Teen Parents Need Access and Support, Not Shame and Scorn
HK Gray was 15 when she found out she was pregnant with her first child. At the time, her father was homeless, and her mother was incarcerated. “I was ecstatic at the thought of having a family again,” she said.
An Inside Look at the Harm Created by Insurance Bans on Abortion
For over 40 years, Congress has used the Hyde Amendment to keep abortion care out of the reach of low-income people.
Hyde blocks federal funds from Medicaid, a joint federal and state health insurance program, from being used to cover abortion costs. The amendment’s federal spending ban has trickled down to state funding bans and attempts to bar private insurance from covering abortion as well.
For the ‘Beyoncé of Abortion Storytelling,’ the Fight Is Just Beginning
Renee Bracey Sherman is changing how people think about abortions, but her target isn’t the anti-choice activists picketing the rally in front of the Supreme Court. “It’s a waste of my time and energy,” she says. “Men like that are never going to change their minds. They are hell-bent on controlling women and people of color. My job is to ensure that people who have abortions are loved and supported.”