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January 25, 2024

California offers abortion training lifeline for medical residents By Laurie Udesky in USA News Today

Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community – including access to abortion care. Her commitment was sparked early …

January 21, 2024

The abortion activists who say bringing back Roe is not enough By Susan Rinkunas in The Guardian

Since the devastating loss of Roe v Wade, the abortion rights movement has seen historic levels of support for its cause, particularly through major victories on state ballot initiatives, with …

January 16, 2024

Disputes over viability are dividing abortion-rights groups and complicating ballot measure efforts By Christine Fernando and Summer Ballentine in PBS News Hour

Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and …

January 2, 2024

California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training By Laurie Udesky in The 19th News

Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care. Her commitment to becoming …

December 26, 2023

Guest Column: The Danger of Abortion ‘Compromise’ By Erika Christensen in Abortion, Every Day

We all know the reproductive rights mantra that says we need to keep the government away from our bodies and out of abortion. But behind closed doors, policies that claim …

December 5, 2023

Missouri’s Ballot Measure Battles By Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day

Missouri needed its own newsletter today—there’s just too much going on to squish the state into the daily report. If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that there …

November 24, 2023

Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee targets crisis pregnancy centers in Wisconsin By Fight Back! News' Staff in Fight Back! News

Nearly two dozen people gathered in front of the Farwell Women’s Care Center on Milwaukee’s East Side on the morning of Saturday, November 18, to raise awareness of local crisis …

November 20, 2023

Time Sensitive: Missouri abortion petition efforts remain in limbo By Barbara Shelly in The Pitch

The evening of November 7 was beautiful in Ohio. As polls closed and votes rolled in, it became apparent that reasonable access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health …

November 7, 2023

‘Sex in Medicine’ provides inclusive sex education for all By Abby Jenkins in The Post

Sex education often gets dismissed as a topic of conversation. However, two organizations aim to change this narrative. At a workshop Tuesday night, Ohio University medical students had the opportunity …

October 13, 2023

Abortion bans complicate medical training, risk worsening OBGYN shortages By Sara Hutchinson in The Hechinger Report

The journey to Boston was more than 1,500 miles. The plane ticket cost about $500. The hotel: another $400. She felt a little guilty about going, knowing that not everyone …