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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
As of September, Women's rights in Connecticut remain among the strongest in the nation, supported by broad protections across reproductive healthcare, workplace rights, voting access, safety, and education. …
As of September, The District of Columbia continues to strengthen women’s rights through targeted legislation, including newly enacted protections related to prenatal and postpartum care for youth in custody …
As of September, Arizona’s women’s rights landscape remains dynamic, with courts, lawmakers, and voters continuing to shape how recently expanded protections apply in practice.
In May, reproductive rights …
As of September, Oregon continues to maintain broad protections for women’s rights, but its longstanding vote-by-mail system is facing a significant new federal threat ahead of the …
