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Restore Roe, or Go Beyond It? The Question Is Fracturing the Abortion Rights Movement
Sep 11, 2023 | By Madison Pauly in Mother Jones
Not long after Election Day last November, Pamela Merritt joined a call with other abortion-rights activists in Missouri to discuss a daring proposal: sidestepping the state’s ruling Republicans by directly asking voters whether to add abortion rights to their state constitution. The group hoped to capitalize on a recent trend. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, pro-choice voters had been showing up to the polls in force, rejecting anti-abortion ballot initiatives in Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana. They went even further in California, Michigan, and Vermont, passing state constitutional amendments to guarantee, among other things, the right to choose abortion…
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Reproductive justice advocates warn of health care crisis in Louisiana following Planned Parenthood shutdown
Planned Parenthood’s health centers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will shut down indefinitely at the end of this month, leaving residents throughout the state worried about how the closures …
The Grim Reality Of Maternal Health For Young Women In Nigeria
Nigeria continues to carry a heavy burden of maternal mortality, estimated at over 800 per 100,000 live births, with stark regional disparities worsening outcomes for very young mothers. Our country …
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Lives at Stake: 4 Consequences of Ambiguous Laws that Criminalize Healthcare
Unintended pregnancies don’t care whether you do or don’t support abortions. Reproductive healthcare providers face this hard truth when treating their patients. We conducted interviews with reproductive healthcare providers in …