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Texas Policy Harms Undocumented Women

Texas Policy Harms Undocumented Women Undocumented women in Texas often do not seek needed health care for fear of being stopped at checkpoints, while others are refused care due to their undocumented status. But in [...]

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Center Attorney Talks Texas on NPR

Center Attorney Talks Texas on NPR A federal appeals court ruled earlier this week to uphold the Texas law that puts most of the state’s abortion clinics at risk of closure. The court reasoned that [...]

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Nancy Northup in Time: It’s Personal, Not Political

Nancy Northup in Time: It’s Personal, Not Political A new study on fetal survival rates underscores the highly individual nature of reproductive health decisions and the importance of entrusting these decisions to those most affected [...]

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Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants

Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants The following was published in the Austin American Statesman on Tuesday, May 26: My name is Vero Higareda. I am 21 years old. I am an immigrant Latina. [...]

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New York Times: Abortion Providers in Texas Sue Over a Restrictive Rule That Could Close Clinics

New York Times: Abortion Providers in Texas Sue Over a Restrictive Rule That Could Close Clinics Erik Eckholm Health clinics offering abortions in Texas filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to block a new state [...]

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MTV Act: Wait, So What’s Going On With Birth Control + The Affordable Care Act?

MTV Act: Wait, So What’s Going On With Birth Control + The Affordable Care Act? Danica Davidson Birth control isn’t just about sex — access to it also helps women’s health overall and drastically improves [...]

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Think Progress: As Their Reproductive Rights Are Under Attack, Here’s How Texas Women Are Fighting Back

Think Progress: As Their Reproductive Rights Are Under Attack, Here’s How Texas Women Are Fighting Back Tara Culp-Ressler Earlier this month, when several Texas abortion clinics announced that they will be forced to close under [...]

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LA Times: Pact reached to keep North Dakota’s only abortion clinic open

LA Times: Pact reached to keep North Dakota's only abortion clinic open Michael Muskal North Dakota and its only abortion clinic have resolved part of their dispute over the state’s new abortion law, meaning the [...]

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Reuters: IWD 2014: No equality without reproductive autonomy

Reuters: IWD 2014: No equality without reproductive autonomy Nancy Northup Earlier this year, France’s National Assembly moved to amend its country’s laws to reaffirm women’s absolute right to end a pregnancy through the first 12 [...]

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Associated Press: Arizona sued over rules limiting abortion drug use

Associated Press: Arizona sued over rules limiting abortion drug use Bob Christie PHOENIX (AP) — Abortion providers said Wednesday that they have sued the state of Arizona to try to block new state rules limiting [...]

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Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones

Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones Stephanie Toti The US Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in McCullen v. Coakley, involving a Massachusetts statute that creates 35 foot buffer zones around abortion [...]

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Think Progress: NPR Host Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion: ‘I Am Saying To All Women, Stand Up For Your Rights’

Think Progress: NPR Host Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion: ‘I Am Saying To All Women, Stand Up For Your Rights’ Tara Culp-Ressler Dee Dee Bridgewater, an award-winning jazz singer who hosts a syndicated NPR [...]

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A Call to Pass the #ActforWomen

A Call to Pass the #ActforWomen Nancy Kaufman, the CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, makes an impassioned call on Congress to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act in an op-ed that appeared [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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