News
Planned Parenthood is in a crisis — and the Supreme Court could make it worse
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (136+ words) As the second Trump administration enacts more of its policy goals, abortion opponents are trying to starve abortion providers of any federal funding. Though the need for abortion support is higher than it's ever been, donations to abortion funds and…...
Closed clinics, canceled care: New data shows effects of One Big Beautiful Bill’s attack on Planned Parenthood
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (307+ words) New data shared first with MS NOW shows nearly two dozen clinics closed and appointments have plummeted after congressional Republicans defunded Planned Parenthood. Fewer women are getting cancer screenings. Fewer are getting birth control. And clinics are closing." "In the…...
Anti-abortion groups to GOP: Act on mifepristone or pay in the midterms
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (779+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley's, R-Mo., legislation to ban abortion pills has the backing of the movement's most powerful leaders. GOP leadership isn't returning calls. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants to ban abortion pills. His own party would rather talk about other…...
Opinion | MAGA world’s violent pregnancy-related rhetoric is on full display
3+ week, 1+ day ago (482+ words) In Vermont and Tennessee, two controversies are highlighting some of the violence at the heart of right-wing attacks on reproductive freedom. Conservatives" crusade against reproductive freedom is deathly serious. Two controversies over the past week highlight some of the violence…...
‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1790+ words) A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics. Bell's act of rebellion ended in her arrest. Four Capitol Police officers picked her up and carried…...
Democrats mount a long-shot legislative bid to overturn the VA’s new abortion ban
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (664+ words) The effort is unlikely to succeed, but Democrats say it would force Republicans to go on the record about abortion in the most dire circumstances. In response to the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly implementing a ban last month on…...
‘This fight is not over’: Abortion rights activist Julie Burkhart reacts to Wyoming Supreme Court ruling
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (146+ words) This fight is not over: Abortion rights activist Julie Burkhart reacts to Wyoming Supreme Court ruling'MS NOW We Had Whistles. They Had Guns: Protests Grow After MN ICE Shooting How Trump Turned The Presidency into a Lucrative Business The false…...
The most worrying words in Trump’s move on emergency abortions
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (310+ words) The rescinding of a Biden-era guidance could further restrict how doctors address emergencies, regardless of states" abortion laws. In a major move on abortion policy, the Trump administration just withdrew Biden-era guidance on emergency abortions. The guidance had interpreted the…...
Where are pregnant women in Kennedy’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ plan?
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (186+ words) Kennedy's HHS would get rid of the programs that have led to reductions in maternal deaths. Where are pregnant women in Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" plan? The decision by Kennedy's agency to delete the recommendation that pregnant women be…...