abortion rights

Posted May 20, 2023 Article

One year after Dobbs

The fight for reproductive justice

by Tempest

A Tempest Collective event on Sunday, May 28 at 2 pm EDT

a cartoon graphic of a uterus and ovaries in blue with signs reading abortion is healthcare march.

Posted February 9, 2023 Article

“Bigger than Roe”

Report on Madison reproductive justice march

by Tessa E. and Dayna Long

Madison-area reproductive justice organizers Tessa E. and Dayna Long report on the Bigger Than Roe March and Rally in Madison, Wisconsin on January 22.

Posted October 21, 2022 Article

Long Beach for abortion rights

Report from the front

by Dana Cloud

Dana Cloud reports on a rally and march for abortion rights in Long Beach, CA earlier this month.

Posted October 7, 2022 Article

Jackson, Mississippi abortion justice leader Derenda Hancock describes the Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s history and closure and explains why the abortion justice movement must ramp-up clinic defenses in the coming days.

Posted September 26, 2022 Article

Reproductive rights for all

by Anyanwu L

Anyanwu L. argues that queer and trans folks having access to safe and free reproductive healthcare is crucial to building our movements.

Posted August 9, 2022 Article

Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice

by Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.

Posted July 26, 2022 Article

In the struggle for abortion rights, capitalism is the enemy

by Nancy Welch

Nancy Welch of the Tempest Collective and Upper Valley for Abortion Rights delivered these remarks on the fight to rewin abortion rights at a recent meeting of Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Image of women at a pro-choice rally with an overlay of uteruses

Posted July 4, 2022 Article

After Roe

Tempest editorial

by Natalia Tylim

In an editorial for the Tempest Collective, Natalia Tylim offers a perspective for the Left following the loss of abortion rights in the Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Silhouette of a woman holding a sign "We won't go back" in front of the Supreme court

Posted June 21, 2022 Article

Voting for Democrats has been a dead-end for abortion justice

It’s time for socialist feminism

by Stephanie Attar

In the wake of the leaked SCOTUS opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, thousands have mobilized in support of the right to an abortion. Stephanie Attar argues that activists should transcend bourgeois electoral politics and organize for socialist feminism instead.