anger…and less relief and happiness.” The 7 biggest myths about abortion 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z When he tries to bait her into debating abortion rights, she tells him the issue is none of his business, because he is a man. Review: In ‘At the Table,’ a Menu of Identity-Based Arguments 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Did that motivate your filibuster against the Texas abortion bill? Wendy Davis on the Filibuster That Mattered to Her Most 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “I really don’t believe in abortion,” he said. Twilight of the Teen Idol 2011-02-20T06:15:04Z Echoing the sign in the reception area, one of the items on the list reads, “I understand that I may change my decision to have an abortion at any time before the abortion is performed.” It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z Its follow-up, “My Truth,” didn’t make it to the States, partly because Robyn included songs she wrote about having an abortion. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z This is especially true as hundreds of medically unnecessary bills that are burdensome but fall short of being all-out abortion bans proliferate, and seldom get on the radar of legacy media. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z On abortion, she said she felt "very strongly" that it was right to lower the legal limit at which a pregnancy could be terminated from 24 weeks to 20. Maria Miller: the new culture secretary facing a steep learning curve 2012-10-05T17:46:12Z In movies and television, abortion is often used as a misdirect, a trapdoor that eventually gives way to a nonabortion conclusion. Jenny Slate in Gillian Robespierre’s ‘Obvious Child’ 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z We need to work to build a culture in which talking about abortion becomes as normal as the procedure itself. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z For example, in the U.S., abortion patients are most often people of color. In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z And in the next instant, it gives you an unsparing view of young women in the late 19th century dying in agony due to botched abortions — to the young Larch's lasting guilt and horror. Review: A pleasing revisit of 'The Cider House Rules' 2010-06-17T22:48:00Z Indeed, it’s hard to imagine a less effective platform than Twitter to discuss the morality of abortion. Perspective | Twitter is no place to consider abortion — but a novel might be 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z A retired Seattle doctor tells the story of a young woman decades ago who asked partway through her abortion, “Where are the whirring blades?” One pill the first day, four to follow: Why a safe alternative to clinic-based abortion is underused 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Even among those who oppose abortion, the topic is fraught. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z She’d changed her schedule to spend all night at the Union Square abortion rights rally. At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Cristina Yang had an abortion on primetime television, but it took eight seasons for that to happen. Lindy West's fearless revolution: On creating "Shrill," Hulu's brilliant new comedy 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Santorum visited Barber’s church last weekend, and Barber said he liked the candidate’s way of speaking, and his topic: abortion. Louisiana primary: Conservatives remain skeptical of Mitt Romney 2012-03-24T16:01:00Z Kaling added that she would consider incorporating an abortion storyline in the future, but that it isn’t right for her show at the moment. Mindy Kaling says she “misspoke” about abortion and sitcoms 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Also, we shouldn’t reduce abortion rights to the question of just one moment of choice. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z If you prevail in this legal challenge, do you see this as the end of efforts to close you down, or as just one battle in the war on abortion care? “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z After discovering she is pregnant, Damini considers an abortion, which is still a fairly restricted procedure and a social taboo in India. With ‘Four More Shots Please!,’ India Gets Its Own ‘Sex and the City’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z However, what we haven’t seen portrayed with much frequency on TV is how difficult it is for millions of women to access abortion services. What TV still needs to show us about abortion 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Others joined her, shouting, “Repeal the abortion law, instead of wasting time talking about these stupid reforms!” How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z He’s the one who spread the gospel of “obnoxious feminists” who were allegedly hellbent on having freewheeling abortions and forcing others to do the same. Perspective | Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care. 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z In the introduction, you mention that you’ve never had an abortion but your mother has. Katha Pollitt: America is a “fiesta of licentiousness,” but we’re still conflicted about sex 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But after her death, in 1908, she sank into obscurity, rarely mentioned except in misleading appropriations of her work in abortion debates. How to Pitch a Magazine (in 1888) 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Romney, who vowed to "preserve and protect a woman's right to choose" when he ran for governor of Massachusetts 10 years ago, sought to reassure the group's abortion opponents of his conversion to their cause. Romney, Santorum court Wis. conservatives 2012-03-31T20:28:00Z It was right before the 2008 elections that I found myself, almost by accident, talking to a friend’s mother about abortion and reproductive rights. Poll: 70 percent of Americans want the government to quit trying to restrict abortion 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z We think nothing of supporting a woman through a miscarriage one day, and then accompanying another to an abortion clinic the next day. "The grief of miscarriage can last forever": A conversation with "Brink of Being" author Julia Bueno 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The 70-minute monologue begins with a startling joke — “My mom texted me, ‘Kill it tonight!’ and I’m like, I already did, that’s why the show exists!” — that feels crafted to immediately disarm the abortion taboo. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z But that hasn’t stopped conservatives from claiming that the drop is a result of, you guessed it, abstinence education and, paradoxically, an increase in abortions. Science or sex: Which does the right hate more? 2012-06-24T00:00:00Z On Friday, the conference will host its first ever TED talk about abortion, despite previous efforts to avoid the issue entirely. TED conference is finally talking about abortion 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Winstead, a creator of “The Daily Show” and a founder of the progressive radio network Air America, began Lady Parts Justice as a response to the curtailing of abortion rights in state legislatures. ArtsBeat: A Night of Comedy (and Political Jabs) for a Cause 2014-02-12T19:16:48Z The woman claimed that Walker drove her to an abortion clinic, then waited in the parking lot for hours while she had the procedure. ‘S.N.L.’ Takes on Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz and Kari Lake 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z For while she tells a story about a safe, legal and quick abortion, she doesn’t ignore other more fraught situations, either today or in a potential post-Roe future. