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The Complicated Life of the Abortion Pill

Lauren Collins The New Yorker
RU-486 was developed by a Jewish scientist, born Étienne Blum, in Strasbourg, France. He took the name Émile Baulieu upon joining the French Resistance. Baulieu and his invention have faced vitriolic resistance from the anti-feminist extreme right.

Feminism Hasn’t Failed. Here’s the Evidence.

Rebecca Solnit Guardian
You can take away a right through legal means, but it is harder to take away the belief in that right. The uproar over the court’s hideous abortion decision is a reminder of how unpopular it is.

The Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Crisis

Molly Coleman and Tristin Brown Teen Vogue
The right-wing supermajority on the Court is the result of a movement determined to seize power at any cost. It's time to critically assess and reconfigure the Court’s role in our society. Our democracy depends on it.

Abortion Pills Will Change a Post-Roe World

Greer Donley, Rachel Rebouché and David S. Cohen New York Times
The reality is that abortion pills will be available to people in the United States — no matter what the Supreme Court does and regardless of whether states give permission.

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