has a tattoo on her arm of a coat hanger and phrase “Never again,” to reflect her concern that abortion rights are being restricted. (iStock/Lily illustration) Perspective by Colleen Krajewski ...

In the 1960s and ‘70s, as Americans argued over legalizing abortion, supporters of abortion rights sometimes held coat hangers aloft as an eloquent, grisly reminder that desperate women used ...

Coat hangers have become a symbol of outdated, unsafe abortions performed before Roe v. Wade. The practice was used as recently as 2015, when a woman was charged with attempted murder, accused of ...

The latest trend to take over the platform is the "hanger reflex," a simple but genuinely mystifying challenge which involves stretching out a wire coat hanger so that it fits onto your head.

The wire coat hanger is seen as a symbol of darker days, when abortion was illegal and the options to terminate an unwanted pregnancy were unsafe — even deadly. Though it may be effective at ...

Special Correspondent The coat hanger wire had been sharpened at one end and was stained with the blood of an 18-year-old Alabama high school cheerleader who died in an illegal abortion just ...