abortion Archives - The Pitt News

Opinion | How to continue to support abortion providers in the coming year

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • January 18, 2023

Students cannot become complacent when it comes to reproductive justice, even if Democrats did well in the midterms.

Q&A: Dan Frankel talks abortion, Pitt’s in-state tuition discount ahead of Tuesday’s midterms

By Rebecca Johnson, Editor-in-Chief • November 8, 2022

The Pitt News sat down with state Rep. Dan Frankel, who is running to retain his seat in Tuesday’s midterms, to discuss his policy platforms that impact Pitt students and other state races.

Opinion | There is a connection between abortion access and eugenics

By Livia LaMarca, Senior Staff Columnist • October 21, 2022

While one takes the right to have children away and the other forces people to have children, eugenics and abortion access are more connected than it seems.

Opinion | Be honest to students about abortion care options

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • September 16, 2022

It is important students know where to access safe and affordable abortions in the city.

Opinion | First-years: You should care about Pennsylvania politics

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist • August 25, 2022

First-years should get politically active because pur lives depend on it.

Opinion | What a post-Roe America demands of us

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • June 28, 2022

In post-Roe America, we must commit to building a reproductive justice movement that serves people of all backgrounds and generations.

“Need to fight back”: Pittsburgh rally speaks out against the Supreme Court overruling of Roe v. Wade

By Allison Radziwon and Bella Markovitz • June 25, 2022

The Supreme Court overturned the landmark court ruling of Roe v. Wade on Friday, removing constitutional protections for abortions.

Satire | Pro-lifers, what if your spouse got someone else pregnant?

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist • May 17, 2022

Force pro-lifers to wrestle with their beliefs by asking: What if your spouse got someone else pregnant?

Students hold rally for abortion rights as Supreme Court considers overturning Roe

By Alexandra Ross, Staff Writer • December 3, 2021

Several speakers addressed a mix of roughly 40 Pitt students and other Pittsburgh residents on Wednesday evening at a rally for abortion rights, organized by Pitt’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action club.

Opinion | We need to get ready to say goodbye to Roe v. Wade

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • September 8, 2021

I want to clarify how dire the situation truly is. The law — which went into effect on last Wednesday — bans almost all abortions after six weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest and very narrow ones for the patient’s health.