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Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor, Brings Back 72 Hour Wait Prior to Abortion
“Today's vote is just another example of our elected officials playing politics with the lives of women and their families.”
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Does Wendy Davis’ Abortion Revelation Help the Overall Abortion Debate?
It's too soon to know how Davis' personal story will change the rhetoric of the gubernatorial campaign, if it does at all.
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Women’s Health Over Politics: Courts Block Laws Threatening Abortion Clinics in Texas, Louisiana
Over the past three days, federal judges have blocked a pair of new laws that could have closed most of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas and all five …
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New York City Clinic Offers Abortions and Prenatal Care to Underscore the Reproductive Justice Continuum
As the abortion rate continues to fall, US clinics are adding services, including prenatal care, for their patients. For some it's a way to stay financially viable and for …
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Protecting Abortion Clinics – Without a Buffer Zone
The unanimous Supreme Court decision striking down the 35-foot Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone has left other such laws in jeopardy.
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We Must Be Bold: Shifting Our Cultural Narrative to Support Individuals’ Decisions About Pregnancy, Parenting and Abortion
We all need to be bold in standing up and speaking out to ensure that every person has the information, support and services to prevent pregnancy when they want …
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Why I Support the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: Ground Zero Texas
I want my daughter to come of age in a world where she is not a second-class citizen.
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Fighting Bad Science in the Senate
The Senate hearing for the Women's Health Protection Act shows just how important it is for women's health advocates to push for the facts.
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Screeching to the Choir: Anti-Abortion Terrorism and Christian Fundamentalism
Like a social thermostat, the virulence of the antiabortion movement has intensified with every victory in women's rights, its rage stoked with each instance of female empowerment and self-determination.
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The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
Despite consistent public opinion to the contrary, conservatives and the religious right have patiently and relentlessly campaigned against Roe v. Wade for decades.