News & Commentary about Reproductive Freedom

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May 30, 2024

Anti-Abortion Extremists Want to Use the 150-Year-Old Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide

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May 30, 2024

Let Teen Girls Run the Government

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May 16, 2024

Eight Supreme Court Cases To Watch

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Apr 30, 2024

Five Things to Know About the Supreme Court Case Threatening Doctors Providing Emergency Abortion Care

Washington, DC/United States - May 21, 2019: Pro-life abortion protest on the steps of the Supreme Court after states sought to pass restrictive "heart beat" abortion laws.

Apr 24, 2024

Special Edition: Emergency Abortion Care at SCOTUS

a sign saying "leave my mifepristone alone!" is foregrounded with protesters in front of the supreme court.

Mar 28, 2024

Special Edition: Abortion Is Back at the Supreme Court

Individuals in a group holding ACLU-branded signs saying "We the People," and "You Can't Legislate Away Our Existence."

Mar 19, 2024

State Legislative Sessions: How They Impact Your Rights

Sperm and Eggs Samples - ivf - in vitro fertilization, egg freezing or working with Micro Pipette vaccine, treatment or medicine research. IVF laboratory embryo biotechnology fertility treatment

Feb 29, 2024

In Alabama, Embryos Are People and It Won't Stop There

Jan 18, 2024

Busy Philipps Is Fed up With Abortion Bans

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Dec 21, 2023

Looking to the Future: 2024 at the ACLU