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Pro choice protestor with "My Mind My Body My Choice" poster

The Supreme Court Decision That Defined Abortion Rights for Thirty Years

The centrist, compromising view of reproductive rights in Planned Parenthood v. Casey helped clear the path to overturn Roe v. Wade.

by Jessica Winter via The New Yorker on June 25, 2022

Attendees pray during a worship service at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Anaheim, California, on June 14, 2022.

The History of Southern Baptists Shows They Have Not Always Opposed Abortion

How the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on abortion changed during the 1980s, when a more conservative wing seized control of the denomination.

by Susan M. Shaw via The Conversation on June 17, 2022

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony with backdrop of abortion protest posters

What Did the Suffragists Really Think About Abortion?

Contrary to contemporary claims, Susan B. Anthony and her peers rarely discussed abortion, which only emerged as a key political issue in the 1960s.

by Treva B. Lindsey via Smithsonian Magazine on May 26, 2022

Box of Mifepristone tablets

Tennessee Republicans Turn to Mail Regulation to Restrict Abortion

This isn’t the first time the U.S. Postal Service has played a role in curbing women’s reproductive rights.

by Jane Marcellus via Made By History on May 25, 2022

Justice William O. Douglas. Photography from Bachrach / Getty

Scooping the Supreme Court

The first Roe v. Wade leaks happened fifty years ago.

by Jane Mayer via The New Yorker on May 6, 2022

Linda Coffee working on the Roe v. Wade case

I Argued Roe v. Wade. It Would Be a Tragedy to Overturn It.

To take away the right to privacy is to take a giant step backward in American history.

by Linda Coffee via The New Republic on May 4, 2022

Photograph of abortion pro-choice activists demonstrating outside the Supreme Court.

Originalists are Misreading the Constitution’s Silence on Abortion

The originalist case for lifting abortion restrictions.

by Laura Briggs via Made By History on May 3, 2022

Two women stand in front of the Supreme Court building holding a sign that reads, "Keep Abortion Legal."

"The Family Roe" and the Messy Reality of the Abortion “Jane Roe” Didn’t Get

A new book juxtaposes dominant narratives about motherhood, women’s autonomy, and abortion with the weirdness of ordinary lives.

by Lara Freidenfelds via Nursing Clio on April 7, 2022

Abortion advocates marching in protest with signs

What Feminists Did the Last Time Abortion Was Illegal

How abortion activists responded in the wake of the 1989 Webster decision and what we can learn from their efforts.

by Michelle Moravec via Nursing Clio on December 14, 2021

Protesters in front of the Supreme Court, one with a "Keep Abortion Legal" sign and the other dressed in a Handmaid's Tale costume.

The Unknown Supreme Court Clerk Who Single-Handedly Created the Roe v. Wade Viability Standard

All roads lead to Larry Hammond, Justice Lewis Powell’s law clerk at the time.

by James D. Robenalt via Retropolis on November 29, 2021

Illustration of two women.

Why Norma McCorvey Switched Sides

The perils of turning the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade into a political symbol.

by Marin Cogan via The New Republic on October 11, 2021

Woman holding a poster that says "ABORTION". AP Images

The Roe Baby

After decades of keeping her identity a secret, Jane Roe’s child has chosen to talk about her life.

by Joshua Prager via The Atlantic on September 9, 2021

Image from front cover of Bad Faith.

The Evangelical Abortion Myth

The rhetoric about abortion being the catalyst for the rise of the Religious Right collapses under scrutiny.

by Randall Balmer via Religion Dispatches on August 30, 2021

Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court holding signs for and against abortion rights.

What Antiabortion Advocates Get Wrong About the Women Who Secured the Right to Vote

The most famous suffragists largely weren't anti-abortion and wanted women to have more control over their bodies.

by Reva B. Siegel, Stacie Taranto via Made By History on January 22, 2020

Abortion's Past

Before Roe, abortion providers operated on the margins of medicine. They still do.

by Maureen Paul via Boston Review on May 16, 2019

Postcard sent to a South Carolina clergyman who counseled women on pregnancies.

“Our Moral Obligation:” The Pastors That Counseled in Pre-Roe South Carolina

Before the Roe decision, at least 68 South Carolina clergymen actively counseled women on where they should receive abortions.

by Madeleine Ware via Nursing Clio on May 9, 2019

Photo of Pat Maginnis with pitchfork.

They Called Her “the Che Guevara of Abortion Reformers”

A decade before Roe, Pat Maginnis’ radical activism—and righteous rage—changed the abortion debate forever.

by Lili Loofbourow via Slate on December 4, 2018

Demonstrators supporting abortion rights.

Public Memory and Reproductive Justice in the Trump Era

Who in the reproductive rights debate can claim Susan B. Anthony?

by Tamar W. Carroll, Christine A. Kray, Hinda Mandell via Nursing Clio on November 6, 2018

How Republicans Became Anti-Choice

The Republican Party used control of women’s bodies as political capital to shift the balance of power their way.

by Sue Halpern via New York Review of Books on October 31, 2018

Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina

Uncovering Charleston's "backstreet" abortion networks.

by Cara Delay, Cora Webb, Regina Day, Madeleine Ware via Nursing Clio on April 11, 2018

Roe v. Wade Lawyer 'Amazed' Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion

On the 45th anniversary of the famous decision, Sarah Weddington reflects on what has – and hasn't – changed.

by Sarah Weddington, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on January 20, 2018

Pennsylvania ministers Allen Hinand and Ronald Lutz.

The Surprising Role of Clergy in the Abortion Fight Before Roe v. Wade

In the half-decade before Roe v. Wade, respected religious leaders participated in a nationwide struggle to make abortion more accessible.

by Gillian Frank via TIME on May 2, 2017

The History of Outlawing Abortion in America

Abortion was first criminalized in the mid 1900s amidst concerns that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.

by Nicola Beisel, Tamara Kay, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on March 10, 2017

Newly appointed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor stands in front of the Supreme Court on Sept. 25, 1981, in Washington.

Pro-Choice Advocates Fear That Roe v. Wade Could Be Lost. But It Already Happened.

How “undue burden”—a concept nurtured by anti-abortion groups and championed by the first woman on the Supreme Court—has eroded the right to choose.

by Meaghan Winter via Slate on March 28, 2016

To Have and to Hold

Griswold v. Connecticut became about privacy; what if it had been about equality?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on May 25, 2015

Don’t Despair About the Supreme Court

In 2005, Howard Zinn explained why it was naive to depend on the Court to defend the rights of marginalized Americans.

by Howard Zinn via The Progressive on October 21, 2005

Abortion in American History

How do ideological debates on gender roles influence the abortion debate?

by Katha Pollitt via The Atlantic on May 1, 1997

Food stand at a carnival advertising a wide ranging menu.

Why an Abundance of Choice Is Not the Same as Freedom

It’s only in recent history that freedom has come to mean having a huge array of choices in life. Did we take a wrong turn?

by Sophia Rosenfeld via Aeon on October 16, 2025

Carrie Baker and her book Abortion Pills: US History and Politics.

The Forgotten—and Incredibly Important—History of the Abortion Pill

Mifepristone took longer to get approved than most drugs—but not because it was unsafe.

by Nina Martin via Mother Jones on February 7, 2025

Kamala Harris stands in front of a crowd of voters holidng "Freedom" signs.

Kamala Harris’s “Freedom” Campaign

Democrats’ years-long efforts to reclaim the word are cresting in this year’s Presidential race.

by Peter Slevin via The New Yorker on August 23, 2024

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