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z I need an abortion, so what do I have to do to get one? “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z That is, until Erin Gloria Ryan from Jezebel read the actual bill and saw that it was, in fact, a law meant to limit chemical abortion, not emergency contraception. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Schultz then grasped hold of the conversation by explaining to McCain that the most important thing facing the U.S. right now was neither abortion or any other "culture war" issue. Howard Schultz shuts down Meghan McCain's abortion complaint: "Culture wars" are a distraction 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Next, she’s working on a film about abortion tourism, a long-term project she put on hold to have a baby, now even more relevant in light of the threats to Planned Parenthood in the US. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Men who support access to abortion are going to say wrong things and do wrong things, and they might feel awkward about it, and they might be gently castigated and encouraged to do better. Perspective | It can be awkward for men to speak out on abortion rights. But we need them to try. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Certain topics were taboo, she said, including abortion, “because you will never change anyone’s mind,” and horoscopes, “because it will get phone calls — but no listeners.” Dr. Joy Browne, Long-Running Psychologist of the Airwaves, Dies at 71 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Shah got the idea of a “gender crisis” from news reports about sex-selection abortion and female infanticide in India and China. How Feminist Dystopian Fiction Is Channeling Women’s Anger and Anxiety 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z There were very few reports of even minor incidents of violence as abortion laws were liberalized in the ’60s and early ’70s, because abortion was not a major controversy. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In its day, this adaptation of Nell Dunn’s stories for the Wednesday Play spot was notorious for its agonised abortion/miscarriage sequence; but there’s more to this than outrage. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, it was possible to be a conservative Republican and support abortion access. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Wade decision recognized a woman’s fundamental right to abortion, and that right was under attack from lawmakers around the country. 43 years after Roe v. Wade, it’s back to the Supreme Court to block a dangerous sham law out of Texas 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The good news, of course, is that the Supreme Court has not struck down Roe and returned abortion to the states. The moral deceit of pro-lifers: How Donald Trump accidentally revealed the true hypocrisy of the war on women 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z With Texas' abortion ban, increasing lack of transparency at the Supreme Court, and just Trump's legacy over the court, what insights can listeners of "Because of Anita" take away about the future ahead of us? Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Some see women’s rights as again coming under assault from restrictive abortion laws across the country, and hear casual misogyny continuing to course through politics, up to the level of presidential elections. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z After all, Page continues, "if she'd had the abortion it would be a short movie", which is a fair point. 'Why are people so reluctant to say they're feminists?' 2013-07-03T18:00:00Z Chazan does not deny that he refused to carry out an abortion, but disputed the findings of the inquiry. Poland asks: should a doctor serve God, or patients? 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Also, people would not have just one abortion. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In a groundbreaking move earlier this week, Ireland legalized some forms of abortion when a woman’s life is in danger. Latest abortion hypocrisy: Saving women’s lives is apparently “controversial” 2014-01-02T16:14:00Z As abortion activists plotted their legal challenges, contending legislative approaches emerged. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Right now, abortion bans and restrictions like the one in Texas are sweeping the nation, with one 15-week abortion ban from Mississippi currently being considered by the Supreme Court. Texas high school valedictorian gives off-script speech on abortion ban 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Some resort to drinking pesticide, or inserting knitting needles, sharp objects or pieces of wood into their cervix, to induce an abortion, Amnesty said. El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “When I wrote the film, abortion – like feminism – was one of those issues that people thought wasn’t relevant any more,” Eleanor Bergstein, Dirty Dancing’s screenwriter told me. 'When you grow up your heart dies': how the coming-of-age film got smart 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s been a little more than a month since a federal judge permanently blocked North Dakota’s “fetal heartbeat” ban, which criminalized abortion as early as six weeks. Anti-choice pseudoscience hits a new low: North Dakota argues that viability begins at conception 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Alongside the lavender scare and other war-time and Cold War era efforts to guard domestic normalcy, the mid-century resurgence of a hallowed, and anxious, vision of motherhood drove abortion underground. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z The fact that this life-and-death urgency did not yet drive the abortion debate was a source of endless frustration to those who worked directly with women struggling with unwanted pregnancies. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z “A new, simpler way to use RU 486 makes abortion a truly personal and private choice.” Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Well, the long and short of it: Because Republicans snuck an abortion ban into the measure and Democrats didn’t read it. “Son of a b*tch!” Jon Stewart hammers “disingenuous” GOP and “dumb-ass” Dems over anti-sex trafficking fiasco 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z She started her work there five years ago after a previous abortion clinic had been forced to close when it was vandalized beyond repair by an antiabortion activist. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In any case, I wouldn’t want to watch a movie about abortion that treats me the way “Unplanned” treats its right-wing viewers, and I also don’t think that movie would ever be made. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Parker is a doctor at Mississippi’s last operating abortion clinic, which legislators in the state have been attempting to shut down. Weekend Reading: Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic, Airbnb Battles, and More 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z I argue that legal abortion is a social good. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z I could choose motherhood, just as I could choose abortion. My mom finally made her choice, after a lifetime colored by the one she wasn't allowed 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z He didn’t foresee that Texas would soon figure out a way to do something even more extreme by putting that power in the hands of civilians — a vigilante-enforced ban on abortion, on the cheap. Where Have All the Liberals Gone? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z She begins pushing back and breaking free after the medical board’s initial ruling, first by claiming to be suicidal so she can obtain a therapeutic abortion. