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U.S. has much to learn from new feminist movements that spurred Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to dump traditional abortion laws. Now powerful women’s movements in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have won access to the right to choose

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A surge in grassroots activism on behalf of abortion rights. An abrupt drop in small donations to Republicans. A slew of polls showing that the ruling in Dobbs was highly unpopular. Kansas shows if abortion is a prominent issue, they and we can win.

Reader Comments, Kansas Vote Invigorates Abortion Rights, All Rights; Ukraine and the Peace Movement; Comics Have Always Inspired; Union Workers Win 17.4% Raise At Alaska Airlines; Cartoons, Resources, Announcements; more ....

"Even though they arrested us, we won't stop our organizing, agitating, and legislating for justice," declared Rep. Cori Bush.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work.

For only 58 years of the nation’s 246-year-old economy, women have been able to avail themselves — thanks to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act — of the full citizenship that we effectively purchase through our jobs.

Memes and status updates explaining how women could legally obtain abortion pills in the mail exploded across social platforms. Some even offered to mail the prescriptions to women living in states that now ban the procedure. Facebook removed them

Reader Comments: Supreme Court Dobbs Abortion Decision and the Present Danger; How the World Sees Us - in Cartoons; Debunking 5 Top Inflation Myths; more....