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While they say 'HIV is no longer a death sentence,' societal stigmas and systemic inequities persist, affecting women like the author's late grandmother.

If Supreme Court rules as expected, a group of committed abortion rights supporters is ready to fight to “liberate abortion.”

Access to medication abortions via telehealth varies by state and here's why and last updated 2021-04-23 14:19:30-04 Telehealth is becoming a bigger part of our lives. Those visits are also being used for abortions, but the rules vary from state to state, and even federally. “Back in March of last year in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, I found out I was pregnant in the state of Ohio,” Larada Lee explained. Soon after, she made the decision to get an abortion. “I also had to go to three different appointments and it was really, really tough because people couldn't come in ...

Illustration by Hanna Barczyk. The door of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbus was locked when Larada Lee arrived for the first of two appointments she needed to get an abortion under Ohio state law. About a dozen anti-choice protesters had gathered outside, without masks, calling Lee a baby killer as she approached the door. Lee felt nauseated from her pregnancy, at times unable to keep down even water. Her bones ached. She was missing her classes at Ohio State University. The fatal shootings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor in recent weeks were weighing her down with a sense of ho...