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Lauren Holter

Lauren Holter is a freelance reporter who primarily covers reproductive rights and politics. Twitter: @LaurenHolter

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Texas Race Shows Democratic Party’s Unwavering Loyalty to Incumbents—Even If They’re Anti-Choice

“The Democratic establishment needs to ask itself why it’s constantly willing to compromise on abortion rights and further harm communities that are most impacted by restrictions."

[Photo: Jessica Cisneros smiles during a photoshoot.]

News Politics

Jessica Cisneros Is Taking on One of Congress’ Last Anti-Choice Democrats (Updated)

Nov 5, 8:57am Lauren Holter

Jessica Cisneros supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law and repealing the Hyde Amendment.

[Photo: Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld, a former Governor of Massachusetts, smiles during an event.]

Analysis Politics

The GOP Presidential Candidate Who Supports Abortion Rights

Sep 4, 10:40am Lauren Holter

Though political analysts don’t expect Bill Weld’s candidacy to pose a serious threat to Trump’s re-election, his platform sheds light on how polarized the abortion debate has become within the two major political parties.

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News Abortion

Arkansas Advocates Ready an ‘Underground’ Network for a Post-‘Roe’ World

May 2, 8:39am Lauren Holter

An abortion network official told Rewire.News her organization is “totally committed to continuing what we are doing. Period.”

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Roundups Law and Policy

These Six Newly Elected Democratic Governors Are Already Moving to Enact Their Agenda

Feb 18, 5:15pm Lauren Holter

Democratic governors in Illinois, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and California are seeking to expand health-care access and LGBTQ protections.

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Roundups Politics

Midterms 2018: Abortion on the Ballot in These States

Nov 1, 3:31pm Lauren Holter

Voters in Alabama, Oregon, and West Virginia will weigh in on abortion-related ballot measures this year.

Roundups Politics

The Future of Abortion Rights May Lie in the Fate of These Gubernatorial Races

Aug 22, 1:19pm Lauren Holter

The future of reproductive rights in six states likely hinges on who is elected governor in November, as a state’s top lawmaker is instrumental in the decision to keep pre-Roe abortion bans intact or codify abortion rights into law.

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Analysis Abortion

‘I Didn’t Tell a Soul’: Illegal Abortion Then and Now

Jul 31, 12:54pm Lauren Holter

Jo Baxter had an illegal abortion in 1965. Now she fears the country is reverting back to a time when women couldn’t legally end a pregnancy.

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News Law and Policy

Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Leave Abortion Rights Up to State Lawmakers

Jun 29, 2:20pm Lauren Holter

Just eight states have laws that explicitly protect the right to legal abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, and states such as New York have stalled on similar laws.