Abortion is a Disability Issue
Usually, when folks with disabilities are mentioned in conversations about abortion, it’s in reference to birth defects. As Samantha Chavarria writes, such conversations are dominated by anti-abortion advocates’ weaponization of the disability community’s valid fears about eugenics. The anti-abortion movement…
Supporting Black Birthing People
Five months into her pregnancy, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) informed her doctor that she was in extreme pain; her doctor sent her home. One week later, Bush went into labor. During her May 6, 2021 congressional testimony, Bush describes the…
Criminalizing Choice
On April 30, 2021, the Guttmacher Institute reported that 2021 might see “the most damaging anti-abortion state legislative session in a decade—and perhaps ever.” As of April 29, Guttmacher tallied 536 abortion restrictions, including 146 abortion bans. When compared to…