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"After Dobbs": Why abortion rates are up

"They will never stop abortion": "After Dobbs" chronicles "the extraordinary efforts" to help women get healthcare

Salon · Mar 25, 2025

Law protecting women seeking emergency abortions is target in US supreme court case

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is at the heart of the court’s latest blockbuster abortion case, which comes out of Idaho

The Guardian - US · Jan 9, 2024

Utah effectively bans clinics from providing abortions, sparking wave of confusion

The decision by Utah’s Republican governor to approve legislation that bans abortions clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

How to access abortion post-Roe

An individual states' ban cannot prevent you from getting an abortion in other ways and through other states

Salon · Jun 24, 2022

Dear Donald Trump: America is not OK

Donald Trump keeps writing to me. Yelling at the keyboard is unproductive, so I'm writing back

Salon · May 9, 2022

US pre-Roe: What was it like?

Reproductive rights activists have a good reason for not wanting a return to a pre-Roe USA

Salon · May 7, 2022

How to access abortion post-Roe

An individual states' ban cannot prevent you from getting an abortion in other ways and through other states

Salon · May 5, 2022

Doctors share ‘horror show’ stories from before Roe v Wade – and their fears of what’s to come

Professor Carole Joffe interviewed 45 physicians and healthcare professionals almost 30 years ago about abortions before and after Roe v Wade. One of those doctors, along with the author, tells Sheila Flynn how the leaked Supreme Court memo may not foreshadow the medical ‘horror show’ seen pre-Roe – but disastrous…

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022