Recent abortion bans highlight the continued barriers to reproductive justice for Indigenous people

by Luna Reyna

This article was originally published at Prism

As the attacks on reproductive health and the right to bodily autonomy for those who can get pregnant grow bolder, access to safe and …

Latina who gave birth while on life support after contracting COVID-19 urges vaccinations

NBC News’ Nicole Acevedo reports that Maryland mom María Esther Roque Díaz is strongly urging pregnant individuals, “particularly other Latinas,” get the COVID-19 vaccine. That’s because she gave …

Lawmakers urge Biden admin to end Customs and Border Protection detention of pregnant immigrants

The Biden administration this past summer issued a policy limiting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of pregnant individuals. Now, a group of Senate Democrats is calling on …

The Trump-packed Supreme Court is on the fast track to ending abortion rights for everyone

One year ago today, Senate Republicans confirmed the poorly qualified, ideological extremist Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. They did so eight days before the election, when 65 million …

Reproductive justice advocates can’t afford to ignore how abortion bans affect Asian Americans

by Jenn Fang

This story was originally published at Prism.

Texas’ abortion ban, known as State Bill 8, is by far the harshest in the nation and has already all but eliminated abortion access in Texas. …

Garland to file suit against Texas on abortion; House Democrats urge him to go after bounty hunters

The Department of Justice will file suit as soon as Thursday against Texas over its abortion ban, The Wall Street Journal reports. Justice is expected to argue that the Texas law “illegally …

Garland warns Texans not to take their new SCOTUS-approved vigilante rights too far

The Department of Justice is “urgently explor[ing] all options” to protect access to abortion service in Texas, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement released Monday. While …

Dear traditional media: Stop repeating forced birthers' lies about basic biology

Wednesday night, the PBS News Hour’s John Yang said this in a news story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s shadow docket overturning of abortion rights by refusing to stop the Texas law, the …

For the first time in 45 years, the forced-birth Hyde Amendment is out of a spending bill

For the first time in 45 years, House appropriators have not included the Hyde Amendment in a key spending bill. The House Appropriations labor and health and human services subcommittee advanced the …

Biden admin announces policy limiting ICE detention of pregnant immigrants. But will it be followed?

The Biden administration on Friday unveiled policy limiting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of pregnant individuals, stating that federal immigration officials will not detain …

Virginia's GOP gubernatorial nominee unwittingly reveals abortion position—he wants to end it

Virginia has been shining example of what happens when states turn blue: abortion rights and LGBTQ+ civil rights have been strengthened, weed decriminalized, lifetime incarceration of juveniles ended, …

FBI investigates Georgia doctor accused of sterilizing detained women

This story was originally published at Prism.

Last fall, the FBI opened an investigation into Dr. Mahendra Amin, the Georgia OB-GYN accused of performing unnecessary gynecological procedures on …