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Critics pointed to his suggestion on Twitter and on a podcast in 2014 that women who have abortions should be hanged. Perspective | Twitter is no place to consider abortion — but a novel might be 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z A day later, a mile south of the National Mall, out-of-town marchers took their seats beside well-heeled locals to see a new play that asks why the right to abortion remains, perpetually, up for debate. A Play About Roe v. Wade That Is a Parable of an Exclusionary Women’s Movement 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But the abortion lands Norma in the hospital, setting off a chain of misunderstandings and malicious opportunism. A Mexican Novel Conjures a Violent World Tinged With Beauty 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Her book, “After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate,” traces the evolution of American political dynamics surrounding abortion. After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z She does write frankly about the abortion she had after her third child, Tom, now an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale, was born. Memoir of a ‘Very Large Life,’ With Poetry, Crusades and Glittering Names 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The women who think I'm a "baby killer" may have more abortions than my pro-choice friends, but they still refuse to hear the lesson of compassion we always offer in their time of need. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Milano then introduced a surprise guest: Paxton Smith, the Texas high school valedictorian who scrapped a speech approved by her school administrators and delivered an abortion rights call in its place. Abortion, Taliban in spotlight at Hollywood women’s event 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Of course we were familiar with the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, and of course we were all vehemently pro-life, but did they just say we were going to overturn the law? Faith in America: From evangelical teen rallies to the Women’s March on Washington, Christianity still informs my politics 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z For decades Russell proselytized for adoption and against abortions, no matter the circumstances. Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z "If there's one thing the increase in abortion storylines in media has shown me it's that while representation won't solve everything it definitely helps," they said. With Elliot Page, greater visibility of transmasc identity is “both great & awful” 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z I appreciate #scandal showing how some women walk away from an abortion, knowing they’ve made the right decision, just fine. ABC Stokes Controversy with 'Scandal' Abortion Storyline 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Reckless, promiscuous and self-destructive, she wanted children yet had several abortions because she believed motherhood was incompatible with a career. Painter Joan Mitchell finally gets her due 2011-05-02T10:57:09Z Some of the same people who oppose abortion also oppose capital punishment and invoke the same “sanctity of life” language, but that’s no reason to conclude that one movement leads to the other. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z I had seen enough pro-life friends call women who had abortions murderers, oblivious to the fact that I had just had one. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The murder of Dr. George R. Tiller, the director of a Wichita abortion clinic, in 2009 is only fleetingly mentioned. | 'What?s the Matter With Kansas?': Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation 2010-07-29T23:52:00Z The bill does allow a private citizen — any private citizen — to sue an abortion provider or anyone else who helps someone obtain an abortion after the detection of a heartbeat. Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Respondents were asked five questions designed to determine their political affiliation and their views on some hot-button topics: gun control, abortion, the environment and taxes. Is Seattle less liberal than you thought? 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Tiller was targeted for being one the last doctors to openly perform late-term abortions; in the aftermath of his assassination, just four other doctors remained to carry on his legacy. Watch “After Tiller” while it’s streaming this month 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z “As a guide to the various ways of thinking about abortion,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes, “ ‘Scarlet A’ is readable and respectful — and therefore, in its own quiet way, revolutionary.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Here’s what I think,” he says, almost rolling his eyes at himself, as he eases into a finely parsed opening routine on abortion. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “What if the Congress did pass a law allowing abortion? And then what if a sitting president signed it and a sitting court validated it?” he asked. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Catholic antiabortion activists published photos of unborn fetuses, labeled abortion “infanticide” and likened it to the eugenic practices of fascist Germany. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z There are some things in his profile that are right in line – especially his view of abortion. Ben Carson’s oddball appeal: “The right has not traditionally wanted black conservatives who are all over the map” 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Supporters argue that he has frequently addressed difficult issues, although staying within the government's red lines; his last novel, Frog, tackled population control and forced abortions. Mo Yan's Nobel prize for literature sparks celebration in China 2012-10-11T18:33:56Z Some friends and I had got into a long after-school discussion about abortion, prompted by the gruesome posters that a protester had staked in front of the Planned Parenthood in our Vermont town. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z The anti-choice movement has succeeded in passing a veritable avalanche of abortion restrictions in the past several years. “A step in a long staircase toward equal access to freedom”: Supreme Court’s abortion ruling a small victory in a neverending fight 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z According to a new poll commissioned by the National Institute for Reproductive Health, a majority of voters say they support legislative agendas the promote women’s equality, and which include protections for abortion access. Poll: Voters consider abortion an economic issue, not a social nightmare 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z With the so-called “Prenatal Anti-Discrimination Act” which failed before the House of Representatives last week, it was doctors, not women purportedly practicing sex-selective abortion, who would have faced jail. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z Critics of Planned Parenthood often attack the idea that all these services should be counted the same, as abortion often costs more than more routine services the organization provides. The 5 biggest lies you’ve been told about Planned Parenthood 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z As McCorvey began to speak publicly about Roe and her life, she observed over and again, as in these notes from 1989, that access to abortion was often a matter of class. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Why can’t we at least agree on reducing unwanted pregnancy and making abortion less necessary? After Roe: It’s hard to believe now, but the abortion debate wasn’t always so toxic. What happened? