The Urban Legend

Understanding what the leaked SCOTUS opinion means for Urban, California and the United States

Zadie Winthrop and Kyle Young • May 16, 2022

Read the whole article, or jump to a section. What happened? Background Justice Alito's Reasoning Effect on individual states Reactions Urban and privilege Biden & non-SCOTUS...

Newest anti-abortion laws spark tough discussions

Ezra Bergson-Michelson, Staff Writer • October 16, 2021

Riding on a wave of new anti-abortion legislation passed throughout the South, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed Texas Senate Bill 8, one of the most restrictive pieces of abortion legislation since...

Reproductive rights endangered at the Mexico-United States border

Lily Daniel, Editor in Chief • May 4, 2019

While the media often laces stories of the Mexico-United States border with violence, starvation, and complete desperation, it fails to acknowledge the many women in need of reproductive healthcare, contraception...

Youth access to reproductive care

Lily Daniel, Staff Writer • February 7, 2017

This October marked the 100th anniversary of Planned Parenthood: one of the nation’s leading providers of sex education and reproductive health services. Though primarily supporting women, according...

Pro-lifers Storm Market Street

Emmy Hicks-Jablons, Staff Writer • February 2, 2016

Over the past weekend, San Francisco was not itself. Children perched on the shoulders of their parents, soaking up a sea of abortion symbolism as tens of thousands of pro-life protestors flooded Market...

Anti-abortion groups push to defund Planned Parenthood

Emma Draisin, Staff Writer • December 8, 2015

After allegations accusing Planned Parenthood of the federal offense of selling fetal tissue, citizens and politicians who are ‘pro-life’ are pushing for federal funding of the organization to be cut...