Can City Council Fix Our Reproductive Healthcare Crisis?

Federal and local funding cuts are decimating an already precarious healthcare landscape, especially for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable communities. City funding could help

By Courtney DuChene
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Velshi On The Ohio GOP Bill That Would Track Every Pregnancy

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member talks to law professor Michelle Goodwin about the threat the proposed legislation represents for women

By Ali Velshi
Ideas We Should Steal

Fund Reproductive Care

At a time when Washington, D.C. is in hot debate over the Affordable Care Act, Maryland is using an ACA provision to fund safe, legal abortions for Medicaid recipients — without costing taxpayers. Should Pennsylvania follow suit?

By Courtney DuChene
Guest Commentary

An Unintended Consequence of a Post-Abortion World

More PA women chose sterilization after Roe v. Wade fell, fearing what might happen if abortion were banned in the state. That’s why, a local ob/gyn says, we need to make the procedure easier to access

By Alice Abernathy
Guest Commentary

Dear City Council, Support Women’s Health

Planned Parenthood clinics serve 20,000 Philadelphians each year. They’re at risk of closing — unless the City steps up

By Signe Espinoza and Sarah Scully
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Ali Velshi On Women Being Accused of Murder for Having a Miscarriage

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member discusses the threat women face as prosecutions for miscarriage, the most common pregnancy complication, ramp up

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi On Losing Abortion Rights, Losing Gay Marriage

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member connects the dots between stripping women of bodily autonomy and stripping civil rights from LGBTQ+ Americans

By Ali Velshi
Guest Commentary

The Abortion Divide Isn’t as Deep as We Think

Voters across the political spectrum prove what a Philly reproductive psychologist knows to be true: Americans believe access to abortion is an important right.

By Alexis Zollo
Guest Commentary

An Open Letter to Just-Can’t-Vote-for-Harris Voters

A plea to Philly voters on the eve of the election from a local business leader and founder of the B Corps movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
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Ali Velshi on Abortion Bans and Black women

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member fights the racist, paternalistic propaganda that abortion is "Black genocide." It is vital healthcare

By Ali Velshi