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Abigail Abrams
Abigail Abrams is a politics writer for TIME.
Recent Articles
Why Overturning Roe Would Transform American
In the 49 years since the U.S. Supreme Court established a constitutional right to abortion, the experience of being a woman in this country has transformed. Birth control access has expanded, and more women have...
By Abigail Abrams
May 12, 2022
GOP States Race to Draft Anti-Abortion Bills
Less than 48 hours after a leaked draft decision showing the Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives advanced a bill classifying abortion as homicide from “the...
By Abigail Abrams
May 6, 2022
These States Would Restrict Abortion if Roe Falls
There is no federal law protecting abortion, so rolling back Roe would create a starker patchwork of legality and access across the country
By Abigail Abrams and Data Visualization by Emily Barone
May 3, 2022
Draft Decision Ending Roe Emboldens Activists
Both pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion activists spent most of Tuesday scrambling to respond to a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. While the draft, first reported by Politico,...
By Abigail Abrams
May 3, 2022
Why Good, Cheap Birth Control is Hard to Get
The Affordable Care Act requires birth control to be covered, but Big Insurance is battling Big Pharma over who should bear the cost
By Abigail Abrams
April 25, 2022
Frontline Workers Chalk Up a Win in Houston
When the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, Mercedes Taylor, an airport security officer in Houston, remembers feeling exposed. She works the overnight shift, where she interacts with airline employees, police officers, passengers, members of the...
By Abigail Abrams
April 20, 2022
Disabled People: 'Return to Normal' Isn't Ideal
President Joe Biden hired Kim Knackstedt in early 2021 to make sure that Americans with disabilities were not forgotten as the country returned to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, that seems to...
By Abigail Abrams
April 15, 2022
Red States Crack Down on Abortion Pills
As conservatives states have enacted strict abortion bans and ramped up regulations on abortion clinics in recent years, many patients have relied on another avenue to the same end: abortion pills. But now, with the...
By Abigail Abrams
April 12, 2022
Biden Moves to Fix a 'Glitch' in Obamacare
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration is proposing a tweak to the Affordable Care Act to make health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans. The shift would fix what is known as...
By Abigail Abrams
April 5, 2022
New COVID-19 Funding Doesn't Help Uninsured
When Senators announced on Monday that they reached a deal for $10 billion in additional funding for the coronavirus response, many public health experts were dismayed that the package will not include aid for vaccines...
By Abigail Abrams
April 5, 2022
Telehealth Companies Want Permanent Post-Pandemic Expansion of Services
Telehealth use exploded during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and virtual visits have become common for a wide range of medical services. But this was only possible because of regulations the government relaxed...
By Abigail Abrams
March 30, 2022
The Uncertain Future of the Anti-Abortion Movement
On a cold, clear weekend in January, tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists convened in Washington for their annual gathering, the March for Life. The mood was triumphant. In the next few months, the U.S....
By Abigail Abrams/Washington, D.C.
March 25, 2022
What Idaho's Texas-Style Abortion Ban Means for the Rest of the Country
Idaho became the first state on Monday to pass a bill modeled after Texas’ strict law that uses private citizens to enforce a ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and to avoid...
By Abigail Abrams
March 15, 2022
What Biden’s Silence on Abortion at State of the Union Means
Following abortion rights groups' efforts to pressure President Joe Biden into speaking out in favor of reproductive rights in America, the President mentioned the topic just briefly on Tuesday during his first State of the...
By Abigail Abrams
March 2, 2022
Democrats Capitalize on Failure to Make Abortion Rights Law
A proposal to protect abortion access nationwide failed when it faced a procedural vote in the Senate on Monday. The final vote was 46-48 against the bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), meaning Democrats...
By Abigail Abrams
February 28, 2022
Abortion Rights Activists Say Biden Must Do More
As President Joe Biden prepares to give his first State of the Union address amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he faces a number of conflicts within his own party back at home—from battles over...
By Abigail Abrams
February 28, 2022
Abortion Pill Use Spikes As States and Courts Restrict Access
Abortion pills are now the most common method of ending a pregnancy in the United States for the first time since they were approved more than two decades ago, according to preliminary data released Thursday....
