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Separating Church and State Still an Issue in the US
Several US towns raise important concerns about the free exercise of religion and the separation of church and state.
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The Uncertainty of Access: Reproductive Health in the Rio Grande Valley
As goes reproductive health-care access in Texas, so may go the nation.
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A Little Shout of Joy: Supreme Court Lets Abortion Clinics Reopen, Easing Crisis of Access in Texas
Texas abortion clinics shuttered by a recent court ruling have been allowed to reopen after the US Supreme Court blocked part of an anti-choice law.
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Bad Policy, Bad Medicine: Anti-Choice Law Leaves Vast Swaths of Texas With No Abortion Provider
San Antonio is now the last outpost for legal abortion in southern Texas.
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A Crisis Turned Catastrophe in Texas
The Texan legislature created a crisis of women's health care with House Bill 2, and the latest decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will bring Texan women …
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Choice and Reproductive Justice: “Not an Either/Or“
Women of color are pushing the pro-choice movement to go beyond demanding abortion access to advocate reproductive justice.
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“Therapeutic Abortion” Could Soon Be Legal in Chile
Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalization of therapeutic abortion.
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Abortion Opponents Take Fight With Planned Parenthood to Ridiculous Extreme in Miss America Battle
New York City's new beauty queen Kira Kazantsev volunteered at Planned Parenthood, and the right wing has labeled her a "baby killer."
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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.