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With Fate Of Roe V. Wade Unsure, Abortion Fight Shifts To New Territory
The Supreme Court in March will hear a Louisiana case that tests whether the new five-member conservative majority is willing to overturn the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide. Even…
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The anti-choice movement continues to try to restrict access to reproductive healthcare, but remember:
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟱𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.
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Maine’s Susan Collins has highest disapproval rating of any senator in national survey
A national survey released Thursday found U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine had the highest disapproval rating of any senator in 2019’s last quarter as she enters a campaign for a fifth term in which she is one of national Democrats’ top targets.
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We remember vividly how it felt to watch Susan Collins tell survivors she didn’t believe them, and soon we’ll remember how it felt to see her voted out.
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What It’s Like to Get an Abortion in Alabama
Alabama's near-total abortion ban has been blocked by courts, but there are still lots of other restrictions on the books. This is one person's story.
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While Alabama's near-total abortion ban has been blocked by courts, the state’s confusing anti-choice laws can still present significant and onerous hurdles for someone who needs an abortion
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6 moments from the 2020 presidential race that mirror what women face at work
These moments on the debate stage and campaign trail reflect how women of all stripes are often treated at work.
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“It’s a double-bind: Speak up, and risk being seen as aggressive, or stay quiet, and risk being characterized as invisible.”
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Supreme Court Takes Up Birth-Control Conscience Case
The high court will consider a case involving a challenge to a Trump administration rule that allows employers to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage for religious or moral reasons.
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Should your boss be able to decide whether or not your insurance covers birth control?
The Trump administration says yes.
Kavanaugh's Supreme Court is taking up the case: n.pr/2NDDAEx pic.twitter.com/kSBR8vvMAn
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Notorious anti-choice lobbying group SBA List just announced they're launching a $52M effort to re-elect Trump & Senate Republicans. SBA relies on dark money, but we rely on grassroots support from people like *you*.
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Democrats plan $50M campaign to flip state legislatures before redistricting
The plan is backed by both Democratic megadonors as well as small-dollar donors giving online.
Five of the big abortion fights media should know about in 2020
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We’re one month into 2020, and our reproductive freedom continues to be under attack from anti-choice politicians who think their job is to legislate our personal lives.
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Pete Buttigieg Says He’s More Than a Résumé
Mr. Buttigieg interviews for The New York Times’s endorsement.
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"Put more legislative backing behind things like the need to encode Roe, and the need to withdraw things like the Hyde Amendment, that are de facto restrictions that make it impossible to access abortion care for those who are low income."
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Most women feel relief and happiness after having an abortion, study finds
Ninety-nine percent of women felt that getting an abortion was the right decision, according to a new study from the University of California San Francisco.
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“Immediately after their abortions, over 95 percent of women said they had made the right decision — a number that increased to 99 percent at the five-year mark.”
Women should be making their own decisions, NOT politicians.
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The coming Supreme Court showdown over birth control
Justice Scalia’s death delayed a reckoning. Now the fight over contraception is back.
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*NO ONE* should deny anyone else birth control. Whether you’re using it for health reasons, for contraception or for ANY reason, it shouldn’t be left up to your employer to decide.
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The Anti-Choice Propaganda Playbook: Five Tactics To Look Out For in 2020
The anti-choice movement actively uses social media platforms to communicate and organize with its members. Sites such as Twitter and…
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Now, more than ever, we must be aware of the disinformation that anti-choice extremists are pushing as they continue to attack reproductive freedom. Here are 5 of the latest tactics they’re using
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Monitoring the evolution of anti-choice narratives provides insights critical for the fight for abortion rights. Here are five ways the anti-choice movement is using disinformation to attack reproductive freedom
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It’s a critical moment in the fight for reproductive freedom—and the anti-choice movement knows it, too. Here are five of their false narratives to watch out for in 2020
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Having the Abortion Talk With Children Is Easier Than You Think. Just Ask These Parents.
Most people who have abortions already have children. For these parents, talking about their abortions with their kids was not only a normal conversation, but a productive one.
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In accepting her Golden Globe award, Michelle Williams credited her success to the fact that she had the right to choose. Her speech resonated with other parents who recognize that their right to choose positively impacted their lives in a huge way.
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SCOTUS 'TRAP law' case and the erosion of abortion rights
The Supreme Court needs to come to grips with what it would really mean to strike down abortion rights.
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TRAP laws are NOT about protecting women’s health. The truth is they do NOTHING to change patient outcomes for a procedure that is already safe. This kind of law exists for the sole purpose of shutting down abortion clinics. bit.ly/2ss9IDI #MyRightMyDecision
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This is why a Brookline independent abortion clinic has turned to GoFundMe for help
“We want to take care of women that are in this smaller group of people who are paying out of pocket."
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Clinics that provide abortion care to the uninsured and underinsured shouldn’t be penalized for making their services more affordable and accessible.
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Republicans Are Trying to Ban Abortion Even in States Where They Have Little Chance
Abortion rights foes in the Democratic-majority New Hampshire legislature are "trying to bring the Trump administration’s abortion agenda" to the state, a Planned Parenthood official said.
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On the first day of New Hampshire’s legislative session, FOUR abortion restrictions were introduced. The anti-choice minority will stop at nothing to force their agenda on those who just want reproductive freedom. bit.ly/2tW80e4 #NHPolitics
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On the first day of New Hampshire’s legislative session, EIGHT abortion restrictions were introduced. The anti-choice minority will stop at nothing to force their agenda on those who just want reproductive freedom. bit.ly/2tW80e4 #NHPolitics
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Debunking the "abortion regret" narrative: Data shows women feel relief, not regret
In our study we learned that after 5 years, 99 percent of women reported their abortion was the right decision
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Those who seek abortion care make that personal decision w/the people they love & trust. A whopping 99% of them say that they made the right choice & feel no regret. They’re the ones who know how to make the decision that’s best for them—NOT politicians
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The Biggest Issues to Watch in 2020
State legislatures will have a lot on their plates. They’ll deal with issues in wildly differing ways. We set the context for the 2020 session with an overview of abortion, election security, housing, immigration, net neutrality, pensions,...
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Nine U.S. states took steps to protect and expand reproductive freedom in 2019. With so many states enacting abortion restrictions, we need to see more state legislatures working to make reproductive care 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 accessible.
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