Topic: Abortion

  • My abortion, my choice

    A young woman explains why she feels it's important to talk about having an abortion--and why she won't be silenced.

  • Taking on anti-abortion lies

    Seattle Clinic Defense picketed a talk by a right-wing physician who aimed to spread lies about abortion and its impact.

  • Leaving women with no options

    Whatever the outcome of the trial of a Philadelphia doctor, the bigger crime is what women seeking abortions had to endure.

  • Anti-abortion fanatics gain new ground

    In one state after another, anti-choice legislators are passing laws that could make abortion completely inaccessible for millions of women.

  • Abortion under siege in Ohio

    Pressure from the anti-choice fanatics in Ohio has put the last two abortion clinics in Toledo at risk of being closed.

  • Using a tragedy to attack our rights

    Anti-choice fanatics are using the tragic death of a young woman to further their assault on abortion providers.

  • The new Jane Crow

    Hundreds of pregnant women have had their rights taken away by police, prosecutors and judges claiming the authority to control their bodies.

  • Fighting for reproductive justice in Seattle

    Dozens of participants turned out as Seattle Clinic Defense held its first Northwest Summit on Reproductive Justice.

  • Standing against the fanatics

    A small gathering of abortion rights activists countered the message of the annual "Right to Life" march in Washington, D.C.

  • Aborto no es una mala palabra

    El abandono por parte de Planned Parenthood de su rótulo "pro-opción" señala una retirada en la defensa del derecho al aborto.

  • Abortion shouldn't be a dirty word

    The decision by Planned Parenthood to drop its "pro-choice" label signals a further retreat from the defense of abortion rights.

  • Abortion rights and the ballot box

    If we're going to "spend, spend, spend" for reproductive rights, let's spend that money on the people who actually need it.

  • Countering Justice for All

    University of North Texas pro-choice activists had the right kind of "welcome" for the anti-abortion group Justice for All.

  • The struggle for abortion rights in Ireland

    Abortion and the struggle for a woman's right to choose is taking center stage in both the South and North of Ireland.

  • They don't care if women die

    The death of an Irish woman who needed an abortion reveals the fanaticism of the anti-choice movement in controlling women's bodies.

  • Cutting the "40 days" short

    Women's rights activists in Grand Rapids, Mich., held a counterprotest against the anti-choice "40 Days for Life" campaign.

  • Pro aborto...cada cuatro años

    Los demócratas denuncian a los republicanos por lo que podrían hacer contra los derechos reproductivos de la mujer, pero nada acerca de que ellos proponen.

  • They care about abortion...every four years

    The Democrats never talk about what they'll do for women to defend their reproductive rights--only what the Republicans will do against them.

  • How do we fight for choice?

    Some 30 people gathered for a panel discussion on the abortion rights struggle sponsored by Seattle Clinic Defense.

  • Countering anti-choice lies

    Some 75 pro-choice protesters picketed a lecture titled, "Do women have too many rights?" at the University of Washington.

  • Kansas' all-out war on abortion

    Legislation passed by the Kansas House of Representatives could lead to the country's most restrictive abortion law.

  • Fla. protests a war on women

    Scores of men and women gathered in Orlando, Fla., for a demonstration in defense of women's right to choose

  • Protest kills personhood bill

    In a victory for supporters of abortion rights, a proposed fetal "personhood" bill went down to defeat in Oklahoma.

  • Denton rallies for reproductive rights

    Some 60 activists and students gathered in Denton, Texas, for a rally against the war on women's reproductive health care.

  • In defense of sex

    The right wing has gone to war against birth control--precisely because it's central to a woman's right to make decisions about her sexual life.