Robin Marty is the Senior Political Reporter for RH Reality Check. A freelance writer and editor, Robin has spent the last three years tracking state restrictions on reproductive health care rights. Robin’s political, women’s rights and reproductive articles and personal writings have appeared at Ms. Magazine, Truth Out, Alternet, BlogHer and Care2. Robin lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three children. Robin can be reached at robin@rhrealitycheck.org
Sanford’s win isn’t shocking in and of itself, and it may not even be a bellwether of Republican prospects in the 2014 midterms.
The North Carolina legislature would rather see teens face unplanned pregnancies, untreated STIs, and chemical dependency issues than allow them to receive any form of health care without a parent’s approval.
Alaska has found that “personhood” is blatantly unconstitutional. So why is Iowa still trying to pass it?
Utah Senator Mike Lee has formalized his anti-choice compatriots’ House remarks into a new Senate resolution.
Public pressure from the state’s anti-choice activists, including a medical board member, has put one Toledo clinic on the verge of closure.
An excerpt from Crow After Roe, the new book by RH Reality Check Senior Political Reporter Robin Marty and Senior Legal Analyst Jessica Mason Pieklo.
In essence, a new bill in Michigan will offer religious entities their own set of exclusive rights to deem who is allowed health care and why.
Jan Brewer was so close to not passing unconstitutional bills just to assuage anti-choice extremists. Then she caved.
A new ban on “telemed” abortions could make accessing all medication abortions much more difficult for patients in Missouri.
Forcing poor women to pay out-of-pocket or give birth to their rapists’ baby has now become an outright vendetta in Iowa.
