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We Are the Majority: U.S. Voters Across Party Lines and State Lines Support Roe v. Wade

PUBLISHED 7/9/2018 by Rosalind Jones

New studies show that 67 percent of American voters do not want to see the landmark Supreme Court case legalizing abortion nationwide to be overturned—and reveal that there is no single state where a majority of voters oppose abortion rights.

The Lady Parts Justice League Vagical Mystery Tour is Back on the Road

PUBLISHED 7/9/2018 by Hope Lenamon

“There is a power in gathering folks for a really fun evening. If you are laughing, you still have hope.”

Daring to Remember: The Stories of Women Who Died Because They Had No Choice

PUBLISHED 7/9/2018 by The Team

Ms. community members shared the stories of the women in their families who died in the years before Roe from unsafe or self-induced abortions.

Daring to Remember: How Kate Daloz’s Family Lost Her Grandmother

PUBLISHED 7/9/2018 by Amy DePoy

Last May, the author of “We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America” told the devastating story of her grandmother’s death from a self-induced abortion in The New Yorker. Decades after her death, the story remains as relevant as ever.

The National Women’s Law Center is Suing the Trump Administration and University of Notre Dame for Denying Students Birth Control Coverage

PUBLISHED 7/6/2018 by Rosalind Jones

“There’s really no basis for Notre Dame to be telling students that they have to either pay copays and deductibles for their birth control or that they have no coverage for some methods altogether. It’s preposterous—and so, we’re suing them.”

Women in the Senate are Demanding Accountability—and Solutions—for the Maternal Health Crisis in the U.S.

PUBLISHED 7/6/2018 by Anna Lipton

The Maternal Health Accountability Act passed Tuesday out of committee and is now awaiting a vote on the Senate floor.

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction of Arkansas Abortion Pill Restrictions

PUBLISHED 7/6/2018 by Hope Lenamon

After two days of expert testimony, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction of a law that effectively prevented abortion providers in Arkansas from administering medication abortions.

Daring to Remember: The Women I Met Underground

PUBLISHED 7/6/2018 by Linda

Never did I see a woman who thought abortion was desirable. It was the best of bad options. It was the only way out of an untenable situation.

Daring to Remember: Shamed Into Silence, Empowered to Choose

PUBLISHED 7/5/2018 by Paula Usrey

I was admonished to never speak about having given birth as an unwed teenager. I was supposed to pretend like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. I was supposed to pick up my life before it had been interrupted.

Daring to Remember: From El Paso to Juarez and Back Before Roe

PUBLISHED 7/5/2018 by Lydia Kleit

“When my name was called, I was interviewed by the doctor who asked for the agreed-upon money and then demanded $200 more—or he would turn me away. I had about $75 more for food and cabs, and I gave it all to him. He called me a whore.”

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