Abortion rightsNews and features on the legal and cultural fight over abortion in the United States.Abortion-rights opponents don’t understand that death — like life — is sacredAll pregnancy is rife with the specter of death, although we prefer not to think about it, writes Anita Hannig. We have sacrificed an entire generation on the altar of...Jun 23, 2023The next battle over abortion is very localPeople in Massachusetts should care about what's happening in Hobbs, New Mexico. Lieutenant Governor-elect Kim Driscoll and Rebecca Hart Holder explain how the fight for abortion rights is hyper local.Jan 3, 2023How 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, 2022Choosing abortion wasn't about safety or survivalFor me, abortion was about choosing a path that I wanted over a path that I didn’t, writes Sarah Nager.Jul 18, 2022'My girls are part of that hope': Why I talk to my daughters about hard thingsHard conversations, like advocacy, must be ongoing, writes Anri Wheeler. Jul 14, 2022AdvertisementWhen 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, 2022I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save livesThis 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, 2022We need more men to fight for abortion rightsPeople 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, 2022Like Roe, I was born in 1973 — and I'm here to keep fightingWe 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, 2022Roe has been overturned. Here's what we need to do now in MassachusettsThe 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'This is the hill I will die on': Readers react to a potential ban on abortionAbortion 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, 2022We want to hear from you: Abortion in AmericaIn 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, 2022The end of abortion rights is just the beginningBrace 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
Abortion-rights opponents don’t understand that death — like life — is sacredAll pregnancy is rife with the specter of death, although we prefer not to think about it, writes Anita Hannig. We have sacrificed an entire generation on the altar of...Jun 23, 2023
The next battle over abortion is very localPeople in Massachusetts should care about what's happening in Hobbs, New Mexico. Lieutenant Governor-elect Kim Driscoll and Rebecca Hart Holder explain how the fight for abortion rights is hyper local.Jan 3, 2023
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
Choosing abortion wasn't about safety or survivalFor me, abortion was about choosing a path that I wanted over a path that I didn’t, writes Sarah Nager.Jul 18, 2022
'My girls are part of that hope': Why I talk to my daughters about hard thingsHard conversations, like advocacy, must be ongoing, writes Anri Wheeler. Jul 14, 2022
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
I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save livesThis 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
We need more men to fight for abortion rightsPeople 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
Like Roe, I was born in 1973 — and I'm here to keep fightingWe 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
Roe has been overturned. Here's what we need to do now in MassachusettsThe 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
'This is the hill I will die on': Readers react to a potential ban on abortionAbortion 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
We want to hear from you: Abortion in AmericaIn 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
The end of abortion rights is just the beginningBrace 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