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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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

What If You Could Only Get an Abortion If Two Doctors Approved It?
A restriction was placed on abortions in New Brunswick that bans Canadian health insurance from paying for it unless it is done in a hospital, and with the approval …

What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Abortion
“I stayed silent about my abortion for four years. After the Supreme Court's new round of assaults on reproductive rights, I'm speaking out.”

Gulf Residents Are Already Turning to DIY Abortions
Welcome to the post-Roe world, where your options are wait in line for a legal abortion or take the procedure into your own hands.

Both Sides React Passionately to Supreme Court’s Unanimous Buffer Zone Ruling
The Supreme Court's decision to strike down Massachusetts' 35 foot buffer zone in front of abortion clinics sadly wasn't much of a surprise Thursday morning. What was surprising, however, …