The cyclical history of abortion rights
The past has been marked by periods of acceptance and intolerance of women’s bodily autonomy. Can it offer lessons for…
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The legacy of “pro-life” abortion bans is death
Infant mortality rates in the US have rapidly increased since Roe vs Wade was overturned in 2022.
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Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
The two proposals are taking a strikingly similar route through parliament.
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We’re going to find out how bad Project 2025 will be
Trump 2.0 may immiserate America in a way his first time in office could not.
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In America, women are disposable
Donald Trump’s win is a betrayal of women's fundamental rights.
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Thought experiment 2: The Unconscious Violinist
How the American ethicist Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of bodily autonomy can be transposed on to the right to abortion.
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Abortion rights will be worse under Trump
The former president created the chaos and cruelty of America’s reproductive restrictions. And they will only intensify in a second…
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The fight for abortion pills
In the US, UK and around the world, the backlash against safe, at-home abortion medication is growing.
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Ireland’s progressive centre cannot hold
As Leo Varadkar steps down as Taoiseach, voters are turning away from the Republic’s mainstream liberal consensus.
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Alabama’s IVF ruling criminalises women’s bodies
The state’s Supreme Court has decided that frozen embryos are people – with absurd consequences.
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Jen Gunter Q&A: “I wanted to be a detective and drive around in a convertible”
The gynaecologist and author on Nancy Drew, abortion rights, and what would be a truly unforgettable episode of Mastermind.
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Anohni: “There needs to be a reckoning”
The singer who rose to fame with her band Antony and the Johnsons on her mentor Lou Reed, transphobia and…
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The tragic case of Carla Foster shows why abortion should be decriminalised
Vulnerable women making decisions in harrowing circumstances should not end up in prison.
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Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge
The Nobel laureate on abortion, the “shame” of her upbringing and forging a new working-class literature.
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Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”
The poet on how America’s racism epidemic intersects with the erosion of women’s rights.
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Abortion is an economic issue – and the Democrats know it
A pledge to protect reproductive rights is a pledge to help working-class families and push poverty rates down.
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From Anthony Quinn to Andrey Kurkov: recent books reviewed in short
Also featuring No Choice: Becca Andrews on the right to abortion, and Servants of the Damned by David Enrich.
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Will the right-wing Supreme Court hurt Republicans in the US midterm elections?
The majority of voters favour gun control and abortion rights – in opposition to recent Court decisions.
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Even an abortion scandal might not stop “pro-life” candidate Herschel Walker
The anti-abortion Republican running for a Senate seat in Georgia has been accused of paying for a former girlfriend’s termination.
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“This is the big battle”: Jan Schakowsky on abortion in America
The US congresswoman explains how the threat to reproductive rights comes from the same place as the Republicans’ dismissal of…
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