“Personhood” laws are dangerous laws that seek to give fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses the same legal rights as people. By doing so, they devalue the legal rights of pregnant women and in some cases, even put pregnant people’s lives at risk.
SCOTUS Let Us Down Again in its 2025-2026 Term
During its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court expanded the President’s power over independent agencies, weakened protections against racially discriminatory voting maps and upheld state bans on transgender students in school sports.
Reproductive Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands
Roe v. Wade was never enough for Pacific Islanders because there was often no abortion access to begin with. Pacific Islanders deserve self-determination over their reproductive health, lands, and existence.
Bodily Autonomy on Stolen Lands
Reproductive rights advocates cannot work towards a world where all pregnant people have access to high-quality and dignified healthcare without understanding how intimate partner violence, colonialism, and abortion bans continue to act as barriers to this vision.