Abigail Abrams

Abigail Abrams is a politics writer for TIME.

The Food and Drug Administration recently lifted restrictions on abortion pills to allow patients to get them through telemedicine.

Why Abortion Pills Are the Next Frontier in the Battle Over Reproductive Rights

The Biden Administration is removing restrictions on mailing abortion pills...

The Biden Administration is removing restrictions on mailing abortion pills during the COVID-19 pandemic, a reversal from the Trump Administration's policy that marks a new phase in the national debate over abortion rights. The move...

Representative Pramila Jayapal on How She is Pushing Biden to Be More Progressive and 'Creating the Tipping Point' for Change

Jayapal plans to advocate for policies that will invest in America’s poores...

Jayapal plans to advocate for policies that will invest in America’s poorest communities

A pregnant patient is helped to listen to her child's heartbeat at a clinic for disadvantaged women in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 13, 2018. African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy, compared to white women in the United States, a new study found.

A San Francisco Experiment Will Give Some Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month. Could Other Cities Be Next?

When Maile Chand reminisces about her 2016 pregnancy, the first thing that ...

When Maile Chand reminisces about her 2016 pregnancy, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t how she prepared her daughter’s nursery or vetted baby names. Instead, she remembers constantly struggling to find enough money...

Portrait of Knackstedt, the White House's new Director of Disability Policy

One Year Into the Pandemic, the White House Aims to Prioritize People With Disabilities

One year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially d...

One year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, 29 million Americans have been infected and more than 500,000 have died. With spring on the horizon,...

President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 27.

Democrats Promised to Transform Health Care. But Their Relief Bill Hands the Health Care Industry a Big Win

After a robust debate over Medicare for All and a federal "public option" i...

After a robust debate over Medicare for All and a federal "public option" in 2020, the Democrats' first big piece of legislation instead bolsters employer-backed health insurance

A statue of former US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt is seen at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 2018.

Senator Tammy Duckworth Wants FDR Memorial to Be Accessible for People with All Disabilities

It's been 20 years since disability advocates won the fight to have the Fra...

It's been 20 years since disability advocates won the fight to have the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. depict the former president in a wheelchair at the site. But they say there is...

A poll worker helps a voter put as she drops off her mail-in ballot at an official Miami-Dade County drive-thru ballot drop box at the Miami-Dade County Election Department in Miami, on Nov. 3, 2020.

Mail Voting Boosted Turnout for Voters With Disabilities. Will Lawmakers Let It Continue?

Republican state lawmakers are pushing to undo expanded mail voting