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2 months ago | 
msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker |Jenifer McKenna
The New York Times published a 3,000-word investigative report recently, claiming to have found “scores of allegations” against Planned Parenthood for misconduct, medical malpractice, mismanagement and labor violations. Released within a month of Trump’s inauguration, the article appears timed to provide ammunition for the ongoing right-wing attacks on reproductive rights.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
msmagazine.com | Jenifer McKenna
Within days of the election, antiabortion leaders started calling on the incoming administration to defund Planned Parenthood and family planning clinics that refer patients for abortion, and redirect that funding to “pro-life” pregnancy centers.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Jenifer McKenna
Since the fall of Roe, anti-choice politicians have rushed to champion “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs) as a legitimate alternative to qualified reproductive healthcare. As they funnel millions of taxpayer dollars into these unregulated clinics, abortion ban states suffer high rates of maternal and infant mortality and widespread maternal care deserts.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Jenifer McKenna
"I didn't need to see the documentary to know that a lot of stuff is factual" - Dominique Wilkins explains why he hasn't seen The Last DanceDominique Wilkins admitted not watching The Last Dance but for the right reason. The Last Dance was watched by almost 24 million Netflix users in the …
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Jenifer McKenna
This summer, the antiabortion movement is mounting an offensive against bipartisan bills to establish federal data privacy protections for Americans and long-overdue online protections for children. Why? Anti-abortion leaders claim these laws would shut down “pro-life” organizations—including thousands of their unregulated pregnancy clinics—by legally compelling them to comply with consumer and medical privacy standards.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Jenifer McKenna |Carrie Baker
Anti-abortion politicians are siphoning public dollars meant for low-income mothers and their children to fund anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) that coerce poor women and teens seeking an abortion to give birth, further condemning them to long-term economic hardship. Being denied a wanted abortion is a proven predictor of maternal and child poverty.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
msmagazine.com | Tara Murtha |Jenifer McKenna
The theme for this year’s annual March for Life and the companion legislation anti-abortion lawmakers advanced in Congress seeks to spin the national reality post-Dobbs while making one thing clear: The anti-abortion movement is in crisis communications mode. The annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., brings disparate facets and members of the anti-abortion movement together and establishes the movement’s collective public message for the year.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
msmagazine.com | Jenifer McKenna |Carrie Baker
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Sept. 21 against a chain of California crisis pregnancy centers and its national parent organization for false advertising of “abortion pill reversal” (APR)—an unproven and possibly dangerous high-dose progesterone intervention the anti-abortion movement claims can “reverse” an underway medication abortion. This is the first lawsuit in the country challenging the CPC industry’s promotion of APR.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker |Jenifer McKenna
Four states—Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois and Vermont—expressly prohibit anti-abortion clinics from deception or fraud. “If the medical provider does not lie,” Rep.
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Jul 14, 2023 | 
gazettenet.com | Jenifer McKenna
On July 5, the Easthampton City Council passed an ordinance to increase “safe and fair access to legally protected reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare services.” On July 6, Mayor Nicole LaChapelle vetoed it — the first time she has used her veto power. The ordinance does two simple but important things in this time of extreme threats to the health and rights of pregnant women and LGBTQ people.
