Topic: Abortion
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 DuCheneVelshi 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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