Activists - The Persistent

Gretchen Whitmer, surrounded by surrogacy advocates and their children, signs the new act into law

Infertility

‘I Never Set Out to Be An Advocate'

Surrogacy is once again legal in Michigan. With good old grassroots activism, here's how I helped make it happen.

Cecile Richards smiles widely at a lectern. She wears navy, with gold earrings, a gold broach and cerise lipstick.

Obituaries

Thank You, Cecile

The activist and former president of Planned Parenthood died on Monday, aged 67.

History Lessons

‘Women Should Have Children Instead of Poodles’—When Birth Control Came to Washington

The idea of birth control entered the national conversation in 1919, when an artist, activist, and single mother named Mary Ware Dennett brought the (quite shocking!) idea to Congress.