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![Protesters hold placards and march through downtown Detroit in support of Roe v Wade on May 7, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0518-abortion-march-400x300.jpg)
Anticipating End of “Roe,” Michigan Judge Blocks 1931 Anti-Abortion Law
The statute violates state constitutional protections on bodily integrity, Judge Elizabeth Gleicher said.
![A close-up portrait of a Black woman holding a red candle](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0518-abortion-protest-400x300.jpg)
Black Feminism Insists That We Not Treat the Attack on “Roe” as Isolated Issue
The plan to overturn "Roe" occurs in the context of a larger right-wing backlash that is both gendered and racialized.
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Mississippians on Medicaid Lose Coverage 60 Days After Birth
Postpartum depression and many birth-related infections often don’t have time to show up before care is cut off.
![Abortion rights activists participate in a Bans Off Our Bodies rally near the Washington Monument on May 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0516-abortion-protest-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows Protecting Abortion Rights Has Become Critical to Voters in Midterms
The number of Americans who say that abortion rights is their top issue has increased more than threefold since March.
![Classifying abortion as a homicide appears to be a "bridge too far" for Louisiana lawmakers right now, said one expert.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-164034516-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana Bill Classifying Abortion as Homicide Receives Backlash From the Right
Classifying abortion as a homicide appears to be a "bridge too far" for Louisiana lawmakers right now, said one expert.
![The data could be used as part of a criminal or civil prosecution for abortion in states where the procedure is illegal.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1292472089-400x300.jpg)
Privacy Experts Warn Data From Period-Tracking Apps May Soon Be Used Against You
The data could be used as part of a criminal or civil prosecution for abortion in states where the procedure is illegal.
![A view of the Supreme Court during a Mother's Day rally in support of abortion rights on May 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1396143363-400x300.jpg)
Stop Comparing Leaked “Roe” Reversal to Sharia Law and Taliban’s Rules
The potential reversal of "Roe" is the work of domestic evangelical Christians, not a group halfway across the world.
![Anti-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0512-abortion-march-400x300.jpg)
Even Abortion Rights Opponents Are Aghast at Brutality of GOP Bill in Louisiana
The Republican-backed state bill treats abortion seekers as murderers – threatening them with a life sentence in prison.
![Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with Sen. Joe Manchin outside the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on April 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0512-murkowksi-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Manchin Joins Republican Senators to Block Abortion Rights Bill
"The public will not forget" who opposed the legislation, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
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The End of “Roe” Will Lead to More Family Separation and Child Disappearance
"They make money off of family separation," says sociologist and legal scholar Dorothy Roberts.