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# Abigail Abrams


## Abigail Abrams


Abigail Abrams is a politics writer for TIME.


## Abigail Abrams


* ![Arizona Senate candidate Cindy Hans speaks about abortion access in Arizona at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix on Oct. 8,](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6ed7af554fc9cd8/698a36d8096a9453ae6ad197/candidates-abortion-rights-election-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2022  
### [Democrats Are Telling Abortion Stories on the Campaign Trail](https://time.com/6225998/state-legislative-candidates-abortion-stories/)  
Though politicians at all levels have been talking about abortion in new ways, nowhere is that more ...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-POLITICS-WOMEN-RIGHTS-ABORTION-MARCH](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdb0879a809b0294/698a36c3d07533a637e6d5b0/Abortion-rights-midterm-elections-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 26, 2022  
### [Voters' Top Issue Is the Economy, But Democrats Hope Abortion Will Resonate More](https://time.com/6225504/democrats-abortion-economy-midterms/)  
"There is pretty strong evidence to suggest that abortion is going to be a very important issue at t...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Protestors react to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fe1b6f57ab31b8/698a36ab22fb857e63e2e02c/men-abortion-rights-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2022  
### [The Abortion-Rights Messages That Resonate With Men](https://time.com/6224660/abortion-rights-men-voters-midterms/)  
Dad channels, bros, and male messengers: advocates and campaigners are adjusting their strategies to...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Abortion rights demonstrators march through the streets to protest the Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case on June 24 in Detroit, Mich.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8be093255231147f/698a36a0457a52d8e0d66ec9/michigan-abortion-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2022  
### [Michigan Is Fighting One of the Most Significant Abortion Battles in the Country](https://time.com/6223955/michigan-abortion-ballot-initiative/)  
While five states have ballot measures related to abortion in November, Michigan’s will have the mos...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![A family physician and her resident perform an ultrasound on a 39-year-old woman who already has four children the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Center for Reproductive Health clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 23, 20](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb5945e4dd3f689d/698a366e457a52a191d66e89/legal-abortion-doctor-patient-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2022  
### [The Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Changed the Doctor-Patient Relationship](https://time.com/6222346/abortion-care-after-roe-doctors-lawyers/)  
More than a dozen doctors, health care lawyers, and hospital ethics committee members in nine states...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
* ![From left: Republican nominee Christine Drazan, unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, and Democratic candidate Tina Kotek. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt286a0ce6a91051cc/698a366622fb853202e2dfaa/oregon-governor-race-triptych-new.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2022  
### [Abortion is Central to Oregon's All-Women Governors' Race](https://time.com/6220680/oregon-governor-race-abortion/)  
The race has turned into something of a referendum on the effectiveness of candidates' messaging on ...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass, a candidate for L.A. mayor, speaks at a pro-choice event at the Womens March Action Headquarters in Los Angeles on Oct. 3, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2b5630433adf19f/698a363009208f0fcf419a48/abortion-rights-ballot-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2022  
### [Where Abortion Is Literally on the Ballot in 2022](https://time.com/6219241/abortion-ballot-measures-2022/)  
Six states have amendments or measures affecting abortion on the ballot.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![From top left: Blake Masters, Herschel Walker, John Fetterman, Mark Kelly, Raphael Warnock, and Dr. Mehmet Oz.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee0d09327a4bbce0/698a35bb47ca380fe33ba03e/2022-midterm-candidates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 27, 2022  
### [None of these Major Midterm Campaign Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters](https://time.com/6216100/midterm-candidate-websites-disabled-access/)  
“It just is a great concern when access to communication is denied to a certain population.”  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Senators Warren And Murray Hold News Conference On Abortion Rights](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a0c0fc4e77237b8/698a359ab3fce31ed70c9a8f/GettyImages-1403119184.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 20, 2022  
### [Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren Presses Crisis Pregnancy Centers on Abortion Data Gathering](https://time.com/6214503/elizabeth-warren-crisis-pregnancy-centers-abortion-data/)  
Senate Democrats are asking the country’s largest network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers to prov...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Senator Murray Speaks Out On Reproductive Rights](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1b27151136bf907/698a3578b21a9c1e2350666a/GettyImages-1242267441.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 16, 2022  
### [Veterans Affairs' New Policy to Provide Abortions Sets Off Battle With Conservative States](https://time.com/6214024/veterans-affairs-abortion-fight/)  
Republican lawmakers vow to fight the policy that the VA will provide abortion services even in stat...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham \(R-KY\) unveils a nationwide abortion bill with new abortion restrictions, during a press conference alongside representatives from national anti-abortion organizations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September, 13, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15a264a049dcb689/698a357822fb854ac3e2ddfa/Lindsey-Graham-abortion-ban-nationwide.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 15, 2022  
### [Republicans Are Divided Over How Extreme to Make Their New Abortion Bans](https://time.com/6213568/republicans-abortion-bans-divided/)  
As Republicans debate these policies, they're deciding for the first time since the 1970s what abort...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Senator Graham Introduces The Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children From Late-Term Abortions Act](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690522df710d5273/698a3562d0753344b8e6d353/GettyImages-1243200568.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2022  
### [Lindsey Graham Proposes National 15-Week Abortion Ban](https://time.com/6213018/lindsey-graham-senate-abortion-ban/)  
It's the biggest step by Republicans to restrict abortion on a federal level since Roe v. Wade fell.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Tara George stands in Coe Lake Park near her home in Berea, OH on August 22, 2022. Tara had a wanted pregnancy and found out at 20 weeks that the fetus had multiple lethal anomalies, which would also have put her own life in danger even if she tried to d](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0af2cbc3d17e96e0/698a34eb47ca386c573b9f14/tara-ohio-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2022  
### [An Ohio Woman Was Forced to Travel Out of State for an Abortion](https://time.com/6208860/ohio-woman-forced-travel-abortion/)  
Tara George was excited to be pregnant. But when complications arose, she joined a growing number of...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![A sign reading "MY BODY MY CHOICE," is taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, on May 3, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cdbdeb8d92dd14e/698a34c0011682f49c9822ee/idaho-texas-abortion-cases-emtala.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2022  
### [Does Federal Law Protect Abortions in Medical Emergencies?](https://time.com/6207168/idaho-texas-abortion-cases-emtala/)  
Upcoming cases in Texas and Idaho have major stakes for whether pregnant patients can get emergency ...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![President Biden is facing pressure to be bolder with his executive orders, but Trump-appointed judges are a factor in why he's holding back.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb92a16915ed22c88/698a3494e6e84a16442af337/biden-trump-executive-orders-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 15, 2022  
### [How Trump Judges Limit Biden Executive Orders](https://time.com/6205771/trump-judges-biden-executive-orders-abortion/)  
Inside the White House, there’s a growing reluctance to take executive orders much further, partly o...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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