Press Archives - NYC for Abortion Rights

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

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.

Abortion Access Will Only be Won Through a Broad Grassroots Movement

September 30, 2020May 21, 2019 by NYC4AR

The attacks on abortion rights aren’t new. Here, Anne Rumberger explains why we can’t trust the Democrats, we have to build a movement for reproductive justice.

Defend Your Clinics

September 30, 2020May 20, 2019 by NYC4AR

It’s time for an abortion rights movement that’s not directed from the top-down by the Democratic Party and big nonprofits. Clinic defense is a crucial part of that mass, democratic, and militant movement.

“Shout Your Abortion!”

September 30, 2020May 15, 2019 by NYC4AR

The Alabama abortion ban and the spate of draconian “heartbeat” laws are vicious attacks on reproductive rights. We have to fight back with an unequivocal demand: free abortion on demand.

Why I Believe It’s Important to Reclaim the Space in Front of Abortion Clinics

September 30, 2020March 2, 2018 by NYC4AR

Putting my body in the street has raised the stakes for me.

The Lessons Of Our Counterprotests

September 30, 2020February 17, 2017 by NYC4AR

Jen Roesch, one of the organizers of a February 11 counterprotest against anti-abortion forces in New York City, looks at the political questions raised by this success.

Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.

September 30, 2020February 13, 2017 by NYC4AR

Under Trump, strategies have diverged.

Why We Counter-Protest

September 30, 2020February 8, 2017 by NYC4AR

Anti-abortion groups have called a nationwide day of protest at Planned Parenthood clinics on February 11 to support defunding the women’s health-care provider. They intend, according to their website, “to call on Congress and President Trump to strip Planned Parenthood of all federal funding and reallocate those funds to health centers that help disadvantaged women without … Read more