DeSantis Is Using State Power to Kill Florida’s Abortion Rights
Florida’s Amendment 4 would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Republican governor Ron DeSantis is deploying every tactic he can to stop it.
16 Articles by: Anne Rumberger
Anne Rumberger is an activist with Chicago for Abortion Rights. Her writing on reproductive politics has appeared in Salvage, Lux, and Science for the People.
Palestine Protests Aren’t Going Away
Democratic leaders can’t wish away protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza.
We Need Better Than a Return to the Roe Status Quo
Kamala Harris knows abortion is a winning issue for her. But rather than just stand by and watch the votes roll in, Democrats should run on a broader vision of reproductive freedom, including abortion access and economic policies to support families.
Antiabortion Extremists Are Playing Language Games
Abortion opponents claim that there’s never a medically necessary reason for abortion. That flies in the face of medical reality. So in states with abortion bans, they’re simply redefining abortion to make their point — and make it easier to criminalize.
For Abortion Advocates, Now Is Not the Time for Retreat
In the wake of Arizona’s resurrection of a 19th-century law banning abortion, it’s clear that the post-Roe right will go to great lengths to limit reproduction freedom. The abortion rights movement will have to mount a campaign of equal magnitude.
To the Corporate Media, Workers May as Well Not Exist
Working-class people are systematically left out of mainstream media coverage. So the stories we get are incomplete, skewed, or even complete distortions of reality.
The Reproductive Rights Movement Has Radical Roots
Abortion rights in the US were won in the 1970s thanks to militant feminist groups that built campaigns from the ground up. As those rights are repealed, the fight against conservative reaction must return to the streets.
Abortion Rights Are Workers’ Rights
Amid escalating attacks on abortion rights, health care workers at Planned Parenthood are forming unions — and their employers are retaliating. In a post-Roe world, the fight for reproductive justice and the struggle for labor rights are intimately linked.
Abortion Is a Matter of Economic Justice, Not Just Personal Choice
The mainstream pro-choice movement has mounted a highly individualized defense of abortion rights, one centered on privacy and choice. But abortion rights can also also be rooted in achieving economic justice for everyone.
The Abortion Rights Movement Must Now Turn to Grassroots Organizing and Direct Action
The Supreme Court’s abortion rights rollback is a major victory for the Right and a crushing blow for the rest of us. But millions of people are pissed off and ready to fight for reproductive freedom — and they aren’t looking to the Democrats to save them.
Austin Is Trying to Protect Abortion Rights in Post-Roe Texas
Texas already bans abortion after six weeks and has a trigger law to ban it entirely if Roe v. Wade is repealed. But Austin City Council members may have found a loophole, modeled after marijuana decriminalization, to protect local abortion access.
We Need a Fighting Abortion Rights Movement Now More Than Ever
The likely demise of Roe v. Wade is a crushing blow for abortion rights. And Democrats won’t save us — we need to fight back with a mass movement in the streets that boldly pushes for reproductive justice.
We Need Radical Energy in the Fight for Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court is about to gut abortion rights in America. The anti-abortion movement is winning — the Left can’t turn the tide without connecting reproductive rights to broader progressive struggles throughout the country.
We Need a Left Strategy for Confronting the Anti-Abortion Movement
The anti-abortion movement has grown increasingly militant in recent years — and increasingly successful. The liberal pushback isn’t cutting it. We need a leftist strategy to defend abortion rights.
The Fight for Abortion Must Be Part of the Fight for Medicare for All
Anti-abortion advocates have gained ground in recent decades by separating abortion from health care overall. We have to see abortion rights as an integral part of the fight for Medicare for All.
Bernie Sanders Is a Champion for Abortion Rights
Bernie Sanders’s record on abortion rights is far better than his detractors give him credit for. A Sanders presidency plus a mass movement for reproductive rights would be a powerful combination.