abortion

The state of Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient via telemedicine. On this week’s 51%, we discuss the case with Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and a leading historian on the U.S. abortion debate. We also get some tips on how to destress around the holidays, and speak with psychiatrist Dr. Judith Orloff about why empathy is important not just for our own wellbeing, but for that of our communities.

New York Attorney General Tish James says her office will protect abortion providers after Texas filed a lawsuit against a New Paltz doctor who prescribed abortion medication to a Texas resident over telemedicine.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Donald Trump will once again be president of the United States. The former president defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in this month's general election, marking the second time Americans have chosen Trump over a woman candidate. On this week’s 51%, we check in with Ange-Marie Hancock, a political science professor and Kamala Harris Project scholar with The Ohio State University. Also, for 10 states, abortion rights were literally on the ballot this year in the form of various ballot proposals. We’ll take a look at the results with the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Jessica Valenti — called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world — is a feminist columnist and author. Her book, "Sex Object: A Memoir," was a New York Times bestseller. She will be giving the keynote at the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood’s virtual Leadership Circle Luncheon on October 20, 2023.The Washington Post called her “one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation.” She is a UAlbany graduate whose articles have topped the most-read lists at The New York Times, The Atlantic, the Guardian, and The Washington Post. Her daily blog, Abortion Everyday, which launched after the fall of Roe, focuses on all things abortion, feminist commentary and community.

Tomorrow is June 24 and it's the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to abortion. To learn how this has impacted our region, we welcome Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood's President and CEO, Chelly Hegan.

WAM Theatre and Berkshire Theatre Group are presenting the regional premier of Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts May 18 through June 3. Directed by WAM Co-Founding Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, “What the Constitution Means to Me” stars two-time Tony Award Nominee Kate Baldwin.

A ruling from a federal judge in Texas blocking the use of an abortion pill has abortion advocates up in arms and abortion opponents praising the decision.

Representatives from Planned Parenthood of Northern New England offices in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire are reacting to a Texas judge’s ruling that could curtail the use of an abortion pill.

The Vermont Senate gave final approval Friday to a measure generally referred to as the “shield bill.”