Over the past four years, the tide has shifted on the topic of public funding of abortion, thanks in large part to organizing by the reproductive justice group All* Above All. “Fundamentally, there is now a groundswell of public support, a groundswell of support in Congress,” Destiny Lopez, co-director of All* Above All Action Fund, read more
Over the past four years, the tide has shifted on the topic of public funding of abortion, thanks in large part to organizing by the reproductive justice group All* Above All. “Fundamentally, there is now a groundswell of public support, a groundswell of support in Congress,” Destiny Lopez, co-director of All* Above All Action Fund, … Continued
The path lies not in legislation but through the deregulation of mifepristone—the only drug the FDA has approved to safely and effectively terminate an early pregnancy.
There’s a lot that Joe Biden can do right away to counteract Trump’s damaging policies. Over the last four years, the Trump administration has decimated reproductive health care, from blocking all federal funding to Planned Parenthood, to expanding the global gag rule, which prohibits foreign non-governmental organizations that receive federal funding from even mentioning abortion. President-elect Joe Biden has … Continued
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to roll back several of the Trump administration’s changes to sexual and reproductive health programs, undoing a large portion of the president’s executive actions on abortion and women’s health. Abortion rights and women’s health care advocates anticipate the Biden administration will act swiftly to reverse a myriad of Trump-era rules including ones … Continued
After four years of attacks on our reproductive rights and health by the Trump administration and the anti-abortion legislators it has emboldened around the country, there is much to repair. When President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris take office, their administration must make it a top priority to not just undo the damage, but to take bold, visionary steps … Continued
Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his VP pick means that Harris could be the first female and first Black vice president—and that alone should inspire you to vote this November. The California senator, who was running in the Democratic presidential race before dropping out in December and being tapped by Biden as his VP, has long … Continued
A prime example of the disingenuousness of the “pro-life” movement is their backing of abortion restrictions that inevitably affect the health and lives of low-income people, says Destiny Lopez, co-director of the grassroots reproductive justice organization All* Above All.
One key question dominated news coverage after the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Is this the end of Roe v. Wade? It’s a fair question. Overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that confirmed abortion was a right protected by the Constitution, has been the explicit aim of anti-abortion rights … Continued
The needless barriers amid a pandemic place individuals at greater risk of contracting Covid-19, according to a federal lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union filed against the Trump administration in May on behalf of several doctors’ organizations and a leading reproductive justice group.