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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A couple of weeks ago, after weeks of protest in Austin and widespread national media attention, the Texas legislature passed a bill, with the strong endorsement of Governor Rick Perry, that bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy with no […]
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Even though it’s been 39 years since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States, it is still a hotly debated issue—even more so in 2011 than in other recent year. In a move that Prochoiceamerica.org is calling “The […]
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Abortion is one of those hot-button issues where bias—whether moral, religious or political—too often gets in the way of the facts. Too frequently we see opinions dressed up as truths on the news or on Capitol Hill, and this misinformation […]
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