Medication and My Abortions Were the Mental Health Care I Needed to Parent
It’s hard living each day and caring for my children among the messages that we hear on social media, in the news, and from politicians telling us to do more—and for me, it’s even harder, as a Black mama who has had abortions and is living with a mental illness.
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.
'I went to bed hungry': being denied an abortion can lead to financial turmoil
Kayla Moye was beginning a 90-day sentence in a Cleveland jail when she learned she was pregnant. She was 19, and she wanted an abortion.