Heather Booth and the Jane Collective helped thousands of people have abortions before Roe. Their example is once again relevant.
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They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.
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This is the first time a six week ban has gone into effect and the ban has handed enforcement to private citizens, rather than authorities. The bill allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone they believe “aids and abets.”
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When abortion was illegal, there was no organized, aggressive antiabortion movement with a wing of violent fanatics.
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A high school valedictorian in Texas ditched her school-approved speech to use the moment to speak out against a restrictive new abortion law in Texas.
Last year, number of states that were categorized as hostile to abortion rights by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health policy think tank — including all of the states across the South: 29
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