At the end of June, I attended the VONA Voices of Nation Writer’s Workshop at the University of Miami. VONA/Voices is the only multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation. It’s goal is…
This week’s Supreme Court decision overturning abortion restrictions in Texas is the strongest victory for abortion rights since Roe v. Wade, because it claws out the eyes of the kinds of laws that have been dismantling abortion access…
I’ve had time to digest the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt and while it was a victory for women, it may be premature to call this the turning point in…
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision striking down portions of Texas’ anti-abortion law, HB 2, which forced abortion clinics to close if they didn’t meet the same standards as surgical…
If you’re anything like me, you’re still celebrating the recent decision by the Supreme Court to strike down Texas’ clinic shutdown law HB 2. After all, that decision was a HUGE deal—it means similar laws…
That’s why we need the Abortion Justice Act, a groundbreaking federal bill that protects people’s right to make their own healthcare decisions about abortion, improves availability and affordability, and prevents politicians from creating barriers to care.