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Mississippi Abortion Ban Endangers Low-Income Women, Women of Color

Bryce Covert

The law’s passage already nearly disrupted a woman’s care.

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Democrat Backed by Anti-Choice Groups Claims Narrow Victory in Illinois Primary

Ally Boguhn

Rep. Dan Lipinski, who has parroted Republican talking points pushing junk science to support anti-choice policies, won with 50.89 percent of the vote.

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Is North Dakota Really One of the Best States for Women? This Financial Website Seems to Think So.

Cinnamon Janzer

I was tempted to dismiss the post as another frivolous piece of content on the internet, since WalletHub is hardly the definitive resource on women's issues. But it reflects a broader cultural misconception about what constitutes a "good life" for women—one that doesn't account for housing, reproductive rights, or even job stability.

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‘You Could Die by a Bullet’: New York Anti-Choice Protester Hurled Threats After Colorado Planned Parenthood Massacre

Auditi Guha

“My thoughts were that this is terrifying. ... To me it feels extremely threatening, extremely scary, especially in the context of violence at clinics that has happened across the country."

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A Federal Court Has Already Blocked Mississippi’s Unconstitutional 15-Week Abortion Ban

Imani Gandy

U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves wrote that Mississippi Republicans' 15-week abortion ban was of “dubious constitutionality.”

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Allowing Fake Clinics to Spread Lies Keeps Reproductive Care Access From People of Color

Sung Yeon Choimorrow

As the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing NIFLA v. Becerra on Tuesday, we need to remember what is at stake.

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Gavel Drop: Judge Says Massachusetts Has No Case Against Birth Control Exemptions

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

And in other news, President Trump has appointed no Black or Latino judges. Color us unsurprised.

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Federal Judge OKs Mississippi Requirement That Abortion Care Providers Be OB-GYNs

Teddy Wilson

Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan ruled against a medically unnecessary admitting privileges rule.

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Advocates Remember Louise Slaughter’s Commitment to Reproductive Rights and LGBTQ Equality

Christine Grimaldi

As a leader and founding member of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, Slaughter centered reproductive health-care access in her work on Capitol Hill.

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As Abortion Reporting Is Politicized, Wyoming Abortion Providers Ignore State Law

Nicole Knight

Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute said "abortion opponents may be looking to adding more requirements to abortion reporting in an effort to show that abortion is dangerous and providers dodgy.”

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