Abortion rights

News and features on the legal and cultural fight over abortion in the United States.

The waiting room at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services is empty as just an hour earlier, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, shutting down abortion services at the clinic on June 24 in San Antonio, Texas. The clinic had to turn patients away once the ruling came down. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

How the fall of Roe could change abortion care in Mass.

The abortion bans have the potential to subject Massachusetts physicians who care for patients from states where abortion is illegal to criminal prosecution, civil suits and public scrutiny, write four...

Jul 26, 2022

An abortion-rights protester displays placards as they gather in Franklin Square Park to march towards the White House to pressure on the Biden administration to act and protect abortion rights in Washington, D.C., July 9, 2022. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP)

Choosing abortion wasn't about safety or survival

For me, abortion was about choosing a path that I wanted over a path that I didn’t, writes Sarah Nager.

Jul 18, 2022

A girls holds a sign in support of abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

'My girls are part of that hope': Why I talk to my daughters about hard things

Hard conversations, like advocacy, must be ongoing, writes Anri Wheeler.

Jul 14, 2022

An abortion-rights demonstrator holds a placard during a protest before the Fourth of July parade in Bloomington, Indiana. More than 100 abortion-rights activists participated in a protest march after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Roe v. Wade on June 24, which will allow states like Indiana to fully criminalize abortion. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

When abortion is 'an unimaginable act of surrender'

Banning abortion will create tremendous suffering for some who face pregnancy complications — all traumatic in themselves, but even more so without the guarantee of timely deliverance, writes Anita Hannig.

Jul 7, 2022

Female nurse and surgeon in scrubs during surgery (Getty Images)

I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save lives

This is a skill I never enjoy using. But as a high-risk obstetrician, it is absolutely the thing I do that has saved the most lives, writes Dr. Erika Werner.

Jul 1, 2022

A man wears a "I stand with Planned Parenthood" shirt at a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

We need more men to fight for abortion rights

People with uteruses shouldn’t be the only ones charged with baring their souls and making themselves vulnerable, writes Laura Tamman. More men need to share their abortion stories.

Jun 30, 2022

The author, Judith Rosenbaum, with friends from college, chanting, in 1992, Washington, D.C. She writes: "I can mark time by the changing haircuts and T-shirts in photos of the rallies and protests my friends and I attended in every decade." (Courtesy Judith Rosenbaum)

Like Roe, I was born in 1973 — and I'm here to keep fighting

We will not be the ones most impacted by the end of Roe, but we feel its heavy responsibility and the painful question: if we failed to hold onto Roe,...

Jun 27, 2022

Abortion-rights protesters following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, in Washington, Friday, June 24. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP)

Roe has been overturned. Here's what we need to do now in Massachusetts

The road to overturn Roe v. Wade began in the states. Now abortion rights activists must also concentrate on the state level for the next battle, write Maura Healey and...

Jun 24, 2022

Anti-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Abortion rights suddenly emerged as an issue that could reshape the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of Congress, following a report that conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court were poised to strike down the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

'This is the hill I will die on': Readers react to a potential ban on abortion

Abortion is one of the biggest fault lines in American politics. This week, a leaked version of a Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade set off a political...

May 5, 2022

Pro-life and pro-choice protestors gather outside the Supreme Court as arguments begin about the Texas abortion law by the court on Capitol Hill on Monday, Nov. 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We want to hear from you: Abortion in America

In a draft opinion obtained by Politico, at least five Supreme Court justices appear poised to strike down Roe vs. Wade. If the opinion becomes law, it would end legal...

May 3, 2022

Demonstrators gather outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. In an initial draft majority opinion obtained by Politico, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito allegedly wrote that the cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey should be overturned, which would end federal protection of abortion rights across the country. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The end of abortion rights is just the beginning

Brace yourself, the worst is yet to come, writes Jesse Mermell. Justice Alito's leaked draft highlights other rights conservatives are targeting, including marriage equality and birth control.

May 3, 2022

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How the fall of Roe could change abortion care in Mass.

Choosing abortion wasn't about safety or survival

'My girls are part of that hope': Why I talk to my daughters about hard things

When abortion is 'an unimaginable act of surrender'

I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save lives

We need more men to fight for abortion rights

Like Roe, I was born in 1973 — and I'm here to keep fighting

Roe has been overturned. Here's what we need to do now in Massachusetts

'This is the hill I will die on': Readers react to a potential ban on abortion

We want to hear from you: Abortion in America

The end of abortion rights is just the beginning

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Abortion rights

How the fall of Roe could change abortion care in Mass.

Choosing abortion wasn't about safety or survival

'My girls are part of that hope': Why I talk to my daughters about hard things

When abortion is 'an unimaginable act of surrender'

I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save lives

We need more men to fight for abortion rights

Like Roe, I was born in 1973 — and I'm here to keep fighting

Roe has been overturned. Here's what we need to do now in Massachusetts

'This is the hill I will die on': Readers react to a potential ban on abortion

We want to hear from you: Abortion in America

The end of abortion rights is just the beginning