Abortion

For centuries, Native Hawaiian healers treated abortion as a core part of normal health care. In 1970, Hawai'i was the first U.S. state to legalize abortion.

Fariha Róisín discusses how she worked through feelings of shame around her abortion experience.

How do doctors navigate abortion care in states with abortion bans and restrictions?

Fetal personhood laws and other abortion restrictions play a significant role in the criminalization of pregnancy.

Attacks on our reproductive choices are costing the lives of Black women and birthing people of color. This report from the Black Maternal Health Federal Policy Collective highlights the importance of accessible abortion care and the need to protect our right to abortion.

How does abortion information get censored online? Erin Matson discusses how censorship and misinformation campaigns and how they affect people seeking quality abortion care.

This interactive resource uses mazes as a visual tool to make abortion access easier to understand, state by state.

How do abortion bans lead to deteriorating access to maternity care and other health care? Medical students are decreasingly applying for residency in states with abortion restrictions. Health care providers are also leaving those states.

Our Bodies Ourselves hosted a conversation with four powerful, activist authors on May 28, 2025. Loretta J. Ross, Carrie N. Baker, and Our Bodies Ourselves content expert co-chairs Candace Bond-Theriault and Marlene Fried.

In this brief overview, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice defines reproductive justice in solidarity with Black activists, and discusses the concept in light of the reproductive health and rights of Latine communities.

Abortion bans criminalize immigrant communities and make it more difficult for immigrants in detention to receive timely reproductive health care. This fact sheet discusses why, and how we can improve immigrants' access to services.

In this Roe-era interview, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg speaks with the Center for American Progress about religion and abortion access. She notes how the media often overlooks stories about people of faith working for reproductive rights and justice.