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z She asked the president: “Do you agree with states who place coronavirus victims above elective abortions?” Why are journalists skipping Trump’s daily coronavirus briefing? Not enough news to risk their health. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z At the time, British law about abortion dated all the way back to the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861. A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z “Since the Dobbs decision, a lot of people got their abortions canceled in Ohio,” says Terney, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling. Gisele Fetterman, forging on through her husband’s heated Senate race 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z I am a woman who supports abortion rights. Motherlode Blog: Roe at 40: Judging a Mother's Choice 2013-01-20T14:05:51Z It was an offer to reach across state borders, into the jurisdictions that are passing severe reproductive legislation, and help desperate pregnant people acquire abortions. Perspective | Abortion bans have some women preparing for the worst. It involves ‘auntie networks.’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z For their part, her record company were unimpressed with her decision to pepper her second album with songs about an abortion she'd had in her teens. Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z The clinic told her she could have a medication abortion involving pills rather than a surgical one involving stirrups. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z “We used that symbol to draw attention to the fact that Texas is passing such restrictive abortion laws,” said Heather Busby, the executive director of the organization. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Goes High Fashion 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z She had had a botched backstreet abortion herself, at 18, and was unable to have children of her own, so she adopted three with her first husband, and founded the World Adoption International Fund. Jane Russell: Mean! Moody! Misunderstood! 2011-03-01T22:00:01Z I watched one member suggest that social media could be used to spy on women suspected of seeking abortions. Perspective | Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z We can disagree on abortion, entitlements, paid sick leave, the earned income tax credit, but the earth staying is kind of a deal breaker for me … Politicians love to talk about fundamental differences. Bill Maher goes there, takes on Ben Carson’s religion: “We know where those fingers have been, in every war in human history” 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Of course, those likely to be seriously offended by the show probably wrote off New York as Sodom and Gomorrah long ago and are too busy picketing abortion clinics in Mississippi to bother with Broadway. What Mitt Romney could learn from Broadway's Book of Mormon 2012-09-25T15:30:21Z I am going to think of Peoria the next time a state lawmaker tries to introduce legislation preventing women from crossing state lines to access an abortion. A Planned Parenthood was firebombed, and the alleged motive isn’t what I expected 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The two most controversial subjects I have ever written about, the ones that have generated the most scathing hate mail, are, hands down, abortion and pasta. My year of cooking quick and dirty: How I lowered the bar and set myself free 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z And it is Tami who is forced to pay up, essentially for refusing to foreclose the abortion option altogether. 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: Private Meets Public 2010-07-24T03:00:00Z She smartly ticks off a few interesting reasons: Anti-abortion activists have done a good job of painting women who seek abortions as bad girls. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z Earlier this month, Minister of Health James Reilly announced the government is introducing new laws that will permit abortion when the life of the mother is at risk. The Catholic Church’s angry Christmas 2012-12-26T17:05:00Z The day after our interview in the cafe, the Supreme Court published its decision to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z When we focus on abortion, we miss the actual conversations about supporting women, wherever they may be at. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The third abortion I didn’t have was my daughter. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Even a cow that wanders past is ill not merely with rinderpest and “red-water” but with “contagious abortion.” ‘Echo’s Bones,’ a Beckett Short Story Rediscovered 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z In 1962, when you attempted to do your own abortion, that was very dangerous medically. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Their actions would increase illegal abortions by thousands. A New Book Thinks Clearly and Creatively About Violence Against Women 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In 1960s New York, abortion was not legal. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z After one of her abortions, she said, “Robert decided to gift me with getting my breast done.” One of R. Kelly’s Few Defenders Says She Was His Victim, Too 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Having a child can alter your body and mind and put you at risk in the way a safe, legal abortion absolutely cannot. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Aladeen's latest addition to his harem informs him that she's pregnant and he casually asks: "Are you having a boy or an abortion?" The Dictator ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:03Z All the groups that tried to beat him on abortion or affirmative action have now come out of the woodwork. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Now, even more damningly, comes the case of a young woman who seemed to meet precisely the criteria for obtaining an abortion and was coerced into an early c-section instead. Why did Ireland deny a suicidal woman an abortion? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The moments when that pragmatic, fearful carapace cracks are among the book's most moving.None is more so than the account of the abortion Galloway had while at school. A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z Tragos grounds her documentary in her home state of Missouri, where one abortion clinic serves the entire state. The messy truth of Abortion: One HBO series takes a look at America’s abortion divide 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z His statement erroneously described abortion procedures, and also triggered an uproar among the women and men who know firsthand the devastation of ending a late-term pregnancy. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z More than 40 years ago, in November 1972, the title character in Norman Lear’s Maude also got an abortion, but only after much deliberation. 'Maude' Creator: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion Was So 'Bold' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Many were seeking dual citizenship through a German ancestor; a handful mentioned in their messages that they were fearful about losing access to abortion care. Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Add abortion – another quite reliable traffic source – and the controversy creates itself. Is Michael Jackson on abortion controversial? Let's look at his work 2012-09-25T14:01:03Z Even abortion rights advocates have often posited abortion as a less-than-desirable outcome, the result of a difficult choice. How #ShoutYourAbortion is transforming the reproductive rights conversation 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Obvious Child got some attention for its abortion plotline; it deserves more for being great. The Best Movies That Didn't Get Nominated for Any Oscars This Year 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Strong also emphasizes that cultural attitudes that only accept some people's particularly sympathetic reasons for having abortions implicitly or explicitly shame others' reasons, and have consequently obscured how common abortion is. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “Women’s liberation played an important part in the passage of this bill,” New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller declared when he signed the nation’s most liberal abortion law in April 1970. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z In “Never Rarely,” the hurdles to an abortion are as legion as they are maddening and pedestrian, a blunt political truism that Hittman brilliantly connects to women’s fight for emancipation. ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review: A Woman’s Heroic Journey 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z While reformers and repeal advocates saw abortion in terms of public health and rights, opponents framed the issue in terms of human life, the “sacred” life of the fetus. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z It implies there’s an ideal number of abortions, and you know what it is. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker shrugged off a question from Kelly about his opposition to abortion even when it’s necessary to save a woman’s life. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Determined to repeal laws against abortion, in New York they testified before the state legislature and passed out copies of a “model abortion bill”: a blank piece of paper. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z You never said nobody’s allowed to have an abortion. Staging the Politics of Abortion 2011-04-13T22:20:09Z It's a problem because it reinforces the same dehumanization of people who seek and have abortions, which the anti-abortion movement relies on for its success. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z “Even liberals may balk at the idea of a comedy about an abortion,” A.O. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Tokyo Olympiad’ and ‘Greatness Code’ 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z A mere 13 percent of respondents exhibited a “high knowledge” of abortion, exhibited by the ability to answer at least four of six questions correctly on the topic. People in red states and blue states are equally clueless about abortion 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The judge can then appoint the unborn fetus a lawyer, and put the teenager seeking an abortion on trial — witnesses and all. “The Daily Show” slams appalling Alabama law that appoints lawyers for fetuses 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Wade, but it changed the way that state-level abortion restrictions were evaluated and introduced the “undue burden” standard. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Years of state Republican legislators passing restrictions on abortion in a piecemeal fashion has created a situation where the procedure may be legal, but out of reach for millions of women. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z After all, Mr. Tebow is “very, very to the right,” Ms. Cutrone said, “he doesn’t believe in abortion or a woman’s right to choose.” Jets Quarterback Tim Tebow Is Sought for the Red Carpet 2012-03-23T20:16:37Z The ostensible purpose of all these recordings was to catch an abortion provider agreeing to illegally sell fetal tissue. David Daleiden’s sleaze factory: His latest court defeat exposes how slimy the Center for Medical Progress is 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z By not explaining why one of its regular characters in a show about woman can't get an abortion, that leaves countless viewers in the dark as they face fears about their reproductive options. "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z In a mid-19th-century novel by an anonymous author, the ironically named "Mother Higgins" is an untrained abortionist hired by wealthy men with pregnant mistresses to perform surgical abortions. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Samantha Bee shot this week’s “Full Frontal” while she had Covid, saying the news of a potential abortion ban was important enough to power through. Trevor Noah Has Gun Law Ideas for New York 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Wade because the decision “invited no dialogue with legislators,” but wiped out, in a single stroke, every state’s abortion law. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z For years, anti-abortion stigma has pushed the narrative that abortion takes away possibilities when a child isn't born. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The US Center for Reproductive Rights filed emergency lawsuits in five states to thwart moves by legislators to ban abortion during the pandemic. Alabama cannot block abortions during coronavirus crisis, judge rules 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Much as in the American independent movie “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” the struggle to obtain a safe abortion here is difficult, life-changing and profound. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z He has been particularly unyielding on abortion, “casting himself as the defender of the fetus and the rights of the fetus,” Mr. Lewis said, and alienating many friends on the left. Nat Hentoff Is the Subject of David Lewis’s New Documentary 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The National Abortion Federation has reported that invasions and assaults on abortion clinics increased by about 130 percent in 2021, and the overturning of Roe v. A Planned Parenthood was firebombed, and the alleged motive isn’t what I expected 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Not only is this cruel and unusual, it is vindictive and everything abortion clinics and women’s healthcare clinics work tirelessly to combat and avoid. Pro-life fanatics want you to think abortion clinics are terrifying places; here’s what one really looks like 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z When Madame Restell started her work, abortion in the first five months was still just a misdemeanor. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Participating in discussions about the film, she said, has changed her approach to activism; though she's long been in favor of abortion rights, she always felt unsure of what to do with her beliefs. 'Obvious Child's' Jenny Slate ready to be in the lead 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Wade decision, Erica Kane became one the first characters on a scripted television show to undergo a legal abortion. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Like doctors who provided abortions pre-Roe v Wade, he breaks laws that he believes are unjust; he considers legal violations a risky but necessary part of his quest to alleviate people’s pain. Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Which strikes me as not the conversation you'd be having, if you were trying to do more abortions, right? Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z But we are mainly presented with private dramas in miniature, dealing with divorce, abortion, suicide, family breakdown. Tiny Plays for Ireland 2 – review 2013-03-17T18:39:43Z On the show, Whoopi Goldberg – who took some time off the show to film "Anansi Boys" – reminds viewers that a woman's right to have an abortion is still legal in America. “The View” slams SCOTUS draft opinion, says Roe v. Wade is not a religious issue but a human one 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z And Mr. MacFarlane once assigned one of his writers to read an essay about abortion by Sagan and Ms. Druyan before tackling a controversial “Family Guy” episode on that same topic. ?Family Guy? Creator Part of ?Cosmos? Update 2011-08-05T04:15:14Z The state supreme court also blocked a two-pronged measure that would reduce access to medication abortion by changing the guidelines for use. Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks two antiabortion measures 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z To break open the world of private secrets in which abortion dwelled and make it a public domain of rights required women’s advocates to adopt two parallel strategies. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Poor women were often the victims of amateur abortions, which produced a death rate 15 percent higher than the maternal death rate. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z He said Obama was just as bad as Joseph Stalin because of his allowing abortion. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z ON the third anniversary of my abortion, I found out via MySpace that my ex-boyfriend was having a baby with another woman. Modern Love: A Lost Child, but Not Mine 2011-07-28T22:12:45Z The law, which was passed by the Assembly in a 49-26 vote, also requires that licensed medical facilities alert clients to all options related to pregnancy, including abortion. California lawmakers vote to make it harder for crisis pregnancy centers to lie to women 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z And so, yes, what I think the next chapter here after limiting abortion, is serving them, helping them. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z As a guide to the various ways of thinking about abortion, “Scarlet A” is readable and respectful — and therefore, in its own quiet way, revolutionary. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z In January, she learned she was pregnant, but decided to have an abortion after “she got nervous when CPS unexpectedly showed up at the school… to question her and complainant about their relationship.” Don’t romanticize sex crimes against boys — it’s still abuse if the abuser is female 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z If he turns out to be significantly more conservative than Kennedy, he could provide the fifth vote to end abortion rights or affirmative action. Dissecting Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Supreme Ambition’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Even if a patient does not disclose her abortion, digital surveillance threatens to tell the tale for her, through Google searches, menstruation app data and location tracking. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In one case in 2017, Stewart represented the government when it tried to prevent a 17-year-old migrant, who said she was fleeing abuse in her native country, from getting an abortion in the United States. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z At the same time, state legislatures are busily crafting one bill after another to nibble away and encumber Roe in anticipation of the Supreme Court sending abortion rights back to the states. This documentary shows how close we are to a real-life “Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Nobody expects the Catholic Church to do a sudden, swift about-face on the topic of abortion. The Catholic Church’s angry Christmas 2012-12-26T17:05:00Z It was an eye-opening analysis of how the relentless battles to restrict abortion have resulted in the increasingly onerous regulation of pregnancy itself. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z At one point, a Catholic surrogate is forced to have an abortion after a doctor discovers that the fetus has a possible birth defect. Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Abortions performed due to fetal anomalies, and late-term abortions generally, represent a minority of abortions performed in this country. “Death is not always the worst outcome”: We’re so good at saving babies, and so bad at respecting the limits of medicine and the rights of families 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z We both are pro-choice, but when it comes to abortion, in the typical scenario, you decide to terminate a pregnancy you don’t want. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z These archetypes are as timeless and primal as that scene in “Alien” when the alien bursts out of Kane’s chest in counterpoint to the real-life nation obsessing about abortion and women’s lib. Who Wears the Wonderpants? Feminists, Amazons and the fate of the world 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Season one is under way, and topics range from companies using feminism to sell products to crisis pregnancy centres in the US that mislead women trying to get abortions. Anita Sarkeesian: ‘It’s frustrating to be known as the woman who survived #Gamergate’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “I think you should not get an abortion,” he says, pausing. Louis C.K.’s New Special Mines Comedy From the Middle Ground 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z And if Kelly could fake Aaliyah's age for their secret Chicago wedding, it stands to reason that he could also fake her age for her to have an abortion. What the R. Kelly trial allegations about teen abortions can tell us about reproductive coercion 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Breitbart went particularly apoplectic over the incidents, with a story declaring this week that “A part of every Thin Mint and Do-Si-Do, every Samoa and Savannah Smile goes to support abortion advocacy.” Conservatives’ ridiculous war on the Girl Scouts 2014-01-31T16:02:00Z Within a few years, NARAL’s board of directors would be dominated by feminists who ensured that women’s reproductive rights remained at the center of the national debate over abortion. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z This, of course, doesn't go as planned — not the abortion itself, which goes entirely fine, as abortions pretty much always do. In Hulu's "False Positive," the real monster isn't just a shady fertility doctor 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “Women have died going through a clandestine abortion.” El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women: Amnesty 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Taking on the politics of abortion would seem right up her alley. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z If she tests positive, she is offered counseling and given the option of abortion or continuing the pregnancy. 'I didn’t get arrested, I got rescued': jail is a lifeline for some pregnant women 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The reason she’s gone to London is to have an abortion. Downton Abbey Recap: Whole Hog 2014-02-10T03:00:27Z Maybe dream is the wrong word, because nobody ever dreams about having an abortion. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z If they wanted the abortion, they had 30 minutes to call a clinic in Colorado before closing time or wait the weekend. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z In response, and with encouragement from the church, 16 Mexican states adjusted their constitutions to protect the fetuses, beginning at the moment of conception and turning abortion — technically — into murder. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z It is, as discussions about abortion often are, so preoccupied with scrambling for the moral high ground that it pays no attention to the women being trampled underfoot. Perspective | The unmerciful ending of Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Consider it appropriate timing, then, that Netflix is releasing this documentary on the case and the way the issue of abortion continues to ignite passions. