Birth control remains legal across the United States. But new data show that for millions of women, getting it may depend heavily on where they live.
New county-level maps …
The recent declaration of a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former labor-and-delivery nurse who strangled her three young children in 2023, has pushed postpartum mental …
Julie Slovin is the founder of the Women’s Rights Data Initiative, a fact-based initiative tracking how laws and policies shape women’s rights across the United States.
Anvi Batra studies political science at George Washington University. Her experience includes legal research, political campaigns, and reporting, with interests in reproductive rights and domestic violence. She is a policy research intern for WRDI.
Aparna Parthasarathy
Aparna Parthasarathy studies political science and human rights at Barnard College. Her experience includes legal research and advocacy for survivors of violence, with interests in women’s health and maternal care. She is a reporting intern for WRDI.
Imani Wright
Imani Wright is a UNC-Chapel Hill student studying sociology, media, and journalism, with a minor in women and gender studies. Her research examines race and gender in political campaigns. She is a reporting intern for WRDI.
Olivia Sanchez Dunn
Olivia Sanchez Dunn is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate in public policy and data science. She analyzed policy for NC Governor Stein and now studies digital governance as an Austrian Combined Fulbright Scholar. She is a policy research intern for WRDI.
Prasidha Padmanabhan
Prasidha Padmanabhan is a Yale public health graduate student and UNC-Chapel Hill graduate in public policy and data science. Her experience spans reproductive rights, health policy, and legislative research. She is a policy research intern for WRDI.
Pritika Patel
Pritika Patel is a Georgetown University student and editor for The Hoya and Georgetown’s Undergraduate Law Review. Her editorial and legal interests include education policy, Title IX, and family law. She is a reporting intern for WRDI.
Siya Lakireddy
Siya Lakireddy studies public policy and health at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her experience includes legislative work and research on Medicaid and Medicare access, with interests in women’s and maternal health. She is a policy research intern for WRDI.
Birth control remains legal across the United States. But new data show that for millions of women, getting it may depend heavily on where they live.
New county-level maps …
As of September, Missouri remains at the center of several major debates involving reproductive rights, healthcare access, voting policy, and gender-identity issues.
Most notably, Missouri voters will decide in …
As of September, Florida remains one of the most restrictive states for reproductive rights, with major policy decisions increasingly shaped by lawmakers, federal actions, and the courts rather than constitutional …
For several years, I lived overseas — which also meant voting from overseas.
I remember how different it felt to cast a ballot when I couldn't simply walk into …
As of September, women’s rights in Alaska remain supported by strong legal protections, while geography and limited infrastructure continue to affect access to healthcare, safety services, and other resources. …
As of September, Women’s rights in the United States continue to be shaped by a combination of federal policy changes, court decisions, and sharply different approaches among the states. …
As of September, Maryland continues to maintain broad and durable protections for women’s rights.
Recently, attention has shifted to federal actions that could affect how some of those protections …
As of September, New Jersey continues to provide broad protections for women’s rights across healthcare, the workplace, safety, voting, and education. The state has continued strengthening reproductive-health protections …
As of September, Massachusetts continues to maintain some of the strongest protections for women’s rights in the country, while adding new protections in reproductive healthcare, survivor safety, and education. …
The fight over mail-in voting has become a national story ahead of the November midterms. But what potential federal changes could actually mean for voters depends heavily on where …
As of September, women's rights in New York remain strongly protected by constitutional guarantees and longstanding state laws, with no major contraction of protections since the legislative session …
