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House Passes Women’s Health Protection Act: “Abortion With Dignity and Without Barriers”

PUBLISHED 6/9/2021 by Carrie N. Baker

Women’s Health Protection Act Reintroduced in Congress

On Friday, three weeks after the state of Texas passed the most extreme abortion ban in U.S. history, the House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)—federal legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade in law and establish the legal right to abortion in all 50 states under federal law.

Friday’s vote was 218–211, with Democrat—Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas—joining all Republicans in opposing the measure. The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate unless Democrats move to eliminate or reform the filibuster.

Texas’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Effectively Guts Roe v. Wade. Here’s How Pro-Abortion Advocates Can Fight Back

PUBLISHED 6/8/2021 by Michelle Simpson Tuegel

The value of human life in Texas is a complete mystery. A six-week fetus with a questionable heartbeat is more deserving of protection than a bystander killed by gunshot from a weapon whose owner is no longer required to be licensed. What a strange time this is to be a woman.

The Grace Project Is Facing Breast Cancer Through Photography: ‘We Get to See Women Transform into Goddesses’

PUBLISHED 6/8/2021 by Eleanor J. Bader

Despite their many visible differences, a group of women are bound together by more than breast cancer: They are linked through an ambitious portrait series meant to explore body image, illness and self-esteem called The Grace Project.

States, Medical Regulators and Institutions Must Act to End Physician Sexual Abuse

PUBLISHED 6/8/2021 by Azza AbuDagga

Patients place a lot of trust in their physicians. Unfortunately, this trust can make patients vulnerable to sexual exploitation by unethical physicians who fail to heed the strict ethical prohibition against this injustice.

Abortion on Demand Offers Telemedicine Abortion in 20+ States and Counting: “I Didn’t Know I Could Do This!”

PUBLISHED 6/7/2021 by Carrie N. Baker

Dr. Jamie Phifer, founder and medical director of Abortion On Demand: “It’s called Abortion On Demand for a reason. It’s provocative, I know. But when you’ve already decided that you don’t want to continue your pregnancy, especially if you have pregnancy symptoms, making people wait doesn’t feel right to me. … Abortion care is easy. Medically speaking, it is easy enough that a robot could do it. So we built the robot.”

What the Public Gets Wrong About “Reason-Based” Abortion Bans

PUBLISHED 6/7/2021 by Rachel Rebouché and Mindy Roseman

Whether or not people feel equipped to raise and the meet the needs of children is something only they can discern.

Drawing the line for abortion restrictions at viability always has been a constitutional compromise; one that protected early abortion in exchange for recognizing that states could limit patients’ decision-making at some point in a pregnancy.

Q&A: Nobel Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege on Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence

PUBLISHED 6/5/2021 by Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

What can we do? That is what Dr. Denis Mukwege asked us all when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work with survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Biden’s Budget Keeps Campaign Promise but Neglects Global Commitments

PUBLISHED 6/4/2021 by Bethany Van Kampen Saravia

Soon after he took office, President Biden committed to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of people living in the U.S. and abroad. But by removing the Hyde Amendment from his budget but leaving in the Helms Amendment, he kept only half of that promise.

We Heart: Texas Valedictorian Paxton Smith Calls for Abortion Access

PUBLISHED 6/4/2021 by Corinne Long

“We have spent our entire lives working towards our future, and without our input and without our consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us.”

ACLU, Planned Parenthood Challenge Arkansas Abortion Ban: “Patients Deserve Better from Their Lawmakers”

PUBLISHED 6/4/2021 by Carrie N. Baker

“We are not going to stand by while Arkansas attempts to deny people their constitutional right to abortion care. Abortion remains legal in all 50 states, and we’ll see the state of Arkansas in court to make sure it stays that way.”

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