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No Choice: Danielle Lang

Today, Danielle Lang is a voting-rights attorney. But at the age of 22, when she was studying for law school, she became pregnant because of a contraception failure. She and her partner felt they were...

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No Choice: Lynne Hanley

When Lynne Hanley was studying English at Cornell, she fell in love. When she tried to get contraception, she was told she had to be married to get it. After she realized she was pregnant, she went to...

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No Choice: Holly Alvarado

Today, Holly Alvarado is a proud US military veteran. But in 2009, as she was getting ready to leave for a tour of duty in Iraq, she realized she was pregnant. She wanted to end the pregnancy and...

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No Choice: Liz Young

Liz Young was the first person in her family to go to Berkeley. While there during the free speech movement of the early 1960s, she experienced new freedoms and political ideas that she had not...

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No Choice

Our new video series features a diverse group of women who share their powerful stories about abortion. As women across the country face increasing obstacles to making decisions about their own lives,...

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A Note From Bill on ‘No Choice’

For many decades men used the power of the state to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies. Once legal, abortion was outlawed in the late 19th century, and women who sought one were treated as...

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When Love Could Kill Us

Writer Marge Piercy recalls what it was like for young women before Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. "Going back to those dark and violent times is the master plan of many in power today," she...

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Want to Share Your Abortion Story? Here Are Some Tips

If you’re moved to share your story after hearing the powerful stories in #NoChoice, there are several issues to consider. Continue reading The post Want to Share Your Abortion Story? Here Are Some...

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Heck of an October Surprise

We are already exhausted, and we are entering a period that is going to be chaotic. The extraordinary chaos feeds the needs of this president to destabilize the country and emerge as a savior. The...

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Countdown

This version of our government is not popular. Republican senators who will vote for Barrett represent 14.3 million fewer Americans than the Democratic senators who oppose her confirmation. Schumer...

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