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5 Recent Victories for Abortion Rights—and The Voices Behind Them

By Ashley Gray on February 4, 2016 • ( 3 )

This barreling buildup of abortion rights momentum is headed straight for the Supreme Court and there is no stopping it!

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Spotlight On: Lizz Winstead

By Maureen on November 4, 2015 • ( 3 )

You might know Lizz Winstead as the co-founder and former head writer of The Daily Show (yes, that Daily Show), but she’s also a fierce, devoted reproductive justice advocate.

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Stigma and Resilience: Supporting Young Parents and Two Sides to the ‘Choice’ Coin

By lindsaymf on October 22, 2015 • ( 3 )

But being pro-choice is more than supporting access to safe and affordable abortion services.

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#MaybeTheIUD Takes Over NYC

By Ashley Gray on October 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

#MaybeTheIUD is aimed to be the first phase of a multi-year initiative to increase awareness, access, and utilization of sexual and reproductive health and related services.

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The Notorious RBG steps in to call it like it is: poor women in America don’t have enough reproductive choice. See the Huffington Post. After Donald Trump’s lawyer claimed Trump isn’t a rapist because marital rape doesn’t exist, he received well-deserved backlash from… Read More ›

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Why I Live Tweeted My IUD Insertion

By Guest on February 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

Feminism 101 teaches us “the personal is political,” and nothing rang more true than the day I deed to live tweet my IUD insertion. I’d tried hormonal contraceptive methods in the past. The pill never worked for me; between the… Read More ›

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Links We Love

By amblitstein on September 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

Six domestic violence survivors explain why leaving abusive relationships can often endanger women and involve resources that aren’t readily available. See the Huffington Post. A state representative in Missouri says he should be able to exclude birth control coverage from… Read More ›

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Federal Court Saves Mississippi’s Lone Abortion Clinic

By miafurtado on July 29, 2014 • ( 4 )

After a two-year fight, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Mississippi’s last abortion clinic will remain open. In its 2-1 ruling, the Court’s majority opinion affirmed abortion rights, stating that “Pre-viability, a woman has the constitutional right to end her pregnancy by abortion,”… Read More ›

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The Truth Behind Late-Term Abortions

By Maureen on June 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

Originally published on Everyday Feminism and re-published here with their permission. Due to much political and cultural misinformation around later-term abortions, there remains a lot of fear, stigma, and confusion around what they actually are and who gets them. Many… Read More ›

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When Does a “Sidewalk Counselor” become a “Protester”?

By Ashley Gray on April 3, 2014 • ( 6 )

On a chilly Saturday morning in Northern New Jersey, a woman clutching rosary beads and bags of pamphlets follows a father with his young daughter on an open sidewalk. The father has just dropped his wife off at a women’s… Read More ›