For almost half a century, those living in the U.S. have had the right to choose abortion as an option. We have Roe v. Wade, which turns 49 on January 22, to thank for this. With the 1973 Roe v. […]
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January 22 marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. When I was born, it had been decades since Roe v. Wade had established that legal access to abortion in the U.S. falls under a person’s constitutional right to privacy. […]
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When my friend Jenna* called me crying, terrified she was pregnant at sixteen, I knew I had to get someone else to help her because I was definitely not qualified to handle this. In the chaos of it all, I […]
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Happy 44th birthday, Roe v. Wade! It would be great to say that you’ve been able to ensure abortion access for everyone since January 22, 1973, but that just isn’t the case. Over the past 44 years, more than 1,000 […]
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Two years ago, Arizona passed a law that requires schools to present childbirth and adoption as preferred options to abortion. And just a few weeks ago, a suburban Phoenix school board voted to change a chapter in an honors biology […]
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On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court handed down its decision on the landmark case, Roe v. Wade. The case decided that states could not outlaw abortion in the first trimester (three months) of pregnancy and could only enact laws […]
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On Friday, October 4th, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a ruling that rejected a 16-year-old girl’s request to get an abortion without her parents’ permission. According to Nebraska state law, teens age 17 or younger cannot get an abortion without…
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Although Republican Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina promised not to sign any bills restricting abortion during his campaign, he ended up doing so anyway. North Carolina’s SB 132 is a the new bill that will demand all health teachers […]
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