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Abigail Abrams
Abigail Abrams is a politics writer for TIME.
Recent Articles
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
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
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
Inside Biden's Effort to Get America Vaccinated
A crop of volunteers may be the Biden Administration’s best hope to beat COVID-19
By Abigail Abrams/Texarkana, Texas
June 23, 2021
COVID-19 Exposed the Faults in America’s Elder Care System
For the American public, one of the first signs of the COVID-19 pandemic to come was a tragedy at a nursing home near Seattle. On Feb. 29, 2020, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
By Abigail Abrams
June 15, 2021
The Supreme Court Just Took Up a Case That Poses a Major Threat to Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear a challenge to a Mississippi law barring almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, setting up a clear opportunity for the court’s new 6-3 conservative...
By Abigail Abrams
May 17, 2021
Biden Left Major Health Care Reforms Out of His Latest Plan
During President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress on Wednesday, he called for an ambitious health agenda that would allow the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices, expand Medicare coverage, build on the Affordable Care...
By Abigail Abrams
April 29, 2021
How Biden Will Try to Get Skeptical Republicans Vaccinated
Getting the citizens most hesitant about the vaccine to take it may prove to be the most difficult barrier to reaching herd immunity
By Abigail Abrams
April 21, 2021
Why Abortion Pills Are The Next Battle Over Abortion Rights
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...
By Abigail Abrams
April 13, 2021
Rep. Pramila Jayapal Is Pushing Biden to Be More Progressive
Jayapal plans to advocate for policies that will invest in America’s poorest communities
By Abigail Abrams
April 2, 2021
Can Guaranteed Income Improve the Health of Moms and Kids?
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...
By Abigail Abrams
March 18, 2021
The White House Aims to Prioritize People With Disabilities
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,...
By Abigail Abrams
March 11, 2021
Democrats' Bill is a Health Care Industry Win
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
By Abigail Abrams
March 3, 2021
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 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. depict the former president in a wheelchair at the site. But they say there is...
By Abigail Abrams
March 2, 2021
Mail Voting Helped Voters With Disabilities
Republican state lawmakers are pushing to undo expanded mail voting
By Abigail Abrams
February 18, 2021
Dems Offer Red States Cash to Expand Medicaid
Every week, Shellie Fry carefully plans out each meal she, her 81-year-old father, and her 30-year-old son will eat. She buys the least amount of food she thinks they can manage because money has been...
By Abigail Abrams
February 14, 2021
House Investigates OSHA, Meat Plants Over COVID-19 Outbreaks
House Democrats are ramping up pressure on large meat producers that have seen continued COVID-19 outbreaks and on federal authorities that they believe have failed to protect workers at the plants during the pandemic. Rep....
By Abigail Abrams
February 1, 2021
Here's Why It Won't Be Easy for Biden to Undo Trump's Health Policies
President Joe Biden took initial steps on Thursday aimed at helping more people get health insurance and reversing some of the Trump Administration’s health policies—but the path to accomplishing these goals won’t be easy. In...
By Abigail Abrams
January 28, 2021
Biden Revokes Restrictions on Abortion Abroad
It's been a difficult four years for Nelly Munyasia. In 2016, Munyasia’s organization, Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK), which helps Kenyans access health services and information including about abortion, got all of its funding through...
By Abigail Abrams
January 28, 2021
Joe Biden's ASL Interpreter Has Ties to Far Right
The White House ASL interpreter manages a conservative group that provides sign language for right-wing videos
By Abigail Abrams
January 27, 2021
Here’s Why 2021 Could Be Good for Organized Labor
Labor unions in the United States haven’t had much good news in recent years, but this week may have provided some reasons for optimism. The rate of unionization in the U.S. increased in 2020 for...
