In Ms. magazine on the 2015 anniversary of Roe v. Wade, If/When/How Executive Director Jill E. Adams and co-author Jessica Arons revisit the perhaps lesser known Harris v. McRae, the 1980 Supreme Court case that upheld the Hyde Amendment, which outlaws federal funding for abortion care for those enrolled in Medicaid... Read more

Authored by If/When/How Executive Director Jill E. Adams and Jessica Arons, this article revisits Harris v. McRae, the 1980 Supreme Court decision upholding the Hyde Amendment, which denies federal funding for abortion care for people enrolled in Medicaid... Read more

Roe's Unfinished Promise: Decriminalizing Abortion Once and For All is the first comprehensive paper about the criminalization of non-clinical abortion in the U.S. and efforts to eliminate threats, while increasing protections, for people who end pregnancies outside the formal healthcare system. It includes a chart listing problematic laws state by state, maps highlighting the places where people who self-induce abortion are most at risk of an unjustified arrest, excerpts from relevant statutes, and case summaries. The report concludes with recommendations for efforts to liberate non-clinical abortion from the constraints of misunderstanding and the restraints of criminalization... Read more

Overview of legislation, actors, and policies affecting the right to self-determination and bodily autonomy in the pregnancy and birth contexts. .. Read more