By Abigail Abrams
February 25, 2022
Hospitals: Nursing Agencies Are 'Exploiting'
In the 40 years that Jennie Kahn has worked as a registered nurse, the last two have been by far the most grueling. A lot of that is due to COVID-19, which transformed health care...
By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Abrams
February 23, 2022
Senate Narrowly Confirms Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner
COVID-19 vaccines for kids, the opioid crisis, and abortion drugs are all on his agenda
By Abigail Abrams
February 15, 2022
States Push New Abortion Bans, Preempting the Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court weighs the high-profile case that could unwind Roe v. Wade—and, with it, the Constitutional right to abortion—conservative state lawmakers are introducing a wave of new bills aimed at limiting abortion at...
By Abigail Abrams
January 28, 2022
Why It's Still So Complicated to Get Free Home Covid Tests
This week, nearly two full years into the on-going pandemic, the Biden Administration told Americans that they would, at long last, be given access to free, rapid COVID-19 tests — a key tool in containing...
By Abigail Abrams
January 21, 2022
The Enormous Stakes of Biden's Vaccine Mandates at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is considering two Biden Administration vaccine mandates. Their decision carries immense implications for the federal government's power to regulate in uncertain times
By Abigail Abrams
January 7, 2022
Working to Reduce Overdoses As COVID-19 Rages
Emily Baldwin remembers the morning she realized that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to make her job more difficult. It was the spring of 2020, and the novel coronavirus was raging on the east coast...
By Abigail Abrams
December 27, 2021
Jane Roe's Oldest Daughter Talks Feminism, Abortion, and the Future of Roe v. Wade
It's an extraordinary moment for abortion in America. For the first time in a generation, the Supreme Court is seriously reconsidering the landmark 1973 precedent that established the constitutional right to abortion, Roe v. Wade....
By Abigail Abrams
December 20, 2021
Doctors Don’t Get Paid for Talking to Parents About Kids’ COVID-19 Vaccinations. Joe Biden Wants to Change That
For the last month, Dr. John Waits and his staff have asked the parents of any kid who walks into the clinic the same question: will the child have the COVID-19 vaccine? “Instantly you see...
By Abigail Abrams
December 17, 2021
Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Stand. But Abortion Providers Can Challenge It
Supreme Court ruled Friday that SB 8, the Texas abortion law, can stand but that abortion providers can challenge it in lower courts
By Abigail Abrams
December 10, 2021
Why Free Rapid Covid Testing Is Complicated
The private insurance industry which will be required to cover the cost of rapid, over-the-counter tests. How exactly that works remains to be seen
By Abigail Abrams
December 3, 2021
Justices Seem Poised to Weaken Roe vs. Wade
Supreme Court justices seemed willing to either overturn Roe v. Wade or weaken the constitutional right to abortion during oral arguments.
By Abigail Abrams
December 1, 2021
A Case that Could Overturn
Roe v. Wade
Goes Before the Supreme Court
The outcome of the case could redefine the right to abortion in the United States and have profound implications not just for reproductive rights.
By Abigail Abrams
November 30, 2021
Lottery Results in Bad News for Vaccine Rule
A peculiar ping-pong ball lottery—think: the NBA draft, only required by federal law—on Tuesday dimmed the fate of the Biden Administration’s new mandate governing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for large employers. The Occupational Safety and Health...
By Abigail Abrams
November 16, 2021
Mississippi's Last Abortion Clinic Faces the Supreme Court
Jackson Women’s Health Organization is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade
By Abigail Abrams
November 11, 2021
Supreme Court Skeptical of Texas Abortion Law
Even some of the conservative justices raised questions about the scope and novelty of the state law's enforcement mechanism.
By Abigail Abrams
November 1, 2021
The Supreme Court Is Set to Hear the Texas Abortion Law
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in two cases about the controversial Texas law that has banned most abortions in the state. The eventual verdict could have extraordinary implications for abortion access, as...
By Abigail Abrams
November 1, 2021
Democrats Drop Prescription Drug Prices From Spending Bill
A broadly popular proposal to reduce the price of prescription drugs looks like it may get left out of the Democrats' sweeping social spending bill
By Abigail Abrams
October 28, 2021
Supreme Court Texas Abortion Law Case Could Open Floodgates
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined for the second time to immediately block Texas' six-week abortion ban, but said it will hear two separate challenges to the law from the Biden Administration and Texas...
