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House Bill 2 Passes Texas House as Abortion Rights Coalition Prepares for Senate
It will soon become clear whether activists and Democrats can win out against Texas Republicans willing to break procedural rules in order to pass the legislation.
Pro-Choice Activists Flood Texas Capitol in Round Two of Abortion Overhaul Battle
The anti-abortion bill that fell to Wendy Davis's filibuster last week heads to House floor.
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Sadism as Politics: Rick Perry, Paul Ryan, Anti-Abortion Politics and Kicking the Poor
The common denominator in redistricting, austerity policies, voter restriction policies, criminal justice and anti-abortion policies is the privileged (pathological) need to maintain power and control.
Texas Showdown: Anti-Abortion Bill Fails After Protesters Fill Capitol to Cheer Marathon Filibuster
Democratic lawmakers and pro-choice demonstrators in Texas battled into the early hours of this morning to successfully block a bill that would have shuttered nearly all the stateu2019s abortion …
Mainstream Media MIA for Texas Abortion Bill Filibuster
Despite the historic moment of the Senate Bill 5 filibuster, the mainstream media left it to citizens to do the reporting.
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Texas Abortion Law: Why You Shouldn’t Mess With Texas Women
The activism in Texas shows that it's time to abandon the notion that progressivism is a coastal phenomenon.
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Reproductive Rights Receding More Quickly for Some Women: A Review of “Crow After Roe“
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal has Become the New Standard in Women's Health and How We Can Change That, by Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo, details …
Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?
Americans would do well to consider what happens when theology dictates health care.
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Pregnancy, Politics and the Policing of Women’s Bodies
The laws and policies that act to limit and legislate women's lives are intrusive, but they are also insulting and dangerous. They punish women and push an agenda that …
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Why Is North Dakota Torturing Women?
According to a new report by the UN, restricting women's access to abortion is considered torture, and states like North Dakota are guilty.