Abortion While Incarcerated
Each year, an estimated 58,000 pregnant people enter jail or prison. While incarcerated, those people face unthinkable horrors while incarcerated. Some are forced to give birth alone (like Diana Sanchez) or while shackled (like Pamela Winn). Some are denied critical…
Abortion and Section 230
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, revoking the constitutional right to abortion. We’ve entered a world in which millions…
Decriminalizing Sex Work in Vermont
The case for decriminalizing sex work has been made, over and over and over. The criminalization of sex work facilitates the policing and surveillance of women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ folks; it endangers sex workers’ health. Across the…
The Battle After Roe
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn not only Roe, but Casey is an unconscionable assault on our fundamental human right to bodily autonomy, and a giant step backward in the fight for sexual freedom in America. In today’s decision, Justice…
Civil Rights Groups Reinforce Legislators’ Demand for Google to Stop Endangering Abortion Seekers
Google’s collection and storage of location data will make the company complicit in the criminalization of people seeking abortions in a post-Roe world. The company must immediately stop unnecessary collection and retention of our location data. 50 rights organizations are calling…
The Right to Adequate Postpartum Health Care
To be clear: everyone deserves accessible, quality healthcare, free of charge. “Everyone,” of course, includes those who have pregnancy- and birth-related health needs, from sonograms to difficulty with feeding to postpartum depression. States across the U.S. have Medicaid programs to…