News & Media.
Why we withhold:
The stories that demand action.
This is a living archive of truth.
Here you’ll find news articles, opinion pieces, and personal stories that reveal the real-world impact of
policy on women’s lives.
We’re not just sharing headlines. We’re documenting the consequences - from denied care and rising mortality to the everyday realities women face in a post-Roe America.
Each story is a reminder of why we withhold. Each article adds fuel to the movement.
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions.
In a devastating rollback of protections, the Trump administration rescinds federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care - putting countless lives at risk.
She wasn’t able to get an abortion. Now she’s a mom. Soon she’ll start
7th grade.
Denied an abortion at just 11 years old, this young girl became a mother. Now she's raising a child while preparing to start 7th grade - a stark example of how these laws steal childhoods.
Ohio lawmakers propose near-total abortion ban, reigniting debate.
Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban nearly all abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest. The proposal challenges the state's 2023 constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights and could also impact IVF and contraception access.
Abortion clinics are closing, even in states where abortion is legal.
More than 100 abortion clinics have shut down nationwide since the fall of Roe v. Wade—including in states where abortion remains legal. The closures reflect the impact of legal uncertainty, funding losses, and hostile political environments that continue to limit access to care.
Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban.
In a devastating case underscoring the real-world consequences of restrictive abortion laws, a Georgia family was told their brain-dead daughter must remain on life support to carry a nonviable pregnancy to term.
A third woman has died under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors reach for riskier miscarriage treatments.
Porsha Ngumezi died during a miscarriage after her doctor withheld treatment, fearing Texas’s abortion ban. She is the third woman in the state to lose her life under these laws.
House Judiciary Committee Advances Bill to Repeal FACE Act.
House Republicans have advanced a bill to repeal the FACE Act, which protects access to reproductive health clinics. Advocates warn the move comes amid rising violence and intimidation against patients and providers.
Despite Constitutional Amendment, Abortion Still Out of Reach in Missouri.
Missouri lawmakers have reinstated a near-total abortion ban, overriding a recent court decision that briefly eased restrictions. The revived law only allows abortions in medical emergencies, reinforcing Missouri’s stance as one of the strictest anti-abortion states in the country.
A rape, an abortion, and a one-source story: a child's ordeal becomes national news.
After being raped, a 10-year-old Ohio girl was forced to travel across state lines to obtain an abortion due to Ohio’s strict ban - an unimaginable trauma that ignited national outrage and exposed the human cost of post-Roe policies.
Amber Thurman was killed by Georgia’s abortion ban. There will be others.
Amber Thurman died as a direct result of Georgia’s abortion ban. Denied timely care while miscarrying, her death was preventable - and she won’t be the last under these laws.
She Lost Her Fallopian Tube Due to Texas’s Abortion Ban and Fought Back.
Kyleigh Thurman, a Texas woman, lost her fallopian tube after doctors delayed treating her ectopic pregnancy out of fear of violating the state’s abortion ban. She has since filed a federal complaint, and regulators confirmed the hospital broke emergency care laws.
Texas district judge overturns Biden rule on abortion privacy protections.
A Texas judge has blocked a Biden-era rule that protected patients’ abortion and gender-affirming care records from being shared with state law enforcement. This ruling strips crucial privacy protections and may open the door for cross-state criminal investigations targeting patients and providers.