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Abortion
People of Color Will Be Most Impacted by the Overturn of “Roe”
Black women account for 80 percent of cardiac deaths in pregnancy in Mississippi.
As a Former Abortion Doula, Here’s How I’m Facing the Dawn of a Post-“Roe” World
We will work to create communities of mutual aid and care that can be our buffers against these far right attacks.
Abortion Providers in Wisconsin Will Be Granted Clemency, Gov. Tony Evers Says
Evers said he'd grant clemency to any physician charged under an 1849 anti-abortion statute in the state.
20 Black Congresswomen Urge Biden to Declare Abortion Rights Health Emergency
“The effects of this decision on the lives and health of Black women and pregnant people will be devastating.”
Thousands Rise Up to Protest Far Right Supreme Court Justices’ Overturn of “Roe”
The decision was a result of a decades-long campaign by the far right to wrest away people’s right to bodily autonomy.
Now Is the Time to “Aid and Abet” Abortion
We should all be pursuing creative and urgent ways to support people seeking abortions.
Facebook Enables Anti-Abortion Clinics to Collect Data on Would-Be Patients
Personal data may someday be used as evidence against abortion seekers in states where the procedure is outlawed.
Corporate America Is Helping to Elect Anti-Abortion Attorneys General
In a handful of battleground states, the attorney general race may help determine whether abortion bans are enforced.
In Abortion Safe Havens, Organizers Prepare to Assist Those Fleeing Restrictions
The end of Roe would harm millions. Abortion defenders are trying to build networks across state lines to prepare.
Iowa High Court Reverses Its Own 2018 Ruling Recognizing Right to Abortion
Four justices on the court have been appointed by anti-abortion Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds over the past five years.