NYC4AR, Author at NYC for Abortion Rights

Free, Safe, and Legal: Celebrating the Abortion Victory in Argentina

January 27, 2021 by NYC4AR

Movement demands are not won overnight. Feminists in Argentina have been mobilizing for decades to demand free, safe, and legal abortion, culminating in a beautiful victory—the legalization of abortion—at the very end of 2020. At our meeting on January 19, Natalia Tylim and Cami Valle discuss the anatomy of the victory, the deep roots of … Read more

Abortion Under Siege: A Statement On The Capitol Attack

January 19, 2021 by NYC4AR

When MAGA fash invaded the Capitol last week, abortion clinic workers were able to put names to faces as fast as anyone. This is because abortion clinics have been besieged by these people since Trump’s election. While anti-abortion protesters have been militant and violent for decades, Trump marked the beginning of a significant surge. They’re … Read more

Anti-abortion politics are far right politics

January 27, 2021November 27, 2020 by NYC4AR

For over forty years, abortion clinics in the U.S. have served as a theater for right-wing spectacle, featuring pickets, religious processions, arson, and even murder. Megan Lessard describes the history of the anti-abortion movement in the U.S. and explains that it is an important part of the growing threat posed by the far right. Read on … Read more

Solidarity with Women in Poland

January 27, 2021October 31, 2020 by NYC4AR

NYC for Abortion Rights joined the demonstration outside the Polish Embassy on October 30, 2020 in solitary with the mass struggle for abortion rights in Poland.

A statement from NYC for Abortion Rights on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

October 2, 2020September 23, 2020 by NYC4AR

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an opportunity for all of us who believe in reproductive justice to fully reckon with what winning it will require.

This is NYC

January 27, 2021June 30, 2020 by NYC4AR

Clinic defense outside the Planned Parenthood in Soho on June 20, 2020, during the height of Black Lives Matter protests. Anti-abortion activists wore “Babies Lives Matter” shirts and physically blocked the clinic doors.

Know Your Fash

September 30, 2020June 23, 2020 by NYC4AR

Some background on the anti-abortion right and NYC in 2020.

FTP is Repro Justice

September 30, 2020June 16, 2020 by NYC4AR

The recent and highly publicized killing of George Floyd has evoked mass social protests against the racialized effects of policing. We understand racialized police violence to be a permanent feature of police as we know it. We understand that gendered police violence, both sexual and domestic are also a permanent feature.

The Fight for Abortion Must Be Part of the Fight for Medicare for All

September 30, 2020January 22, 2020 by NYC4AR

Anti-abortion advocates have gained ground in recent decades by separating abortion from health care overall. We have to see abortion rights as an integral part of the fight for Medicare for All.

The Abortion Rights Movement Must Rethink Its Strategy

September 30, 2020October 18, 2019 by NYC4AR

In the face of an aggressive assault by the right, the abortion rights movement should abandon its defensive stance and advocate fully integrating abortion into the country’s healthcare system.