Biden Officials End Ban on Abortion Referrals at Federally Funded Clinics

The change reversed a policy meant to deter abortions under the Trump administration.

China’s Vow to Reduce Abortions Sparks Public Worries

The short mention in a sweeping health plan lacked specifics, but it set off concerns in a country with a history of intrusive reproductive policies.

Why Scores of Female Athletes Are Speaking Out on Abortion Rights

With a Supreme Court ruling in the balance, an Olympic medalist joined a group of more than 500 athletes supporting reproductive rights.

Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion

Alison Leiby has an hourlong set looking at the experience of an unwanted pregnancy. She’s among a spate of female artists finding humor in the issue.

Texas Doctor Says He Performed an Abortion in Defiance of New State Law

In an opinion essay in The Washington Post titled “Why I violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban,” Dr. Alan Braid wrote, “I am taking a personal risk, but it’s something I believe in strongly.”

Opinion | Abortion Has Never Been Just About Abortion

The way it became a “godsend” for the right is a peculiar tale.

Opinion | Abortion Has Never Been Just About Abortion

The way it became a “godsend” for the right is a peculiar tale.

Opinion | Texas’ Abortion Law Traps Desperate Teenagers

The six-week ban is tragic for adults. It’s worse for minors.

Opinion | Even Texas Allows Abortions to Protect a Woman’s Life. Or Does It?

History shows us that what counts as a threat to a womans life isn't always clear-cut.

France to Offer Free Contraception for Women Up to 25

The government, responding to what it said was a decline in the use of contraceptives among some young women because of the cost, will pay for contraception starting next year.

Opinion | Texas’ Abortion Law Should Force America to Change Its Ways

A law preserving the life of a human being at any stage can be considered “extreme” only within a distorted social context.

La Suprema Corte de México vota por la despenalización del aborto

El fallo, que declara inconstitucional una ley del estado de Coahuila, constituye un precedente para la legalización del aborto en todo el país.

Opinion | Texas’ Long History of Hollowing Out Women’s Health Care

It’s a watershed moment in a long-running war on reproductive rights in the state.

Mexico’s Supreme Court Votes to Decriminalize Abortion

The ruling, which sets a precedent for the legalization of abortion nationwide, follows years of efforts by a growing women’s movement in Mexico.

Patricia Maginnis, Pioneering Abortion-Rights Activist, Dies at 93

In the years before Roe v. Wade, she helped shift the debate away from the rules governing abortion providers to women’s right to control their bodies.

Opinion | Republicans Are Giving Abortion Opponents Power Over the Rest of Us

The Texas abortion law is the latest example of a harrowing trend.

Opinion | Texas Is Trying to Overturn Roe v. Wade All by Itself

Outpacing Mississippi in the race for the worst state for women.

Opinion | Is This How Roe v. Wade Dies?

The Supreme Court allowed the nation’s harshest abortion ban to go into effect, without lifting a finger.

Is the Forced Contraception Alleged by Britney Spears Legal?

The United States has a dark history of court-sanctioned sterilization, but more recent rulings and legislation suggest it would violate a basic right.

Is the Forced Contraception Alleged by Britney Spears Legal?

The United States has a dark history of court-sanctioned sterilization, but more recent rulings and legislation suggest it would violate a basic right.