Due to the Hyde Amendment, federal funds can’t be used to pay for an abortion except in cases of rape or incest. But some states, like Iowa, won’t even do that.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Doesn’t Have to Be Illegal to Be Out of Reach
Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and several other states are trying to create insurmountable obstacles for women seeking abortions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Protecting Domestic Abuse Survivors’ Privacy Online
Advocates at the state level are fighting for stronger confidentiality programs for survivors of domestic abuse.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Strategies for a Post-Roe America—and for Post-Roe American Women
An interview with Robin Marty
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Reproductive Rights at Risk With or Without Roe
In much of the country, access to abortion has already been blocked by state governments, especially for women in poverty. And if Roe goes, access will be scarcer still.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Getting Angry at the Right Targets in the Right Way
Catharsis is good, but effectiveness matters more.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Planned Parenthood — the New Election-Day Giant
The organization’s advocacy arm offers thousands of newly politically energized volunteers the resources and training to become seasoned activists. What does that mean for the abortion-rights movement—and the left?
Posted inEconomic Policy
#MeToo and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Low-wage women workers are the most vulnerable to harassment and abuse. Herewith, some policies to better protect them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will the Next Women’s March Be Taxed?
A National Park Service plan to impose harsh new fines and restrictions on public protesters takes Donald Trump’s assault on the First Amendment to a whole new level.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Every Woman in America Is Watching
The allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court hopeful Brett Kavanaugh have roiled the country in much the same way that Anita Hill’s accusations against Clarence Thomas once did. Will the harsh glare of the #MeToo era spark a different outcome?