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Federal Gov Trafficking Pregnant Children to Texas So They Can't Get Abortions
Jill Filipovic, Throughline.news
At least half of these unaccompanied migrant kids are rape victims, and all are being denied adequate medical care for high-risk pregnancies in a state with sky-high maternal mortality rates.
Feb 23, 2026, 4:57 PM
Texas Is Prosecuting a Midwife for Abortion. Its Case Is Already Falling Apart.
Mary Ziegler, Slate Magazine
Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.
Feb 21, 2026, 2:00 PM
MAGA’s war on “woke” has a long history — like 400 years
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Trump and Stephen Miller don’t just want to erase the 20th century. Their dream is much bigger than that
Feb 8, 2026, 11:45 AM
Pro-life group says Trump has power to overturn Biden-era policy allowing mail-order abortions
FOX News Videos, Fox News
Restoration of America Foundation CEO Doug Truax is urging the Trump administration to end a Biden administration FDA policy that he says is driving around...
Feb 5, 2026, 2:05 AM
Anti-Abortion Extremists, Including Those Trump Pardoned, Are Remobilizing to Harass Clinics
Danielle Han, Jezebel
MS Now reports that anti-abortion extremists have been emboldened by the DOJ’s decision to limit enforcement of a 1994 law meant to protect reproductive health clinics from violence.
Jan 31, 2026, 12:19 PM
Trump Admin Suddenly Wants Louisiana to Drop Abortion Pill Lawsuit. I Wonder Why...
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Hint: The answer starts with “mid” and ends with “terms.”
Jan 28, 2026, 2:04 PM
Trump Admin Expands the Already Draconian Global Gag Rule to Target Trans Rights, DEI
Danielle Han, Jezebel
One human rights expert told Jezebel that the expanded rule pushes Trump’s agenda “of conditioning previously apolitical funding to control people’s bodies and decimate human rights internationally.”
Jan 27, 2026, 2:22 PM
Trump’s new foreign aid ban expands his “cruel” agenda on the world
Nicole Karlis, Salon
Experts say the Trump administration is using foreign aid to impose anti-human rights ideology globally
Jan 24, 2026, 11:30 AM
Trump expands policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions
Jonathan Lambert, NPR
In addition to adding to the list of groups that will lose funding for providing or discussing abortion, the policy now also calls for ending aid to groups that embrace DEI.
Jan 23, 2026, 9:36 PM
Guy With No Friends Uses Anti-Abortion Rally to Brag About Recently Having Sex
Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel
At the March for Life rally, JD Vance touted his sex life while promising anti-abortion activists more attacks on reproductive rights.
Jan 23, 2026, 3:05 PM
The state attorneys general are as mad as you are
Sarah Jeong, The Verge
The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution Hall. It wasn't yet 5PM on a Wednesday but the crowd was gathering well before the town hall was scheduled to begin. Just a day earlier, news ou…
Jan 22, 2026, 7:52 PM
New Research Debunks Trump and RFK Jr.’s Claims Linking Tylenol to Autism
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
It's the latest research to find no clear link between maternal acetaminophen use and a higher autism risk.
Jan 20, 2026, 5:05 PM
Abortions increased post Roe. A clash over mail-order pills helps explain why
Lauren Pearle, San.com
National abortion numbers were expected to fall after the Dobbs ruling ended federal protections - instead, they increased. The post Abortions increased post...
Jan 20, 2026, 11:00 AM
Mike Johnson Doesn’t Want Military Members to Have Access to IVF
Danielle Han, Jezebel
“It’s disgraceful but not surprising that he is working behind the scenes to force servicemembers to suffer through infertility," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wa.) said on Thursday.
Dec 5, 2025, 1:33 PM
Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
The conservative justices appear like they'll help anti-abortion fake clinics avoid a subpoena—and any modicum of accountability.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:01 PM
Trump Wants to Make African Countries Share Abortion Data to Get AIDS Funding
Jessica Washington, The Intercept
An aid agreement template would require countries to share vast amounts of health data, including on abortion, to receive funds to combat HIV and other infectious diseases. The post Trump Wants to Make African Countries Share Abortion Data to Get AIDS Funding…
Dec 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
Contextualizing claims State Department declared abortion, DEI and LGBTQ+ rights 'human rights violations'
Joey Esposito, Snopes.com
Outlets reported U.S. diplomats are now required "to scrutinize the prevalence of abortion and gender-transition surgery among children."
Nov 26, 2025, 11:53 PM
How 'defund Planned Parenthood' came to threaten primary care in rural Maine
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood.
Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
More Young Women Than Ever Want to GTFO of the U.S.
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Where are we going, friends? I’ll pack my bags.
Nov 13, 2025, 4:06 PM
Where Wokeness Went Wrong
Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books
Symbolic struggles cannot be a force of resistance to the Trump administration.
Nov 13, 2025, 1:00 PM
Florida and Nebraska Just Killed My Blue Wave High
Danielle Han, Jezebel
On Thursday, Nebraska's Governor and Florida's Attorney General each made moves to further gut abortion access in their states.
Nov 8, 2025, 11:54 AM
FDA Is Investigating the Abortion Pill Mifepristone despite Decades of Studies Showing It’s Safe
Liz Szabo, Scientific American
Some scientists are concerned that the Trump administration will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety record
Oct 30, 2025, 3:30 PM
Trump wants to torch contraception for poor women. So far, Belgium says no
Nicole Karlis, Salon
After killing USAID, Trump administration intends to incinerate contraceptives meant for low-income countries
Oct 25, 2025, 10:30 AM
Allegedly Pro-Choice Susan Collins Confirms Yet Another Anti-Abortion Judge to Lifetime Seat
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
The Maine Senator provided the 50th vote to give a Trump-loving, abortion-hating law professor a job for life.
Oct 21, 2025, 4:50 PM