Anu Kumar

Last week, Wisconsin Planned Parenthood announced it would no longer provide medical abortion, or abortion using medicines, due to new state regulations that make the procedure onerous.

At a time when the pool of abortion providers is shrinking and abortion clinics are closing, medical abortion can truly...

It has been quite a whirlwind of a week in the women's health community, hasn't it? Two major women's health organizations, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood, battled for women's respect and donations. Two days later the dust is settling and...

In a hospital in Nicaragua, after a total ban on abortion was passed, a woman with an ectopic pregnancy was allowed to languish, waiting for her fallopian tube to rupture before a doctor agreed to perform the procedure necessary to save her life and future fertility. Even though there was...

Along with most Americans, I was appalled that the budget debate in Congress largely ignored the public mandate to create jobs and build the economy, but instead focused on cutting basic health services for women. The primary goal behind the right wing proposal to defund Planned Parenthood was presumably to...

This post was co-authored by Leila Hessini, Ipas Director of Community Engagement & Mobilization

Last week, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce heard three "experts" on abortion policy testify on H.R. 358, the "Protect Life Act," one of several bills before Congress right now aimed at reducing access...

The news spread quickly around my hometown, Chapel Hill, and the country last week that members of the Westboro Baptist Church would protest the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards, who passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. The extremist church has long sought attention by protesting...

Is the U.S. government schizophrenic when it comes to women's health? The latest evidence that indicates that might be the case is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination that contraception is not preventive care for women and will not be covered without co-pays in the new insurance...

In Mexico and throughout North and South America, the story of a little girl who was allegedly attacked by her stepfather is capturing headlines, and once again reviving a debate over abortion. The 10-year-old girl from the state of Quintana Roo, in the Yucatan peninsula, has been sent to social...