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Reversing Roe’ and ‘The Oslo Diaries’ 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A plain-speaking Australian, Singer has experienced many death threats as a result of his philosophical writings on euthanasia, abortion and newborn infanticide. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, abortion itself has been routinely condemned, from early Christian councils in A.D. Catholicism at a crossroads: What does it mean now that Pope Francis gave priests the ability to forgive abortions? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Knowing I would never have to pump out unwanted babies was a lifeline, and the reason I never breathed a word of my friend's abortion — or anyone else's. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z And I realized I needed to talk about my abortion outside of my therapist’s office, because it might help another women in this position. My abortion story 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z It's like a film written by the sort of people who stand outside abortion clinics with misspelled placards and guns. Sex and the City 2: What happened to good old Sex?| Victoria Coren 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z “People are feeling it in the streets, this fatigue, and they’re angry,” she said of the attack on abortion rights. Samantha Bee isn’t covering antiabortion laws because she’s a woman. It’s because laughter makes a statement. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Put simply, SB8 is a nightmare for pregnant people and those who help them, like the abortion clinics that will shutter across the state because of this law. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z It's an upsetting time for abortion rights and women's rights. 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z And I wanted to break my family’s long-standing silence surrounding Win’s death, because silence only helps to perpetuate the fallacy that outlawing abortion has ever stopped women from attempting it. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Pills with a promise of producing abortion were touted as “Regulating Pills, $5; sure and safe.” Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Last month the House of Representatives voted to permit states to withhold funds from affiliates of Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers that offer abortions. Roe v Wade: Suffragette producers to make film about abortion ruling 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Would you find it morally acceptable to put abortion pills in the mail? Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Under the bill, performing an abortion would be punishable by between one and three years in prison. Unreal: Oklahoma legislature passes bill that would outlaw abortion in state 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Antiabortion activists think themselves clever when they compare abortion to slavery, but reams of historical records prove their narrative to be rooted in quicksand. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z The North Dakota case also exposes how bogus claims made by doctors outside the medical mainstream can seriously threaten access to legal abortion. Anti-choice pseudoscience hits a new low: North Dakota argues that viability begins at conception 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Women in conservative states like Guanajuato who visit hospitals or clinics with pregnancy complications often face suspicion — whether they’ve had an abortion or not. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z The overwhelming amount of abortion litigation are brought by providers. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z I was familiar with the phony pretext of “protecting women’s health,” but I was surprised seeing Perry, and others, state explicitly, “We want to end abortion.” The new documentary “Trapped” takes viewers to the bloodiest battlefield in the American “war on women” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z They detailed that situation in an affidavit, asserting, among much else, that their pseudonymous plaintiff could not afford to travel to where abortion was legal and safe. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z It was her vote that saved abortion rights, her vote that preserved affirmative action and her vote that delivered the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Leiby wants to give us a portrait of abortion not as a crisis or a moral question, but as a common and confusing medical procedure. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But if you think abortions are expensive, try having a kid. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Photograph: Dark Horse Comics Voices arguing for a woman's right to choose in America's anguished debate over abortion have discovered an unexpected ally: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy's choice: Joss Whedon gets political 2012-02-10T13:35:07Z He takes heat from the left for a pro-life stance on abortion and from the right for his opposition to laws that dictate what a doctor can say to a patient about abortion. Former surgeon general faces his wife’s cancer — and the ‘Trump Effect’ 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “This is exactly why these abortions exists,” said her father. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z CPCs in Maryland and New York have told women that abortion is legal throughout pregnancy. Support shams: Anti-abortion clinics masquerading as pregnancy support centers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-thirties, she had arranged an abortion for her son’s wife, an actress. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Virginia’s similar, hospital-level restrictions on clinics were somewhat overshadowed by the ultrasound requirements for women seeking abortions. Michigan, Virginia pass backdoor abortion restrictions 2013-01-02T22:44:00Z First of all, the reimagination of any narrative of infanticide in terms of abortion is profoundly questionable. Faust – review 2012-10-14T15:34:32Z I understand that this is probably “enough,” but I’ve always strived for protecting my parents from heartbreak, going so far as to hide my severe depression and recent abortion. Helping my mother grieve 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z South Carolina’s House of Representatives is the latest legislative body to pass a near-total ban on abortion, following nauseating and weird floor debates that occurred on the House floor Tuesday and Wednesday. Perspective | Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z I realized later that it wasn’t the topic of abortion itself that made her so uneasy—she was a nurse and a Roe-era feminist who usually responded straightforwardly to even the most embarrassing health questions. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Upon learning of the Army of Three — Bay Area feminists who helped women find safe abortions in the years before Roe v. Andrea Bowers: Her Activism Animates Her Art 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Telling our abortion stories is a form of resistance. After my abortion I felt relieved — and I’m in the majority 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The same year, she published an essay in Harper’s titled “We Do Abortions Here,” a calmly heart-rending dispatch from the abortion clinic where she worked. Sallie Tisdale’s Quietly Groundbreaking Essays About Caring for Others 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Have we had any scenes set in crisis pregnancy centers yet, where a woman seeking an abortion is pressured with scare tactics to keep an unwanted pregnancy? Perspective | ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ used to feel provocative. Now it’s just exhausting. