reproductive rights

The Handmaid’s Tale vibes are too real.

Some states actually let citizens suggest laws.

On Feb. 21, 2024, the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system announced it was pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for all current or prospective patients. “We are saddened that this will impact our patients’ attempt to have a baby through IVF,” the health system said in a statement at the time. “We must evaluate the potential that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for IVF treatments.”  Two additional fertility treatment facilities—Alabama Fertility and the Center for Reproductive Medicine at Mobile Infirmary—followed suit, impacting hundreds of patients and an untold number of hopeful families.

Ten years ago, I was fresh out of college when my brother Jack died and completely turned my life upside down.

It seems like everyone is talking about abortion rights, but not everyone seems to actually have a correct understanding of what abortion is.  In fact, 73% of American adults believe emergency contraception (aka Plan B) can end an early-stage pregnancy, according to a 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation poll — which no, it can’t actually do.

Every election is about maps, and 2024 is no exception.

When the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated the 1864 abortion ban earlier this month, it looked like the Grand Canyon state would be transported out of the 21st century and back to a time when people were property, the country was torn apart by civil war, and women had no rights any man was bound to respect.