By Abigail Abrams and Madeleine Carlisle
October 22, 2021
Meet the Woman Tasked With Saving Roe v. Wade
The night before Julie Rikelman was scheduled to argue before the Supreme Court for the first time, she hardly slept at all. But it wasn’t nerves that kept her up. It was a persistent fire...
By Abigail Abrams
October 21, 2021
Why These Texas Doctors Risked Their Careers
When a federal court injunction temporarily halted Texas’ controversial six-week abortion ban on the night of Oct. 6, one physician who provides abortions at an independent clinic in the state was already in bed. A...
By Abigail Abrams
October 14, 2021
The Battle Over Funding for At-Home Care
With moderate Democrats threatening to tank the White House's sweeping, $3.5 trillion economic package, President Joe Biden's long-standing promise to support older and disabled Americans is in jeopardy. As a candidate during the height of...
By Abigail Abrams
October 4, 2021
Texas Abortion Law May Worsen Maternal Death
Researchers suggest that Texas' controversial abortion law may lead to an increase in maternal death in the state
By Abigail Abrams
September 22, 2021
Inside the Nation's Largest Guaranteed Income Experiment
One evening in early June, Leo and his family were able to enjoy a treat they hadn’t experienced in months: a sit-down meal at a restaurant. At a fried chicken chain in a Compton, California...
By Abby Vesoulis/Compton, CA and Abigail Abrams
September 16, 2021
What Texas' Abortion Ban Means for Future of Abortion Rights
Even if the ban is ultimately blocked, it will provide a roadmap for other conservative states to enact similar abortion restrictions
By Abigail Abrams
September 1, 2021
Delta Will Charge Unvaccinated Employees $200 Insurance Fee
As the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more companies are starting to require coronavirus vaccines for their employees. But this week, Delta Air Lines chose a different tactic when it became the first...
By Abigail Abrams
August 27, 2021
FDA Accelerates Full Approval of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine as Delta Variant Surges
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun accelerating the process to fully approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, facing pressure to add resources from those who believe the lack of full approval is hampering efforts...
By Abigail Abrams and Brian Bennett
August 4, 2021
How Obamacare Helped Americans With Disabilities
Americans with disabilities saw major increases in health insurance coverage over the last decade since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed, according to new federal data released Monday. The proportion of working age adults...
By Abigail Abrams
August 2, 2021
The House Just Passed Federal Spending Bills Without Abortion Restrictions for the First Time in Decades
The House of Representatives passed a package of spending bills this week without provisions banning federal funding for most abortions in the U.S. and abroad, marking the first time in decades that the restrictions have...
By Abigail Abrams
July 29, 2021
Democrats Plan to Boost Supplemental Security Income Benefits
President Joe Biden has invoked Franklin Delano Roosevelt several times as he has implemented sweeping anti-poverty measures to tackle record unemployment and economic turmoil. Hoping to model his legacy on the President who helped the...
By Abigail Abrams
July 22, 2021
How COVID-19 Long Haulers Could Change Disability Benefits
Advocates are urging the Social Security Administration to update its policies and issue guidance related to COVID-19 long-haul patients
By Abigail Abrams
July 20, 2021
States Are Leading the Way on a Public Health Insurance Option
When Joe Biden ran for president, he campaigned on lowering health care costs and expanding coverage by adding a government-run health insurance option to compete with private insurers. That’s far from becoming a reality at...
By Abigail Abrams
July 1, 2021
Exclusive: Senators Want Conservatorship Data Amid Spears Case
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey want more federal oversight of the country’s guardianship system following Britney Spears’ emotional testimony about her conservatorship, they wrote in a letter on Thursday. The lawmakers are calling on...
By Abigail Abrams
July 1, 2021
How Britney Spears' Case Could Change the Future of Conservatorship
When Britney Spears told a judge on Wednesday about her experience with her conservatorship—the legal arrangement that gave her father control over her finances and personal life—her words horrified the public. “This conservatorship is doing...
By Abigail Abrams
June 25, 2021
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