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z That an accessible third course of action — an abortion — goes essentially ignored by both Natalie and the screenwriter, April Prosser, is a mind-boggling factor in this otherwise predictable movie. ‘Look Both Ways’ Review: To Be and Not to Be 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z And why is abortion always labelled a women's issue when, by definition, there's a man involved every time? Buffy drives home an important issue for women 2012-02-10T17:09:04Z A demystifying depiction of abortion and the restrictions around it, the show was as quietly thoughtful as it was boisterously, hilariously transgressive. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Loomer was fascinated by the idea of using the women’s relationship as a lens to examine the cultural divide over abortion. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z She is also, beneath the frothy surface, standing up to various unshakable orthodoxies — most bravely that abortion should weigh on a woman’s conscience like infanticide. Books of The Times: ‘How to Be a Woman,’ by Caitlin Moran 2012-07-26T21:53:58Z Oz’s views on abortion, a prime issue in the midterms among Democratic voters, may be especially alienating to would-be consumers of Oz content. Where does Dr. Oz — and his reputation — go from here? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z As we’ll see, the historical record demonstrates that violence directed at abortion providers correlates strongly not to the legalization of abortion, but to the later rise of religious antiabortion activism. The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Not only women need abortions or are affected by issues around abortion, including infertility. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z I recall facing a chanting crowd of protesters in the parking lot that the fertility center shared with a women’s health facility that performed abortions. Motherlode: An Egg Donor Responds 2011-07-22T18:11:26Z Because it is a negative right — “to be let alone” — privacy does not ensure that any woman who needs or desires an abortion will be able to have one. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z What about driving someone across the state border where medical abortions are available? Perspective | What will post-Roe America look like? Let’s look at pre-Roe America. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z And the tactic of showing, as graphically as possible, the results of abortion remains the same. Anti choicers: Stop bullying women with bloody photos 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate candidate in Georgia and a noted opponent of abortion, denied reports from Monday that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009. Stephen Colbert Pens Get-Well Card to Herschel Walker 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z He is not, as Colorado Republican Rep. JoAnn Windholz suggested earlier this week, someone simply sent “over the hill” by the “abortion industry,” an example of how “violence begets violence.” Romanticizing Robert Dear: Making him “a recluse who longed for women” mythologizes his brand of violence 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z And the future display of such work seems dimmer after a small public college in Idaho removed six works about abortion and birth control from an exhibition, citing a state anti-abortion law. An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z But not every artist who favors abortion rights is interested in using art to advance the cause. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Years ago I wrote about abortion doulas, volunteers who offer support to pregnant people who have chosen to end their pregnancies. Perspective | Why does ‘pro-life’ mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z I think that Norma felt overlooked by the abortion rights movement. "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z It is 14 times more likely to cause death than abortion, according to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists. Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Supreme Court’s refusal, in September, to block the Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. How White Feminism Threw Its Black Counterpart Under the Bus 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z With abortion no longer legal federally, will the egg roll become a chick roll? Raccoons, rabbits and Sean Spicer: The camp and contradictions of the White House Easter Egg Roll 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z After inviting several campaigners for legalized abortion to the premiere, the documentary’s director Juan Solanas walked the red carpet alongside women waving scarves, with some even decked out in green gowns and make-up. Clad in green, film crew protest Argentina abortion law on Cannes... 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Their snitch site, ProLifeWhistleBlower.com, was shared widely . . . by abortion rights supporters and clever teens on Twitter, Reddit, and of course, TikTok, calling on the internet to rise up and render the tip line nonfunctional with spam. Why “Shrek” memes shutting down anti-abortion snitch hotline are just the beginning 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Never contend that abortion is a single issue and there are other issues of equal importance. How to argue with your relatives about abortion: A few arguments that don’t work with pro-lifers and some that might 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z He supported the Equal Rights Amendment and opposed a ban on abortion. 'Slade Gorton': U.S. senator, octogenarian policy wonk 2012-01-18T21:16:04Z Belous that the language of the state’s pre-reform abortion law was unconstitutionally vague and that “a ‘right of privacy’ or ‘liberty’” included a woman’s “fundamental right to choose whether to bear children.” How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Toward the end of the debate, Raddatz introduced the issue of abortion with a personal, general question, asking the two Roman Catholic candidates how their faith affected their work in politics. Forceful Raddatz draws praise as moderator 2012-10-12T13:16:13Z The teen, who was 10 weeks pregnant and known in court documents only as R.E.K., recently sued her parents for trying to strong-arm her into having an abortion. Reproductive freedom also means choosing not to have an abortion 2013-02-20T19:57:00Z And some single people say the recent ruling has led them to ask potential partners where they stand on abortion access earlier on in the dating process than they would have otherwise. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Telling the truth about abortion, though — speaking of those experiences, that is, in a culture where abortion remains heavily stigmatized — well, that is rare. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z As a teenager, she had an abortion, the consequence, she suggests, of gaps in her sex education. Review | Sharon Stone comes to terms with childhood trauma and Hollywood toxicity in ‘The Beauty of Living Twice’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z That means few abortion restrictions, strong bank regulations and no capital punishment. Canada Would Welcome Election Losers 2012-11-05T16:26:43Z What is fascinating is how much of 's language parrots the language of the never-ending abortion debate. 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Review: Meyer's Vampires Return 2010-06-30T08:50:00Z |
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