Opinion Piece

09 May

Arizona’s now-repealed abortion ban cautionary tale for reproductive health care across US

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Arizona, Opinion Piece, United States

When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state’s Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions was enforceable, it brought into stark reality the potential impacts of leaving reproductive rights up to the states to regulate, and the related consequences for women’s health. The ruling, set to go into effect in late June 2024, will only remain active for a few months because Arizona lawmakers repealed the law on April 30. Starting in the fall, a previous state law banning abortion after 15 weeks will be reinstated.

16 Jul

An illegal abortion killed my great-great-grandmother. A century later, what’s changed?

MollyOpinion, United StatesAbortion Bans, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, Arizona, Healthcare, Illegal Abortion, Opinion Piece, United States

"In 1921, my great-great-grandmother Anna died because abortions were illegal. She got pregnant — with her 11th child — when she was 40 years old, a full-time homemaker, married to a produce peddler in New York City.... I’m 16 years old, a junior in high school, looking to the not-so-distant future in which I’ll be attending college far from home. What if I were to get pregnant against my will? What if I were to get pregnant in my teens, without the means of raising a child? My story is different. I am frightened by what might happen to me...."