By Abigail Abrams
January 22, 2021
Photographs From the Inauguration
The day projected twin images of a nation struggling with chaos and an Administration aiming for normalcy
By Abigail Abrams
January 20, 2021
COVID-19 Has Fueled Workers' Advocacy
Cerue Cotton never expected to find herself on a picket line. As a forklift operator for Cash-Wa, a regional food distributor in Fargo, North Dakota, she enjoyed the physical challenges and responsibility of her job,...
By Abigail Abrams
January 17, 2021
Local GOP Officials Promoted Capitol Protest
Many Republican officials continue to back Trump's claim that the election was stolen
By Abigail Abrams
January 15, 2021
Why Senate Democrats Will Still Be Stymied
The electoral victories of Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia last week will result in a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate—a rare event; it's only the fourth time...
By Abigail Abrams
January 12, 2021
A Photographer’s View Inside the Capitol
When a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, photographer Christopher Lee, on assignment for TIME, followed the rioters inside to document their destruction. The day, which started with the...
By Abigail Abrams
January 7, 2021
Planned Parenthood Chief: Joe Biden Should Sign A 'Day One' Executive Order to Protect Abortion
Proponents of abortion access have endured a challenging four years in the United States. Since 2016, Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed hundreds of laws restricting abortion, the coronavirus pandemic led at least 11 states to...
By Abigail Abrams
December 30, 2020
Independent Abortion Clinics Are Disappearing
Faced with new COVID-19-related expenses and new state restrictions, many independent abortion clinics simply can't make ends meet
By Abigail Abrams
December 2, 2020
The Politics of Losing Someone to COVID-19
When Barbara Zeman logs on every day to check in with her Facebook support groups for people who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, she often sees a raft of new names joining the ranks....
By Abigail Abrams
November 19, 2020
Why a Split Senate Could Pose Challenges for Joe Biden's Health Care Plans
A new Administration hopes to strengthen the Affordable Care Act
By Abigail Abrams
November 12, 2020
The Affordable Care Act Faces Yet Another Supreme Court Test
One week after voters chose not to reelect Donald Trump to another term as president, the Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that centers on a long-held goal of Trump and other...
By Abigail Abrams
November 9, 2020
Here Are The Recent Trump Campaign Lawsuits
The Trump campaign has blitzed state and federal courts with roughly a dozen new lawsuits, most attempting to halt the vote-counting process or disqualify tranches of ballots
By Alana Abramson
November 7, 2020
Divergent Colorado and Louisiana Abortion Votes Set the Tone for a Possible Post-Roe America
Abortion rights were on the ballot in two states on Election Day, and the results went in opposite directions. In Louisiana, voters approved a measure that will amend the state’s constitution to read that it...
By Abigail Abrams
November 4, 2020
This Election Will Shape American Health Care
It’s safe to say that COVID-19, the country’s worst public health crisis in a generation, was the single most important issue in the 2020 Presidential race. It warped the campaign, sickened a candidate, and shaped...
By Abigail Abrams
November 3, 2020
How Progress to Fight Human Trafficking Slowed Under Trump
Trump said fighting human trafficking a top priority, but his Administration made it harder to protect victims
By Abigail Abrams
October 30, 2020
Alabama Ruling May Disenfranchise Thousands
Alabama’s vote by mail laws and its ban on curbside voting puts a burden on disabled, elderly and other high-risk voters
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 23, 2020
As Joe Biden Touts 'Bidencare,' Donald Trump Promises a Health Care Plan That Doesn't Exist
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have starkly different visions for the future of health care in America, and during Thursday night’s debate they clashed over whose ideas would help more people....
By Abigail Abrams
October 22, 2020
The Woman Behind the Voting-By-Mail Effort
Amber McReynolds remembers the exact day that she started receiving a deluge of calls from officials, election experts and industry leaders around the country wondering how they would administer presidential primaries and general elections in...
By Abigail Abrams
October 20, 2020
Nursing Homes Residents Can't Easily Vote
Ivan Lakos was born in Hungary and came to the United States in 1951 as a displaced person after World War II. He became a citizen after about five years and has voted consistently ever...
By Abigail Abrams
October 10, 2020
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