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Louisiana’s Clinic Shutdown Law Will Hurt Black Women. We’re Fighting Back.

Marcela Howell

Given the obstacles Black women already face, new barriers to abortion—in Louisiana and across the country—will turn reproductive health care into a right we cannot exercise.

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‘You Don’t Even Treat Animals the Way I Was Treated’: Pregnant and Incarcerated

Madeleine Schmidt

As the gender makeup of people who are incarcerated changes, there has yet to be sufficient research or policy change to address incarcerated women’s health needs.

[Photo: A young, Black woman holds up a sign during a protest in GA.]

How Georgia’s Blocked 6-Week Abortion Ban Is Already Affecting Clinics

Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza

Even though HB 481 has yet to take effect, Georgia clinics have been inundated with calls from people who worry abortion is illegal or that they'll be criminalized for obtaining one.

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John Roberts Has Waited a Long Time to Undermine LGBTQ Rights. Now He Has His Chance.

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Ohio Republicans Find Another Way to Erode Abortion Access (Updated)

The Supreme Court announced Monday it was taking a case that could write religious objections into the Constitution. The case could have "profound consequences" for children in foster care, an ACLU official said.

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‘Shifting the Culture of Care’: A Q&A With Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of Doula Collective Ancient Song

Dominique Rémy

"Black people historically didn’t have access to health care within the context of institutional care. There were midwives and healers within the communities, and that was their source of strength."

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The United States Is the Epicenter of the Anti-Choice Clinic Crisis

Rachel Wells

With Heartbeat International’s uncovered manipulations, the organization is paving the way for the marketing of deceit, threatening access to abortion care around the world.

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Hysterectomies Are Not the Only Option for Black Women With Fibroids. We Have Choices.

Kimberly Fain

Black women are two to three times more likely to get fibroids than our white female counterparts. We are also more likely to experience implicit bias and be disempowered by our health-care system.

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Trump’s Pregnant Traveler Ban Is Part of a Long History of Anti-AAPI Immigrant Policy

Sung Yeon Choimorrow

The message is clear: People of color are not welcome in the United States.

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I Regretted My Abortion. It Shouldn’t Matter.

Melissa Petro

As somebody who has, for at least a moment, regretted my abortion, I can empathize with the feelings of abortion regret commonly amplified by the anti-choice movement. But what, if anything, do these feelings matter?

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Ohio Republicans Find Another Way to Erode Abortion Access (Updated)

Alys Brooks

Republican lawmakers in Ohio are going after telemedicine abortion and pushing a so-called abortion reversal bill as access to abortion care dwindles.

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