Susan Rinkunas
co-founder of Autonomy News
Susan Rinkunas is an independent journalist and co-founder of Autonomy News. Her work has appeared in Jezebel, The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, The Nation and more.
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The Trump administration’s next assault on abortion rights may be in an 11-month holding pattern
A safety review of mifepristone is unnecessary. More than 100 studies have found that it’s a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy.
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Trump’s IVF announcement disappoints everyone – even his own supporters
His official plan, laid out Thursday, should be a wake-up call for anyone who still believed he would make IVF free.
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RFK Jr. is trying to run the same playbook on abortion pills that he just ran on Tylenol
This administration has already shown that it will ignore scientific evidence to advance its own narratives.
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Costco won’t be selling abortion pills. Here’s why that matters.
Conservative groups who lobbied against the sale of the medication are pledging to target retailers that already dispense the drug, which would be a blow to abortion access.
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Why Trump’s retreat on his IVF pledge was entirely predictable
A year ago, the president claimed that if he won, his administration would be “paying for that treatment.” Guess what happened next?
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Lisa Murkowski’s megabill vote was everything people dislike about politicians
What the senator claimed was a difficult decision was just a case of backroom deals and abandoned principles.
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The truth behind the Trump administration’s latest abortion pill move
There are many other ways the administration and its allies can still restrict mifepristone access.
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Planned Parenthood is in a crisis — and the Supreme Court could make it worse
As the second Trump administration enacts more of its policy goals, abortion opponents are trying to starve abortion providers of any federal funding.
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Trump’s IVF executive order is worthless. What comes next could be worse.
It leaves the law unchanged, but seeks to create the illusion of an accomplishment that’s popular with the electorate.
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Abortion bans are killing women — and states like Texas want to hide the truth
As the laws’ predictable harms come to light, anti-abortion groups want us to look away.